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  • News: Skype IPO hopes to raise $100m

    Skype SA seeks to raise US$100 million through an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., as the Luxembourg-based provider of Internet telephony, video calling and instant messaging communications seeks to diversify and boost its user base and revenue.

  • News: File-sharing website buys Russian town

    You can call it a sort of Robin Hood situation. One of the most popular file-sharing sites is in apparent negotiations to name a rural Russian town in Siberia after its website, with money generated from its advertising.

  • News: HP CEO leaves after harassment complaint

    Mark Hurd may have been forced to resign as CEO of HP for conduct deemed inappropriate by his board, but he won't be leaving empty-handed.

  • News: Head of iPhone engineering out after 'Antennagate'

    Apple's senior vice president of engineering for the iPhone and iPod, is leaving the firm, according to reports by The New York Times. Mark Papermaster, a 26-year-veteran of IBM , joined Apple in October 2008.

  • News: RIM holds talks with UAE and Saudi Arabia

    US officials and Research in Motion (RIM) are holding talks with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the nations' security concerns regarding the BlackBerry smartphone.

  • News: Nokia fans grill exec in Twitter Q&A

    A Nokia executive revealed little new information during an hour-long question-and-answer session via Twitter, but the questions posed show that even though the phone maker has ceded ground to more popular new entrants, fans hope it can stage a comeback.

  • News: Apple iOS and Android own mobile app market

    Mobile application downloads from Apple iOS and Google’s Android will account for 78 percent of all application downloads in 2010, with the iPhone’s operating system taking the lion’s share of 52 percent of all applications.

  • News: Photos: Apple Store Covent Garden

    On Saturday Apple opens its latest London store in the tourist-friendly environs of Covent Garden, just metres away from a Disney Store selling Steve Jobs-approved Pixar merchandise.

  • News: Kids snub IT careers as lessons are boring

    School children are passing over a career in computing because IT lessons at school are boring, says the Royal Society.

  • News: Intel eyes iPhone with possible Infineon acquisition

    Reports are circulating that Intel is in talks to buy Infineon's wireless chip unit, which could be a boost to Intel's efforts to gain footing in the smartphone market.

  • News: RIM launches first touchscreen slider smartphone

    Research In Motion has launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800, a hybrid handset that combines a Qwerty keyboard and a 3.2in capacitive touchscreen display

  • News: HP pays out in PC manufacturer kickbacks case

    HP has reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice over allegations that it paid kickbacks to systems integrators in order to help it secure government contracts, HP said on Monday.

  • News: Cisco settles antitrust suit over software updates

    Cisco Systems has settled a 2008 lawsuit in which independent network maintenance company Multiven charged that Cisco forced customers to buy its SMARTnet service plan in order to get bug fixes and software updates.

  • News: Mobile data usage soars

    From 2009 to 2015 mobile data usage in Western Europe and North America is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 42 percent and 55 percent respectively.

  • News: AMD gains ground on Intel in graphics market

    Record product shipments and Intel's legal issues helped Advanced Micro Devices gain share in the graphics market during the second quarter, market analysis firm Jon Peddie Research said on Friday.

  • News: BlackBerry service to be suspended by UAE

    Some BlackBerry services will be suspended in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 11 because the services do not fall in line with the country's regulations, the UAE telecommunications regulator said on Sunday.

  • News: Intel wins key ruling in antitrust lawsuit

    A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to show that PC buyers were harmed by discounts Intel offered to manufacturers.

  • Video: Ranger robot sets world record for walking

    Cornell University project walks 23km unsupported

  • News: Amazon CTO counters scepticism on cloud security

    Amazon's cloud computing division is planning to "raise the bar" on security, and claims it can provide better security than most enterprises achieve on their own.

  • Video: Students compete in robot submarine contest

    University teams gather at NATO contest in Italy