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EDS shareholders approve HP merger
News Shareholders today agreed the company's proposed merger with HP, while EDS dismissed rumours of a 20 percent reduction of staff in the Americas as 'factually incorrect' [01 Aug 2008]
Senior execs turn to social networks for job hunting
News Professional social-networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo are rivalling executive online job boards as a tool for senior executives wanting to progress their careers and find out about new jobs [01 Aug 2008]
Motorola reports unexpected profit
News The company has managed to eke out a small profit as it still struggles to get its handset business back on track [01 Aug 2008]
TfL undertakes outsourcing overhaul
News Transport for London is preparing to bring some of its outsourced work back in-house, as part of a review due for completion in September [31 Jul 2008]
Google developing a venture capital arm
News The web search giant is reportedly working on creating a venture capital arm, joining the ranks of Intel, HP and Motorola in the role of seeding start-ups [31 Jul 2008]
Sophos bids for German rival
News Internet security firm Sophos has offered $340m to buy Utimaco Safeware, a German software specialist in data loss and encryption [29 Jul 2008]
EC gives green light to HP-EDS merger
News HP's $13.9bn acquisition of the computer services company has now won approval from both US and European antitrust authorities [28 Jul 2008]
IT-business degree spawns first graduates
News Eight students have graduated with an industry-supported degree designed to provide the skills required of IT managers and leaders [25 Jul 2008]
Oyster card suffers second rush-hour failure
News London's Oyster travel smartcard system has suffered the second outage in a fortnight, with many commuters enjoying a free trip to work as a result [25 Jul 2008]
Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent battle
News The mobile-phone giant and chipmaker have agreed a 15-year licensing deal that resolves all of their patent litigation [24 Jul 2008]
Health trust ditches NHS e-record scheme
News A Bath NHS trust says it has lost confidence in the Cerner Millennium e-records project following the departure of key supplier Fujitsu [23 Jul 2008]
HMRC delays Paye system rollout
News A computer system for handling all Paye tax claims has had its launch suspended due to uncertainty over whether it can cope with the task [22 Jul 2008]
Indian outsourcing giants see sluggish growth
News Despite record-breaking spending on outsourcing so far in 2008, Infosys, TCS and Wipro have reported slow first-quarter growth [21 Jul 2008]
Police, courts to save millions via streamlining tech
News The CJ Know-How system pulls information together from police, the CPS and courts to more speedily rectify problems with offender management [18 Jul 2008]
AMD's Ruiz steps down as CEO
News Dirk Meyer has been announced as the new CEO of the troubled chip company, while Hector Ruiz will remain as executive chairman [18 Jul 2008]
Leeds Council agrees deal with Microsoft
News Microsoft has been chosen by Leeds City Council as its primary IT supplier for the next five years [17 Jul 2008]
Connecting for Health spends well below budget
News The NHS organisation responsible for the National Programme for IT spent a third of a billion pounds less than planned during 2007-08 [17 Jul 2008]
Cabinet Office heads government 'green' IT drive
News Government departments have been asked to implement 18 steps aimed at making their ICT carbon-neutral within four years [17 Jul 2008]
Sun announces upbeat fourth-quarter forecast
News The company says net income could beat estimates, sending its shares up more than 11 percent in after-hours trading [16 Jul 2008]
Intel may face fresh EC antitrust charges
News Newspaper reports claim the chipmaker is expected to face new charges from European regulators that focus on its marketing and sales practices [16 Jul 2008]
Barclays to offshore 1,800 IT jobs
News Roles in global infrastructure and service delivery are set to be scrapped in the UK and new jobs created in Hungary, India and Singapore over the next two years [15 Jul 2008]
Google, Viacom clash over employee records
News Viacom wants to know whether YouTube employees watched or uploaded copyrighted clips. The data could prove key to its lawsuit [14 Jul 2008]
Union urges caution over gov't outsourcing plans
News The Public and Commercial Services Union claims a recent government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines [14 Jul 2008]
Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe
News The US Department of Justice will not file charges over stock-option backdating at Apple, as a two-year criminal probe is concluded [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't ditches £10.8m e-passport scheme
News The Identity and Passport Service has abandoned plans for any further investment in the troubled EPA2 scheme [09 Jul 2008]
