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Google slams Microsoft, Apple and Oracle for 'trying to strangle Android'
Google slams Microsoft, Apple and Oracle for 'trying to strangle Android'

Rivals looking to make Android pricier than Windows Phone, says chief legal officer David Drummond

  • Law
  • 03 August 2011
IDC cuts 2011 processor sales forecast owing to 'economic headwinds'
IDC cuts 2011 processor sales forecast owing to 'economic headwinds'

Fusion platform gives AMD gains against Intel in mobile and PCs

  • Chips and Components
  • 02 August 2011
Mobile devices to exceed global population by 2014 as Asia comes online
Mobile devices to exceed global population by 2014 as Asia comes online

Apple expected to produce cut-price iPhone to feed huge demand in China

  • Mobile Software
  • 28 July 2011
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone Mango released to manufacturers
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone Mango released to manufacturers

Spanking new operating system coming to Nokia, HTC et al by Christmas

  • Mobile Software
  • 27 July 2011
Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz indicted for JSTOR database hack
Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz indicted for JSTOR database hack

24 year-old accused of downloading over four million academic files

  • Security
  • 19 July 2011
HP shuffles management with new heads of WebOS and US PC divisions
HP shuffles management with new heads of WebOS and US PC divisions

Jon Rubinstein to take a wider role as company seeks to broaden WebOS appeal

  • Management
  • 12 July 2011
LulzSec announces end to hacking campaign and disbands
LulzSec announces end to hacking campaign and disbands

Group hopes AntiSec initiative will carry on

  • Security
  • 26 June 2011
AMD shows off new Fusion processors, and HP, Microsoft and ARM support
AMD shows off new Fusion processors, and HP, Microsoft and ARM support

Company aims for 10 teraflop future

  • Chips and Components
  • 18 June 2011
Globalfoundries changes top management and begins $6bn investment drive
Globalfoundries changes top management and begins $6bn investment drive

CEO Doug Grose steps down on eve of major expansion

  • Chips and Components
  • 17 June 2011
Samsung Chrome OS Series 5 laptops go on sale in US
Samsung Chrome OS Series 5 laptops go on sale in US

Sales expected to be slow but steady

  • Operating Systems
  • 16 June 2011
Lenovo brings ThinkPad design to small servers and desktops
Lenovo brings ThinkPad design to small servers and desktops

Updates to ThinkServer and ThinkCentre lines due in July

  • Desktops
  • 14 June 2011
Hacking group claims to have breached Acer's European systems
Hacking group claims to have breached Acer's European systems

'Pakistan Cyber Army' becomes active in Europe

  • Security
  • 04 June 2011
Security failings at Siemens could lead to an attack worse than Stuxnet
Security failings at Siemens could lead to an attack worse than Stuxnet

Company is stuck in the past over vulnerabilities, experts warn

  • Security
  • 25 May 2011
Intel offers pay-as-you-go hybrid cloud apps for small businesses
Intel offers pay-as-you-go hybrid cloud apps for small businesses

Company opens application bundles for Hybrid Cloud platform

  • Cloud Computing
  • 24 May 2011
Nvidia predicts Android tablets will outsell Apple's iPad within three years

Co-founder says Google platform will dominate by 2015

  • Gadgets
  • 17 May 2011
ThinkPad X1 is Lenovo's thinnest to date
ThinkPad X1 is Lenovo's thinnest to date

Ultra-thin ruggedised laptop comes with up to 8GB of RAM and a 160GB SSD

  • Desktops
  • 16 May 2011
Processor sales show unseasonable growth thanks to Intel and AMD innovation

Shipments expected to grow 10 per cent this year

  • Chips and Components
  • 06 May 2011
Android global smartphone lead grows to 35 per cent
Android global smartphone lead grows to 35 per cent

Google OS powered 35 million of the 101 million units shipped in Q1

  • Mobile Software
  • 05 May 2011
Apple to take three quarters of mobile app store revenue in 2011
Apple to take three quarters of mobile app store revenue in 2011

Sales projected to hit $3.8bn this year

  • Mobile Software
  • 04 May 2011
Courts approve Nortel's sale of patent package to Google
Courts approve Nortel's sale of patent package to Google

Stalking horse auction legally ready to go

  • Law
  • 03 May 2011
Top 10 technology marriages made in heaven
Top 10 technology marriages made in heaven

Relationships that have blessed the IT industry

  • Strategy
  • 30 April 2011
Business should learn from Sony's catastrophic data breach

Analysts call for security rethink after PlayStation Network fiasco

  • Security
  • 28 April 2011
Sony details PlayStation attack as legal case starts
Sony details PlayStation attack as legal case starts

Credit card data was encrypted, company says

  • Security
  • 28 April 2011
Sony admits huge data leak after PlayStation Network and Qriocity attacks
Sony admits huge data leak after PlayStation Network and Qriocity attacks

70 million users may have had personal and financial information stolen

  • Security
  • 27 April 2011
Google shores up WebM standard against patent claims
Google shores up WebM standard against patent claims

Company adds 16 allies to WebM Community Cross-License group

  • Open Source
  • 26 April 2011
Lenovo adds cloud security to ThinkPad and ThinkCentre lines
Lenovo adds cloud security to ThinkPad and ThinkCentre lines

Cloud-enabled endpoints could solve security issues, says analyst

  • Security
  • 12 April 2011
Boy Scouts adds robotics badge to achievement list
Boy Scouts adds robotics badge to achievement list

  • Peripherals
  • 12 April 2011
Facebook open sources low power server and datacentre designs
Facebook open sources low power server and datacentre designs

Company ditches off-the-shelf products in a move that will slash datacentre operating costs

  • Datacentre
  • 07 April 2011
Nokia files further patent complaints against Apple
Nokia files further patent complaints against Apple

Long running legal battle gets more complex

  • Law
  • 30 March 2011
Lenovo launches first LePad tablet to Chinese market
Lenovo launches first LePad tablet to Chinese market

Vendor aims to fight Apple with multiple models

  • Chips and Components
  • 29 March 2011
Acer slips in global PC shipments despite record quarter for the industry
Acer slips in global PC shipments despite record quarter for the industry

Apple and tablet vendors bite into Acer's consumer market

  • Desktops
  • 10 March 2011
Microsoft to reportedly pay over $1bn for Nokia Phone 7 deal
Microsoft to reportedly pay over $1bn for Nokia Phone 7 deal

Maybe Stephen Elop got good value after all

  • Mobile Software
  • 08 March 2011
Nokia focuses on smartphones with Qt sale to Digia
Nokia focuses on smartphones with Qt sale to Digia

Non-mobile licensing goes to fellow Finns

  • Developer
  • 07 March 2011
PC manufacturers forced into tablet market against Apple

Lenovo could be the dark horse to watch, says management consultant

  • Operating Systems
  • 28 February 2011
Qualcomm chip boosts graphics for tablets and smartphones
Qualcomm chip boosts graphics for tablets and smartphones

Latest addition to Snapdragon family integrates faster GPU

  • Communications
  • 11 February 2011
Smartphone sales exceed estimates in bumper 2010
Smartphone sales exceed estimates in bumper 2010

Apple playing second fiddle to Android in US market for now

  • Operating Systems
  • 08 February 2011
Analyst urges Nokia-Microsoft Windows Phone 7 partnership
Analyst urges Nokia-Microsoft Windows Phone 7 partnership

Major announcement expected from Nokia at Mobile World Congress

  • Operating Systems
  • 03 February 2011
Views from the Valley: Executive shake-ups and a Verizon iPhone
Views from the Valley: Executive shake-ups and a Verizon iPhone

Intel settles with Nvidia while AMD looks to a new CEO

  • Web
  • 12 January 2011
Dirk Meyer steps down as AMD chief executive
Dirk Meyer steps down as AMD chief executive

Second corporate scalp taken as move-on Monday continues

  • Chips and Components
  • 11 January 2011
CES: Lenovo IdeaPad Slate video demo
CES: Lenovo IdeaPad Slate video demo

Windows 7 tablet on display

  • Tablets
  • 06 January 2011
CES: Asus takes on the iPad with four tablets
CES: Asus takes on the iPad with four tablets

Company bets on power over price with Windows- and Android-based devices

  • Tablets
  • 05 January 2011
Apple and Google vie for Nortel patent assets

Key rights to LTE and PC technology up for grabs

  • Communications
  • 14 December 2010
Finalists in SHA-3 encryption hash contest announced
Finalists in SHA-3 encryption hash contest announced

US slipping behind in security research

  • Security
  • 11 December 2010
Qualcomm roadmap includes 28nm Snapdragon SoC
Qualcomm roadmap includes 28nm Snapdragon SoC

Company outlines processor and graphics enhancements

  • Communications
  • 18 November 2010
AMD details speeds and feeds on Radeon HD 6800 cards

Company looks to cement DirectX11 dominance

  • Chips and Components
  • 22 October 2010
AMD shows off Llano APU
AMD shows off Llano APU

New chipset will be crucial to processor firm's graphics push

  • Chips and Components
  • 20 October 2010
Leak exposes Nokia N9's vital statistics
Leak exposes Nokia N9's vital statistics

Pictures and specifications of MeeGo smartphone appear on Chinese web site

  • Communications
  • 24 August 2010
AMD breaks sales record for last quarter
AMD breaks sales record for last quarter

Sales of 6000 series servers quadruple

  • Chips and Components
  • 16 July 2010
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