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Samsung May Offload PC Division To Lenovo
Exodus from PC market continues if report that Samsung is considering selling PC unit to Lenovo is true
Chinese Firm Ctrip Snaps-Up Scotland’s Skyscanner For £1.4bn
UK startup gets acquired by Chinese travel giant
Who Are China’s Biggest Technology Companies?
China is a bastion of giant tech firms from Huawei and ZTE to Xiaomi and Alibaba
Cross Channel: Fujitsu And Lenovo PC Deal And G-Cloud Shunned
All the latest news from the world of the channel, including Microsoft brexit enterprise price hikes
Qualcomm Buys NXP For £39bn To Become IoT Chip Giant
Qualcomm digs deep in order to acquire NXP, to create IoT semiconductor powerhouse
Yahoo Hack: Verizon Could Withdraw From $4.83 Billion Acquisition Deal
Verizon believes Yahoo's massive data breach by hackers does give it reason to walk away from its acquisition
Qualcomm Considers Buying Chip Maker NXP Semiconductors
Qualcomm may be about to purchase NXP Semiconductors in a multi billion dollar acquisition
Salesforce Asks For EU Antitrust Probe Over Microsoft LinkedIn Purchase
Sour grapes? Salesforce lost its bid for LinkedIn, but now asks EU to investigate Microsoft
McLaren Denies Apple Takeover Or Investment Talks
The brakes have been applied on rumours of an Apple aqusition of McLaren
Google Snaps-up API.ai Startup To Boost Natural Language Capabilities
Google continues to push ahead with building out its smart software
Tech Quiz Of The Week: Startups And Investments
What do you know Uber, Airbnb and the startup scene? Test your knowledge here
Microsoft To Kill-Off Lumia Smartphones By The End Of 2016
The Redmond company is expected to replace the Lumia smartphones with a Surface-branded Windows 10 Mobile phone
Samsung Sells Printer Business To HP For $1 Billion
The move leaves Samsung free to focus on smartphones and memory chips, while boosting HP's leading printer business
Virgin Media Will Acquire Wireless Hotspot Specialist Arqiva WiFi
Arqiva WiFi will become part of Virgin Media Business
HPE Slices ‘Non-Core’ Software Assets And Offloads To Micro Focus For £6.6 Billion
HPE enters a second wave of efficiency measures, honing focus on the cloud
McAfee To Return As Intel Splits Its Security Arm Into Stand-Alone Business
Intel Security will no longer be inside the chipmaker's main business
Report: Apple Buys Personal Health Startup Gliimpse
Apple purchases personal health data specialist but as usual refuses to comment publicly on the matter
LogMeIn And Citrix GoTo Unit Merge In £1.4 Billion Deal
LogMeIn and Citrix GoTo division announce “transformative merger”
Verizon Prepares £3.7bn Yahoo Purchase
Yahoo's core business will be acquired to bolster Verizon content business, including AOL
Chinese Consortium’s £900m Opera Takeover Fails
Chinese internet consortium's takeover bid fails to meet regulatory approval, instead picks up parts of Opera's business for £450m
HPE Mulling Over Autonomy Sale
HPE considering sale of software assets including Autonomy and and Vertica Systems
Microsoft Beat Four Other Rivals To Acquire LinkedIn
SEC documents reveal four other parties, including Salesforce, wanted in on LinkedIn
Microsoft Makes AI Move For Wand Labs
Reinforcements for malfunctioning Tay chatbot? Microsoft purchases AI app specialist Wand Labs
Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn For £18.5bn
Nadella snaps up LinkedIn in "re-founding moment" for professional social network
Yahoo Bidders Offering Above £3.5bn – Report
Sources claim Yahoo has recieved multiple bids at or above $5bn (£3.5bn) for its core Internet business
HPE: IT Services Merger With CSC Is ‘Right Step’ For Customers
HPE lines up IT services unit for spin merger with CSC in move to refocus itself on mobile and cloud
What’s Really Happening Inside The Dell, EMC Merger
ANALYSIS: As the merger chugs to its conclusion, employees fret for their jobs, China is causing ire and lot of corporate wrinkles need to be ironed out
EMC World: Michael Dell Slams HP
Michael Dell attacks "shrinking" competitors and claims new Dell Technologies group will be the linchpin of the next industrial revolution
EMC Revenue Slides Ahead Of Dell Purchase
EMC CEO describes results as “solid” as revenues slip ahead of pricey acquisition by Dell