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Article | 23/04/2010 CenturyTel to buy Qwest for $10.6B

Telecommunications carrier CenturyTel has agreed to buy Qwest Communications International for around US$10.6 billion in stock. The merged company wil...

Article | 16/04/2010 Spam volumes grew 6 percent last year, says Google

Despite security researchers' efforts to cut spam down to size, it just keeps growing back. The volume of unsolicited email in the first quarter was a...

Article | 14/04/2010 European Union, France to consult on net neutrality

The European Commission will launch a public consultation on the issue of network neutrality this quarter, Neelie Kroes, commissioner for the digital ...

Article | 6/04/2010 MITS founder and Altair inventor Ed Roberts dies aged 68

Henry Edward Roberts, designer of the Altair 8800 personal computer that inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to enter the software business, has died a...

Article | 31/03/2010 Exalead creates automatic searchable speech transcripts

French search specialist Exalead thinks it's cracked one of the big challenges of search, making video searchable, and has landed a high-profile custo...

Article | 25/03/2010 New version of secret copyright treaty text leaked

A leaked document appears to have brought a swift response to calls from the European Commission and the New Zealand government on Monday for greater ...

Article | 5/03/2010 Acer adds HDMI input to K11 Pico Projector

Acer is showing its K11 Pico Projector in the Planet Reseller section of the Cebit trade show, where staff say it will go on sale by late April.

Article | 5/03/2010 LG offers phone resellers a taste of fresh Cookie

The LG GS290 Cookie Fresh isn't yet available on planet Earth, but you can find it on Planet Reseller, the part of the Cebit trade show reserved for d...

Article | 3/03/2010 Software AG opens BPM social networking beta test

Software AG opened a beta version of its social network for business process management (BPM) on Tuesday, a year after it first announced the service.

Article | 2/03/2010 Not whom they expected: SAP's McDermott opens Cebit

It was Léo Apotheker whose name appeared on the invitation to the opening ceremony of the Cebit trade show -- but his successor, co-CEO Bill McDermott...

Article | 17/02/2010 French net filtering plan moves forward

French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic, a measure the government says is intended to catch child pornographe...

Article | 17/02/2010 Smartphone OS leaves one hand free

Today's smartphones are too much of a handful, according to Israeli company Else: You either need to grab them with both hands and punch away at the k...

Article | 17/02/2010 Buffering: Google readies Flash for Android devices

Google will soon add the capability to play Flash videos to its Android mobile phone OS, Google product manager Eric Tseng announced at Mobile World C...

Article | 17/02/2010 Google CEO has no plans to compete with mobile operators

Google has made investments in wireless networks, is testing gigabit-to-the-home technology, and is selling 60,000 Android smartphones a day -- yet ha...

Article | 16/02/2010 Microsoft CEO unveils Windows Phone 7 Series software

Microsoft unveiled the next version of its operating system for mobile phones, Windows Phone 7 Series, featuring a move away from applications and tow...