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Microsoft Eases Investor Worry With £25bn Share Buyback
With so many changes to its corporate structure, Microsoft seeks to placate shareholders by making them some money
WordPress Co-Founder: Biggest Acquisition Ever And Security Boost Incoming
Matt Mullenweg tells TechWeekEurope WordPress is planning to splash the cash on its largest ever acquisition and bolster its small security team
Twitter Preps For Stock Market Listing
Twitter is to file for a public listing, in one of most anticipated tech-related IPOs since Facebook
Canonical Landscape Updated For ARM Server Support
Canonical’s systems management solution Landscape can now manage x86- and ARM-based server environments
Dell Officially To Go Private As $24.9bn Offer Is Accepted
Dell can forget all about his Icahn troubles now
Facebook Shares Surge To Record High
Facebook ratchets up its market value as shares in the company reach a new Wall Street high
Jeroen Hoencamp To Replace Rogers-Bound Guy Laurence As Vodafone UK CEO
Guy Laurence departs Vodafone UK for Canada's Rogers Communications
Michael Dell Poised To Win Buyout Bid
Michael Dell looks set to win the bruising buyout deal for the company as shareholders vote today
IBM Sells Customer Care Unit For £319m
IBM sells its customer care business processing unit to Synnex, as it concentrates on higher value offerings
BMC Software Completes Privatisation Move
BMC Software completes its efforts to become a privatised company, in a deal worth £4.4 billion
Icahn Gives Up Fight Over Dell Buyout
Icahn bows out, saying Dell team is akin to dictatorship and CEO is undervaluing the firm
Apple’s Next iPhone Sparks Fresh Worker Abuse Allegations
Ahead of the launch next week of its new cheap iPhone, Apple faces fresh worker violation claims
Google Android KitKat Branding Irks Environmentalists
Google hooks up with Nestle, seen by many as a corporate bad guy
Microsoft Deal Thrusts Nokia’s Elop Into Ballmer CEO Race
Stephen Elop's return to Microsoft sees him emerge as a strong contender for Steve Ballmer's job
Yahoo Kills Chinese Services
Yahoo is pulling out of China, meaning its relationship with Alibaba is changing for good
Salesforce Beats Expectations And Raises Forecast
Salesforce has pleased Wall Street by beating its expectations and raising its forecast for the current quarter
Quiz Of The Week: Ballmer’s Microsoft Buddies
With Steve Ballmer stepping down, this week's quiz looks at Microsoft executives old and new!
Verizon Close To £84bn Deal For Vodafone Stake
Vodafone and Verizon are said to close to a deal that could see Vodafone's withdrawal from the US market
Microsoft Reassures Jittery Staff After Ballmer Announcement
Microsoft reassures its workforce spooked by Steve Ballmer's upcoming retirement and the company reorganisation
BlackBerry Mulls BBM Spin Off – Report
BlackBerry reportedly considers spinning off its popular BBM Messenger into its own company
HP’s Whitman Remains Committed To Acquisitions
HP chief executive Meg Whitman has said the company will continue to look for acquisition targets, while avoiding multi-billion dollar deals
Small-Business Optimism Shows Boost
US small businesses are showing more optimism, largely due to the increased availability of credit, according to a new survey
Annoying A Dragon In His Den, Starring Piers Linney
New star of Dragon's Den, Piers Linney, doesn't like certain journalists and he doesn't like it when you question Microsoft's virtual credentials either
Yahoo Regains Crown As US Traffic King
Yahoo gets more hits in July, but data doesn't include mobile app traffic
HP Enterprise Boss ‘Reassigned’ By Whitman
The man in charge of HP's enterprise business has been reassigned as Whitman's management shakeup continues
Big Data Must Make Explorers Of Us All
The rise of Big Data means everyone in business needs to have analytic skills, says Brian Gentile
Dell Foglight Upgraded For Virtualisation Management
Dell has updated its virtualisation management tools that can now detect inactive and zombie VMs
AOL Boss Apologises For Firing Worker In Public
You're Fired - Tim Armstrong, says sorry for public sacking, but the dismissal stands
IBM To Acquire Israeli Fraud Detection Firm Trusteer
Big Blue planning a new security research lab in Tel-Aviv too