As China's economy has boomed in recent years, several of its technology firms have also flourished on a global scale. Further reading Google must do more to allay competition fears, says EU antitrust chief Microsoft loses EU antitrust ...
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The Home Office is to decide by 16 October whether to block the extradition to the US of self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon on the grounds of poor health. The timetable has been set after the High Court intervened in July to end a ...
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CSC has stemmed losses in its 10-year outsourcing deal with Royal Mail through a combination of job cuts, tax breaks and relief payments, according to an analysis of eight years of published accounts for the venture. The supplier signed ...
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SIMUL8 Corporation announce their partnership with Tarsius Group, an innovative consultancy firm based in the Netherlands. BOSTON, MA, August 24, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SIMUL8 Corporation, developers of industry leading process ...
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Out with the old Delivering the “near-impossible” The agenda for 2013 Focus on Apple The next funding period Susan Cooklin has had an eventful 2012. The CIO at Network Rail delivered major technology upgrades, while driving ...
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Computer Weekly has launched the third annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy. We want ...
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UK - It has been three monumental years for Manchester stalwarts Elbow. Yet whatever their successes, a more unassuming and firmly grounded band you could not wish to meet. This doesn't mean they're averse to the odd risk, as show designer ...
A ‘troll’ arrested on suspicion of aiming a torrent of abuse at a fellow Facebook user has been identified as a 32-year-old policeman from the UK, it has been revealed. Nicola Brookes, 45, from Brighton, UK was targeted ...
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The Treasury Committee requested that RBS chief executive Stephen Hester provide a detailed explanation of what went wrong at the bank to cause its ongoing IT issues. In a letter to the bank, Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury ...
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Technology is taking an ever more central role in the way we work, live and play. The future for the IT community is bright, and IT professionals have a unique opportunity to lead their organisations to a successful economic recovery. But ...
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Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
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Hundreds of thousands of US public sector workers have access to cloud-based collaboration software from UK IT firm Huddle after two major US government departments sign up. A version of Huddle used by the UK government, which sits on a ...
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Microsoft and Amazon will launch own-brand smartphones mid-2013, including a Windows Phone 8 Surface. iPhone maker Foxconn has apparently received orders from Microsoft and Amazon to build smartphones. According to Digitimes, the handsets ...
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Software and electronic professionals feel the only way to progress in their career is to move jobs, according to a survey. The poll of over 400 engineers, conducted by employment agency JAM recruitment, found 79% were considering a move ...
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Chip giant McCain Foods has struck a deal to buy Dutch potato products manufacturer CêlaVíta. McCain announced the deal, signed for an undisclosed sum, yesterday (24 July) and said it would allow it to supply customers with a ...
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