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Intuit shuts Quicken Online, turns focus to Mint.com

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:28:02 GMT

The maker of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax will shut down its free Quicken Online personal finance site in six to nine months and concentrate on newly bought Mint.com

Fujitsu IT staff to hold three-day strike

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:01 GMT

Unite members at the IT services company plan to strike next week over proposed cuts to jobs and pensions

Cisco results show economy is in recovery

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:35:02 GMT

Chief executive John Chambers says the company's quarterly earnings, which show strong sequential growth, indicate that an economic recovery is fully underway

Intel accused of bribery in antitrust lawsuit

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:16:02 GMT

New York's attorney general has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit that accuses Intel of paying computer makers rebates to illegally maintain its monopoly power

Microsoft announces 800 more layoffs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:01 GMT

The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified on Wednesday, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year

Connect comms union to merge with Prospect

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:10:02 GMT

Members of UK communications professionals' union Connect, who work for companies such as BT and O2, will form an autonomous group within Prospect

Microsoft's Mundie: IT needed to solve global woes

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:27:02 GMT

Microsoft chief research officer Craig Mundie argues that computer science is on the brink of breakthroughs that can crack daunting energy and environmental problems

Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy, says report

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:24:01 GMT

Oracle is reportedly offering no concessions to European regulators concerned about its acquisition of Sun

UN agency plans database of tech devices

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:02 GMT

The International Telecommunication Union is launching a programme to give consumers a clearer set of standards on which to judge IT devices

London Borough of Southwark sues IBM

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:54:01 GMT

The local authority has issued a writ against IBM over the performance of a master data management system it claims is not fit for purpose

Public Accounts Committee attacks C-Nomis project

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:49:02 GMT

The committee has criticised the implementation of the National Offender Management Information System, describing the project as a 'shambles'

Fujitsu IT staff vote in favour of strike

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:10:01 GMT

Staff at the multinational IT services and systems provider have voted in favour of industrial action over proposed cuts to jobs and pensions

HMRC hopes IT contract will save £110m a year

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:01:02 GMT

HM Revenue & Customs says its newly revised Aspire contract with Capgemini will lead to a reduction in costs without cutting jobs

Motorola posts third-quarter profit

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:45:02 GMT

Net income was $12m, or a penny per share, compared with a substantial loss for the year-ago period, while revenue was down year over year

Unite to hold strike ballot at HP

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:57:02 GMT

Staff at Hewlett-Packard IT services will vote on whether to take industrial action over the planned transfer and benefit cuts of 150 of its workers

SAP revenue slips in third quarter

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:11:02 GMT

The German business maker's share price has dropped, while it warns that software and software-service revenue for the year will be lower than expected

SAP, Nokia join forces against counterfeiting

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:36:02 GMT

The tech giants are teaming up with a banknote specialist to provide a system that will track a product from factory to shop to guarantee its authenticity

Cisco to buy UK web-security vendor ScanSafe

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:50:02 GMT

The $183m deal builds on Cisco's acquisition of IronPort, and is aimed at boosting the networking giant's cloud and web security reach

UK third in OECD European e-government report

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:53:02 GMT

The OECD Government at a Glance 2009 report found Britain has some of the most sophisticated e-government services in Europe but lags behind other countries in take-up

Carl Icahn steps down from Yahoo board

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:05:02 GMT

In a little over a year on Yahoo's board, Icahn helped hire chief executive Carol Bartz and orchestrate the pending search deal with Microsoft

Amazon profit jumps 28 percent

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:53:02 GMT

The e-commerce giant reports sales of $5.45bn, much higher than expected by financial analysts, and attributes the boost to sales of its Kindle e-book reader

Yahoo Q3 profit beats expectations

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:48:01 GMT

Third-quarter revenue was down compared to last year, but not to the extent many had feared, while profits were much higher than forecast

Sun plans another 3,000 job cuts

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:26:02 GMT

In preparation for its takeover by Oracle, the server maker says it expects to cut about 10 percent of its global workforce during the next 12 months

Apple: Fourth quarter was 'most profitable ever'

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:14:02 GMT

iPhone and Mac sales helped Apple to a strong fiscal fourth quarter, while some new products are in the pipeline for 2010

Tech insider-trading scheme sees six charged

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:10:02 GMT

Employees of Intel, IBM and McKinsey have been charged by US federal prosecutors with providing insider information to hedge-fund managers