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Apple snaps up music site LaLa
News Apple has confirmed its purchase of the streaming service, but declined to disclose the terms of the deal [07 Dec 2009]
TfL puts £150m up for network services
News London's transport authority plans to spend up to £150m on two contracts for data infrastructure and voice communication services [04 Dec 2009]
G Cloud will have an app store
News The government cloud will have software for sale and run across public and private clouds, says the Cabinet Office [03 Dec 2009]
British IT skills school to open next year
News The government has approved the business plan for the National Skills Academy, which aims to train up IT pros with the skills the UK industry needs [03 Dec 2009]
Minister wants jobseekers to get own websites
News Unemployed people should be provided with a personalised website that allows them to do job searches and track benefit claims, according to employment minister Jim Knight [03 Dec 2009]
Revamp proposed for police IT procurement
News A white paper has suggested that the government could save at least £400m by compelling police forces to use a central framework for procurement, including IT [03 Dec 2009]
Microsoft's Mehdi on financial impact of Yahoo deal
News Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi says that once the two companies have a single paid search platform, both should see double-digit increases in revenue per search [02 Dec 2009]
Home Office faces criticism over FoI failures
News Three government departments have had FoI notices served on them by the ICO, in relation to a complaint or to assess compliance with the Freedom of Information Act [02 Dec 2009]
Nokia sues Samsung, LG over LCD price fixing
News Nokia is seeking unspecified damages from several liquid display manufacturers, accusing them of conspiring to inflate prices for displays [01 Dec 2009]
Government five-year IT plan points to cloud, Web 2.0
News A draft strategy paper outlining the government's IT approach up to 2015 lists Web 2.0, cloud computing and service-oriented architecture as areas of particular interest [01 Dec 2009]
Vodafone to drop final salary pension scheme
News The telecoms company wants its workers moved to a defined contribution scheme, a move that has prompted industrial action at other technology companies [27 Nov 2009]
EC reshuffle bumps Kroes out of antitrust seat
News Antitrust regulator Neelie Kroes is moving to take charge of the European digital agenda, while telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding heads for a justice office [27 Nov 2009]
Think tank calls for national policing agency
News Centre-left think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research recommends that existing police organisations and their IT systems should be transferred to a new body [26 Nov 2009]
Public archives should be online, says gov't report
News The Ministry of Justice recommends online catalogues are created to enable citizens to access publicly funded archives [26 Nov 2009]
Microsoft CFO Liddell steps down; Klein takes reins
News Chris Liddell is stepping down after four-and-a-half years as Microsoft's chief financial officer, and will be replaced by Peter Klein of the company's Business Division [25 Nov 2009]
HP bumps up outlook for next year
News The company has reported fourth-quarter and annual earnings in line with expectations and has raised its financial targets for 2010 [24 Nov 2009]
Socitm calls on councils to spend more on 'change'
News Increased investment in transformational projects will pay off in savings on consultants and outsourcing, the Society of IT Management has argued [24 Nov 2009]
Oracle gets more time to respond to EU
News European regulators have extended the deadline for their review of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, giving the business software maker more time to make its case [23 Nov 2009]
EU ministers agree e-government aims
News European ministers set out five-year plan for creating better online public services across the EU [23 Nov 2009]
eBay finalises $2.75bn sale of Skype
News The auction site has sold off its telephony unit, after plans to take it public and a legal dispute with the company's founders [20 Nov 2009]
Dell sees earnings drop 54 percent
News Declining shipments had a negative effect on the company's third-quarter earnings, while the company also reported that revenue was down 15 percent compared with last year [20 Nov 2009]
HP engineers vote to strike
News Members of the Unite union at HP will take industrial action over the potential loss of pension benefits and pay reductions [19 Nov 2009]
Union asks Mandelson to stop Ericsson closure
News Unite calls on the government to intervene in Ericsson's closure of a Coventry R&D plant and probe foreign tax credits [19 Nov 2009]
HP contractors at DWP vote on strike action
News HP contractors have become increasingly angry at the government department after the announcement of further job cuts and pay freezes [19 Nov 2009]
Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defence
News A administrative error by the European Commission has given Intel's antitrust defence some ammunition [18 Nov 2009]
