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• 05 April 2011

• News: Intel CEO's pay package climbs 7% to $15.7 million

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini received a 7% pay bump in 2010, which marks the first year the company's revenue topped $40 billion. His total compensation climbed to $15.7 million from $14.6 million in 2009, according to SEC documents.

• News: Verizon to pay Uncle Sam $93.5M in overcharge dispute

  Verizon today agreed to pay the United States government $93.5 million to settle allegations that it had systematically overcharged the federal government.

• Video: Sony factory deals with tsunami damage

  Sony's Sendai Technology Center still recovering

• News: Tons of mud, debris hamper Sony's tsunami recovery

  A crane lifts a huge clump of mud and drops it into a truck. Moments later another truck rolls by carrying the remains of a mangled car. This is the scene at Sony's Sendai Technology Center on the afternoon of April 1, three weeks to the day since a tsunami washed through the area.

• News: TI buys National Semiconductor for $6.5bn

  Texas Instruments announced it has agreed to acquire semiconductor company National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion in an all-cash transaction.

• 04 April 2011

• News: EMC/RSA acquires electronic threat detection firm NetWitness

  EMC Corp. today announced it has acquired NetWitness Corp., security company that makes the NextGen visibility monitoring system to detect electronic threats and malware-based attacks. EMC said NetWitness will operate as part of RSA.

• News: IEEE hopes to drive cloud computing standards

  Standards organization IEEE has decided to get involved in cloud computing, starting with two development projects related to cloud interoperability, it said on Monday.

• News: Improved data sharing 'would save lives'

  A United Nations report into disaster relief calls for improved data sharing and technology collaboration between agencies to help save lives.

• 02 April 2011

• News: O2 delays release of Sony Xperia PLAY

  A Sony Ericsson spokesman last night confirmed to PC Advisor that there are problems with getting stock of the Xperia PLAY 'PlayStation phone' into UK stores. And O2 is currently refusing to stock the Xperia PLAY, instead testing the device to ensure its software is up to scratch.

• 31 March 2011

• Video: New airport baggage screening technology unveiled

  Siemens Apron Baggage Screening can detect explosives and divert questionable bags

• News: Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci resigns from company

  Acer President and CEO Gianfranco Lanci has resigned from the company, over differing views on the future development of the company, Acer said.

• 30 March 2011

• News: Asus Eee Pad Transformer undercuts iPad 2

  Asus has announced UK shipping dates for its first two tablet PCs. The 16GB Google Android Honeycomb-based Asus Eee Pad Transformer will cost from £379 - £20 cheaper than the asking price for the 16GB Apple iPad 2.

• News: PC Advisor Awards 2011 celebration evening: pictures

  The great and the good of the UK technology industry gathered in Bloomsbury, London, last evening for the second annual PC Advisor Awards 2011 celebration, sponsored by Dell, HP and Webroot.

• News: Dell: iPad 2 will fail in enterprise market

  Despite the iPad's big head start in the enterprise - or large-business - market, Apple's tablet PC won't prosper there, according to an increasingly bullish Dell.

• News: Nokia throws more patent claims at Apple

  Nokia has filed a new round of complaints against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and with a Delaware court, the Finnish phone maker said on Tuesday.

• 29 March 2011

• News: eBay to pay £1.5bn for GSI Commerce

  EBay has agreed to acquire for about $2.4 billion (£1.5 billion) GSI Commerce, whose suite of e-commerce and digital marketing tools and services are expected to boost eBay's online marketplace and PayPal e-payment businesses.

• News: Microsoft, Google back UK entrepreneurship drive

  Microsoft and Google are among a number of IT companies that have pledged to support Prime Minister David Cameron’s initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in the UK.

• 24 March 2011

• News: Intel's McAfee unit to acquire Sentrigo

  Intel's McAfee subsidiary is to acquire Sentrigo, which provides database security and compliance products.

• 23 March 2011

• News: Sony suspends production at five factories

  Sony plans to temporarily suspend production at five factories in Japan because of problems obtaining raw materials and components following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, it said Tuesday.

• 22 March 2011

• News: BlackBerry Playbook onsale from 19 April

  RIM has finally put a date and a price to the BlackBerry Playbook tablet. It will cost $499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version, $599 for the 32GB model and $699 for the 64GB Wi-Fi version. Best Buy is taking orders from US and Canadian customers from today with deliveries starting on 19 April.

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