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Article | 25/09/2009 Apples to Windows comparison shopping

For native English speakers in Paris, shopping in local boutiques or ordering a drink in a café can be a fraught experience if the staff only speak Fr...

Article | 23/09/2009 French parliament approves 'three-strikes' anti-piracy law

The French National Assembly voted Tuesday to adopt, by 258 votes to 131, the so-called "three strikes" law criminalizing file-sharing. Those caught i...

Article | 22/09/2009 Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for $3.9B

Dell has agreed to buy Perot Systems for around US$3.9 billion in cash, and intends to make the company its global services delivery division, the com...

Article | 22/09/2009 Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for US$3.9B

Dell has agreed to buy Perot Systems for around US$3.9 billion in cash, and intends to make the company its global services delivery division, the com...

Article | 17/09/2009 French National Assembly votes for new 'three strikes' bill

The French government is still pursuing its plan to cut off Internet users accused of copyright infringement -- although a new version of the so-calle...

Article | 8/09/2009 Google faces broad antitrust investigation in Italy

Italy's Antitrust Authority has broadened its investigation of Google's business practices in the country, it said Friday.

Article | 30/07/2009 SAP predicts brighter future as Q2 profits rise

SAP reported a 4 per cent year-on-year increase in net income for the second quarter, even as revenue dropped 10 per cent. The company is now more opt...

Article | 28/07/2009 IBM to pay $US1.2B for analytics developer SPSS

IBM has agreed to acquire SPSS, a Chicago-based analytics software specialist, the companies said Tuesday.

Article | 24/07/2009 EMC earnings fall 43 per cent, but says worst is past

EMC's second-quarter net income fell 43 per cent year on year, and revenue fell 11 per cent, as customers cut back spending on IT projects, it said Th...

Article | 16/07/2009 Declining phone sales drive down Nokia net income in Q2

Nokia reported second-quarter sales 25 percent lower than a year earlier, and net income down 66 percent. While it predicts that sales will stop dropp...

Article | 10/07/2009 France creates new national IT security agency

France has created a new national IT systems security agency to better defend its IT networks.

Article | 2/07/2009 Mystery bidder forces Micro Focus to raise offer for Borland

Micro Focus International raised its offer for Borland Software to $US1.50 per share on Tuesday, up from $1 in early May, to counter a rival offer fro...

Article | 27/06/2009 Pirate Party finds France fertile territory

Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright l...

Article | 26/06/2009 Pirate Party finds France fertile territory

Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright l...

Article | 19/06/2009 Alcatel-Lucent will team with HP to sell telecom products

Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent and IT vendor Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for...