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Apple talks iPad price with UK mobile networks

Apple talks iPad price with UK mobile networks

Apple executives are reportedly on their way to the UK to discuss 3G data plans prior to delayed April release of the iPad.

IT industry launches new Technology Manifesto

IT industry launches new Technology Manifesto

A new Technology Manifesto has been launched which calls for for the government to create tax incentives to encourage the IT sector in the UK to grow and make 250,000 new IT jobs available over the next 10 years.

Intel launches $125 'affordable' SSD

Intel became the second vendor in a week to release a solid-state disk drive that hovers around the $100 price range.

Tories: We’ll open the market for government IT contracts

Tories: We’ll open the market for government IT contracts

The Conservative Party has promised to open up the market for government IT contracts to more suppliers.

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

GCHQ lost 35 laptops in seven months last year, potentially containing highly sensitive data.

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CA buys Nimsoft for $350m

CA inks a deal to acquire for $350 million Nimsoft, an IT service management player with customers in the managed service provider market.

Bill Gates loses world’s richest man title

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list, but it's not like he's going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.

Standard Life targets £350m efficiency gain with IT

Standard Life has raised its cost cutting targets by nearly half to £350 million by 2012, as it reported strong progress on a technology and process overhaul.

Former Sun boss spills beans on Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Jonathan Schwartz has started dishing dirt from his days at Sun in a blog called "What I couldn't say..."

MoD extends £3.5 billion battlefield satellite communications deal

The Ministry of Defence has extended a deal with EADS, to use a fourth satellite that will provide communications and data to troops in the field. The total value of the deal is now £3.5 billion.

BP refines £4.7bn operational efficiency plan

BP refines £4.7bn operational efficiency plan

Oil giant BP is aiming to remove a total of $7 billion (£4.7 billion) from annual operational costs, aided by a huge overhaul of IT, processes and project management.

HP focuses on "critical" work as strikes continue

HP has prioritised critical projects as it tries to mitigate the impact of the two-day strike by members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union.

Capgemini offers cloud services under new business unit

The technical services group of Capgemini has traditionally helped companies with system integration, but cloud computing is changing that.

Microsoft reworks browser ballot screen

Microsoft reworks browser ballot screen

Responding to reports last week that its European ballot screen was not truly randomising the positions of the top five browsers, Microsoft has changed the algorithm that shuffles the spots

Analysts ‘especially nervous’ on weak UK IT spending

This year will see a two percent decline in UK software and services spending, in “real terms”, analysts have warned.

HP workers begin two-day strike

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union began a 48-hour strike at HP today over a dispute over job security and pay.

UK Apple fans wait extra month for iPad launch

Apple has offically announced that the iPad will be released in the UK at the end of April, some weeks after the newly confirmed US launch date of April 3.

HP cuts profit figures as BSkyB legal costs mount

Hewlett-Packard has been forced to reduce the amount of profit it reported last quarter to cover additional costs awarded against its EDS division in a lawsuit brought by British Sky Broadcasting.

CSC issues robust defence of £13bn NHS IT

CSC issues robust defence of £13bn NHS IT

CSC, a lead supplier alongside BT on the £12.7 billion NHS National Programme for IT, has said it is confident about the future of the programme.

Government accused of rushing through secret multibillion-pound IT contracts

The government is rushing to sign a spate of new IT contracts, totalling several billion pounds, ahead of an election, the Conservative party has claimed.

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