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• 13 August 2010

• News: Bournemouth's fibre broadband through sewers plan stalls

  A plan to offer the residents of Bournemouth 100Mbps net connections using fibre cables laid in the city's sewer system has been dumped.

• News: ICO still reviewing Google Wi-Fi sampling

  The Information Commissioner's Office is still reviewing Google's accidential collection of Wi-Fi data as part of its Street View program but said it does not appear to have jeopardised people's personal information.

• News: Asus to launch Android-based Eee Pad in March 2011

  Asustek Computer plans to launch its first tablet device with Google's Android mobile operating system in March, the company's CEO said Friday.

• News: Asus to release Linux-based Eee Tablet in October

  Asustek Computer plans to launch its long awaited Eee Tablet with an 8-inch LCD touchscreen in October for around US$300, though prices vary by market.

• News: Google sued by Oracle over Java in Android

  Google is facing legal action from Oracle, which claims the Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java.

• Video: Dell ships Streak tablet

  Plus: HP sex scandal and police raid Google

• News: 21 signs that technology has rewired your brain

  We've been spoilt by gadgets, technology and the internet. If you're like us, then you expect everything to be automated, digitised and customised, not to mention responsive to the swipe of a finger.

• News: nVidia posts loss as cost of faulty GPUs bites

  Nvidia on Thursday reported a loss for the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, caused partly by charges related to faulty laptop graphics processors the company sold more than two years ago.

• News: Tickets.com, others follow Google, Amazon in opening up

  Opening up an internal resource to outside developers, a la Amazon Web Services and Force.com, isn't just for the big guys anymore.

• News: Internet Explorer 9 beta confirmed for 15 Sept

  Number 9...Number 9...Number 9... Okay, now that I've got the obligatory Beatles reference out of the way, Microsoft announced on its Windows Team Blog that it will launch Internet Explorer 9 at a media event in San Francisco on September 15.

• News: HP sued over CEO Hurd's departure

  Hewlett-Packard's board of directors has been hit with a shareholder lawsuit alleging mismanagement and breach of fiduciary duties following last week's abrupt departure of Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd.

• 12 August 2010

• News: Smartphone sales up 50 percent as Android takes third place

  As worldwide smartphone sales grew by 50 percent during the second quarter, Android was the big winner, as it became the third largest operating system and sales passed 10 million units for the first time, according Gartner.

• News: 5 potential problems with a Google-Verizon net neutrality pact

  This week Google and US telecoms provider Verizon unveiled a proposal to maintain an open internet while creating room for a broadband network of premium services.

• News: Poll: 32 percent approve of web traffic prioritisation

  Google and Verizon may have moved to quash rumours of a traffic-prioritisation deal, but almost a third of web users would approve of such an arrangement, according to a PC Advisor survey.

• 11 August 2010

• News: Plastic Logic kills off QUE e-Book reader

  Plastic Logic has dumped plans to launch its QUE e-book reader and will instead concentrating on a second-generation device.

• 10 August 2010

• Video: HP scandal actress 'surprised and saddened'

  Jodie Fisher 'sorry Mark Hurd lost his job'

• News: Google outlines plans for open internet

  Google and US telecom giant Verizon have announced plans to enforce net neutrality proposals, but critics say they could carve up the web in favour of a few deep-pocketed internet companies

• 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.

• 09 August 2010

• 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.

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