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Article | 5/10/2010 Google buys BlindType to help Android users type more easily

Google has acquired BlindType, a developer of apps to make typing easier on touch-screen phones, the small software maker announced Friday. The move c...

Article | 30/09/2010 SugarCRM offers CRM to OEMs, and readies native iPhone app

SugarCRM has repackaged its open-source, browser-based customer relationship management platform to make it easier for other vendors to put their own ...

Article | 27/09/2010 Google will appeal French libel ruling on search suggestions

Google has been found guilty of libel by a French court as a result of the company's automated search suggestions. Google plans to appeal the ruling, ...

Article | 20/09/2010 Google demos editing of Google Docs in Microsoft Office

Google is developing a way for Microsoft Office users to edit documents collaboratively without using Microsoft's Sharepoint collaboration server. It ...

Article | 20/09/2010 Google adds two-factor authentication option to Google Apps

Google added a two-factor authentication option to Google Apps on Monday, allowing enterprises to protect user accounts with a one-time code delivered...

Article | 10/09/2010 Stephen Elop: listening will be task number one at Nokia

Stephen Elop sees a lot to like about the Finnish culture that pervades his future employer, Nokia -- but the country's famous black candy, salmiakki?...

Article | 17/09/2010 Report: DOJ nears deal with tech firms on staff poaching

The U.S. Department of Justice is nearing a settlement with technology vendors including Apple, Google and others over an investigation of their hirin...

Article | 11/09/2010 Google plans research center in France

Google plans to make France the center for all its European cultural operations, and to open a new research center there, CEO Eric Schmidt told Frenc...

Article | 10/09/2010 Jonathan Schwartz's new business is a Picture of Health

Jonathan Schwartz ended six months of silence on his Twitter feed on Thursday with the words "Started a new company."

Article | 8/09/2010 Ciena's loss deepens after Nortel metro Ethernet acquisition

Ciena plunged deeper into the red following its acquisition of Nortel Networks' metro Ethernet business, with sales of its legacy products stagnating,...

Article | 7/09/2010 Secret copyright treaty draft leaked after Washington talks

Another round of negotiations, another leak: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published what it says is the latest draft of the secret Anti-Count...

Article | 22/07/2010 Nokia reports earnings down 40 percent on flat Q2 sales

Nokia reported flat sales for the second quarter, with a 40 percent year-on-year drop in earnings. The company is still seeing customers shun its high...

Article | 20/07/2010 Nokia Siemens buys Motorola wireless network unit for $1.2B

Motorola has found a buyer for its wireless network equipment unit: Nokia Siemens Networks will pay US$1.2 billion for most of that business, the comp...

Article | 17/07/2010 Disagreements on transparency fail to stop ACTA treaty leak

Disagreements between the European Union and the US over whether to release the current negotiating text of a secretive international copyright treaty...

Article | 9/07/2010 Facebook faces fine from German privacy regulator

Facebook faces a fine from a German privacy regulator for failing to obtain the consent of the people whose contact details it stores.