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Orange Exec Turns Red Over Apple Tablet Comments
An executive at French telecommunications carrier Orange appears to confirm the existence of an Apple Tablet
AOL Planning Further Job Cuts
AOL says 1,100 people took voluntary job elimination packages in December 2009, not the 2,500 people the company had hoped for
Nexus One Manufacturing Costs Revealed
The beancounters over at iSuppli have taken Google's Nexus One smartphone apart and calculated it costs approximately £107.85 to make
Spammers Flocking To Free Web Hosting Sites
Security vendor McAfee has warned in a new report that spammers are increasingly turning to free-hosting websites to provide spam URLs
Alcatel Lucent Vows To Boost Network Efficiency 1000-Fold
The Green Touch consortium, led by Alcatel Lucent's Bell Labs, promises it can cut the energy used by the world's data networks by a factor of 1000
Acer Recalls Thousands Of Notebooks Over Burn Concerns
Acer has issued a recall for 22,000 notebooks after admitting that some of them may pose a "burn hazard”
Twitter Hiring Push Focuses On Security And Products
In a sign of Twitter's increasing commercial focus, the micro-blogging site has announced it is to hire 27 new employees in a push for profitability
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Questions Privacy Expectations
Privacy is no longer a social norm, according to the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg commenting on the rise of social networking
Poor Families To Get Government Laptops
The government has announced plans to provide 270,000 low-income families with free laptops and broadband access, as part of its £300 million Home Access scheme
Vodafone Drops Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X2
Vodafone has abandoned plans to stock Sony Ericsson's Windows Mobile-based Xperia X2 - while Orange has dropped Nokia's N97 Mini
MOD Dragon’s Den Funds Intelligent Networking Tech
The MOD's military technology fund has invested in a new product called Bubblephone, which could be used to help troops stay in contact in Mountainous areas
Government Hails Recession-Busting European GPS-Rival Contracts
A UK company has won the contract to create a European rival to GPS, but the satellites themselves are to be built by a German manufacturer in Bremen
US FCC Questioned Over Net Neutrality Decision
The FCC faces tough questions about its legal authority to penalise Comcast for throttling peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent
Visa Receives £37m Over Data Breach Incident
Heartland Payment Systems agrees to pay as much as $60 million (£37m) to Visa to address losses by credit and debit cardholders affected by the data breach Heartland suffered in 2008
Microsoft Requests Judicial Review Of Word-Ban Case
Microsoft requests that all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit review a long-running case between the software giant and i4i
Google Planning Tablets, Netbooks After Nexus One Say Analysts
Google wants to build big mobile hardware margins from the Nexus One smartphone and future Android-based devices, such as netbooks and tablets say analysts
Green IT Investments Return Despite Uncertain Recovery
In its quarterly look at green IT, Forrester found that as the global recession begins to ebb, businesses are starting to ramp up investments in green IT
Nvidia Looks To Tablets With New Tegra Chip
Nvidia unveiled its next-generation Tegra processor which it is targeting at the tablet PC and low-cost notebook space
Fujitsu Shows Off New LifeBook Range
Fujitsu has been busy after it introduced eight new Lifebook notebooks at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
Cisco Teams Up With Verizon To Showcase Mobility Portfolio
Cisco has teamed up with Verizon to demonstrate the potential of LTE, following its acquisition of Starent Networks
French President Pushes For ‘Google Tax’
President Nicolas Sarkozy has added his support for a proposal that could see foreign Internet firms such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo being taxed for business in France
Software Auditors Crack Down As Recession Bites
Software auditors risk becoming "revenue-generating" traffic cops as the recession put pressure on vendors to collect every penny of revenue
HSBC Customers Hit By Mainframe Failure
HSBC customers were unable to use ATM cash machines, as well as online banking this Friday, after the bank suffered an outage with its mainframe computer
Lenovo To Launch Android Smartphone In China
Lenovo's LePhone, which runs on Google's Android operating system, is expected to go on sale in China in mid-2010, but currently has no US distribution.
Microsoft Issues First Security Patch Of 2010
Microsoft is planning to plug a Windows security hole rated critical for Windows 2000 systems, in the company's first Patch Tuesday of the year
Dell Exhibits Products For 2010 at CES Event
Dell officials talked up mobility at the CES event, with a host of new and enhanced laptops, as well as the upcoming Mini 3 Android smartphone and five-inch tablet
Intel’s Otellini Launches Netbook Appstore In 3D
Intel CEO Paul Otellini talked about an Atom-based smartphone and an online app store for netbooks in a 3D-enhanced CES keynote
Palm Invites Developers To Join WebOS Programme
Palm has opened its webOS developer programme to all developers, and has also announced new phones and operator support.
Google Pushes Nexus One On Search Homepage
Google is using its search homepage to push its newly released Nexus One smartphone, as well as its Chrome web browser