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• 20 January 2012

• News: Congress Puts SOPA, PIPA on Hold

  Rocked by Internet protests, the U.S. Congress is postponing action on the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.

• News: Wall Street Beat: Enterprise spending helps mixed quarter for tech

  There were weak spots in the last quarter of 2011 for sector bellwethers Google, IBM, Intel and Microsoft, but corporate demand for technology appeared to remain resilient going into what is expected to be a year of slower growth for global IT spending.

• News: Don't throw out IT strategy in hard times, warns Gartner

  To be successful in a difficult economy, companies should continue to focus on their business strategy and on differentiating themselves from rivals, Gartner has advised.

• News: Judge rejects Oracle's proposed plan to speed up Android trial

  A judge on Friday shot down Oracle's offer to put its Java patent-infringement claims against Google over the Android mobile OS on hold, in exchange for a speedier trial on its copyright claims.

• News: Sen. Leahy criticizes 'knee-jerk' reaction to PIPA, SOPA protests

  Sen. Patrick Leahy, the lead sponsor of the controversial Protect IP Act, today criticized the "knee-jerk' reaction of fellow senators to this week's protests against the bill. He vowed to press on with it.

• News: What Megaupload's Demise Teaches about Cloud Storage

  Megaupload users are crying foul after their personal files, not necessarily copyright-infringing material, stored with the file-sharing service was seized on Thursday along with a trove of illegally distributed copyrighted works.

• News: US Senate postpones Tuesday vote on PIPA

  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has postponed a vote on the controversial Protect IP Act, scheduled for Tuesday, as a growing number of senators voice opposition to the copyright enforcement bill.

• News: EU digital commissioner asks for feedback on Megaupload take-down

  Europe's Commissioner in charge of the digital agenda has asked the public what it thinks about the shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload by U.S. authorities.

• News: US Senate postpones Tuesday vote on PIPA

  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has postponed a vote on the controversial Protect IP Act, scheduled for Tuesday, as a growing number of senators voice opposition to the copyright enforcement bill.

• News: Half of CIOs don't expect to be in the same role in their next job

  Is the CIO becoming extinct?

• News: Open Group publishes standards to align cloud strategies

  The Open Group has published two industry standards that enable businesses to integrate SOA (service orientated architecture) and cloud computing

• News: Vodafone wins over $2B tax dispute in India

  India's Supreme Court has ruled that Vodafone did not have to withhold tax from Hutchison Telecommunications when buying its stake in 2007 in Indian mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, Vodafone said on Friday.

• News: Wipro's IT revenue rises, but lags peers

  Wipro's IT services revenue grew 12 percent year on year in U.S. dollar terms in the quarter ended Dec. 31, but its growth lags behind Indian outsourcing peers such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

• News: London councils in joint tender for £1.4bn back-office services

  Twenty London councils have announced a framework contract for back-office services worth up to £1.4 billion, in a bid to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

• News: Unilever packages global private cloud

  Unilever has built a private cloud computing setup for its key basic applications, using the new Microsoft System Center 2012 platform.

• News: Intellect appoints new chief

  Intellect, the trade association for the UK's technology sector, has appointed Julian David as its new director general.

• News: Apple clears another regulatory hurdle to bring iPhone to China Telecom

  Apple may be a step closer to offering its iPhone through China Telecom, after yet another Chinese regulator approved a version of the iconic smartphone built for the mobile operator's networks.

• News: ASIC ups its market surveillance

  The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is looking to make significant changes to the ICT underpinning its white collar crime fighting abilities in response to faster trading speeds and high trading volumes.

• News: IT leaders continue to juggle multiple priorities in 2012

  Analytics and business intelligence has moved back to the top of the technology priority list for CIOs, according to the latest Gartner research into CIO priorities, followed by mobile technologies and Cloud computing -- but the pressure is as IT leaders juggle multiple priorities.

• News: Hudson: 38% of IT&T firms to increase hiring in Q1

  Hiring expectations among Hong Kong's IT&T firms in Q1 2012 remain much the same as that in the previous quarter, said recruitment services firm Hudson recently.

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