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05 August 2010
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.
04 August 2010
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.
03 August 2010
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.
02 August 2010
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.
30 July 2010
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.
29 July 2010
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.
28 July 2010
Video: Students compete in robot submarine contest

University teams gather at NATO contest in Italy
News: Microsoft cries foul over Google tie-up with Yahoo

Yahoo Japan's decision to replace Microsoft with Google as its main search partner has been met with protest from Microsoft, which called the deal "anticompetitive."
27 July 2010
News: Virgin partners with power firm on superfast broadband

Virgin Media has chosen a small Welsh village to trial superfast fibre broadband over electrical poles.
News: Smartphones running Android surge in the UK

The number of smartphones in the UK running Google Android has risen by 10 percent in the last quarter, says GfK.
Video: Bill Gates calls for 90 percent Aids reduction

Gates speaks at the 18th International Aids Conference in Vienna
News: Brits can get out of broadband contracts with no penalty

Brits will now have the option of leaving a broadband contract without being penalised if they find within three months of signing up that their actual speed is significantly below the estimate they are given when singing up.
News: IBM hit by EC antitrust probes

The European Commission announced on Monday that it will begin formal investigations into allegations that IBM has abused its dominant position in the mainframe server market.