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• 11 March 2010

• News: Bill Gates no longer world's richest man

  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it's not like he's going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.

• 10 March 2010

• News: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry hurt Windows phone

  Apple, Google and RIM are growing their shares of the US smartphone operating system market, while Microsoft and Palm decline. The comScore data for the three-month average ending this January also shows Motorola maintaining its lead as top mobile handset manufacturer.

• News: High-speed broadband: VDSL vs Fibre

  Many operators are improving DSL broadband by deploying VDSL (Very High Bitrate DSL), which is cheaper to deploy than fibre as carriers can use existing copper infrastructure.

• 09 March 2010

• News: IT disaster recovery goldmine

  The business IT disaster data recovery market to hit $39 billion by 2015

• 08 March 2010

• News: BT demands Virgin Media opens up network

  BT is calling for Virgin Media to open up its fibre network and allow other ISPs to access the infrastructure.

• News: Access to the web should be a 'fundamental right'

  More than four in five people (87 percent) believe access to the web is a fundamental right, says the BBC.

• News: Google enables online Microsoft Office doc sharing

  With its acquisition of DocVerse, announced Friday, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself.

• 05 March 2010

• News: Virgin slams BBC Trust Project Canvas investigation

  The chief executive of Virgin Media has slammed the BBC Trust's consultation of the Project Canvas project as "shameless whitewash".

• News: PC sales to surge by 20 percent this year

  Gartner has raised its worldwide PC shipment forecast for this year, predicting growth of 20 percent compared to 2009, partly driven by growth in shipments of mobile devices like laptops and netbooks.

• 04 March 2010

• News: Sony PS3 owners to get free 3D update

  Sony is readying itself to roll out an update to current PlayStation 3 games console owners to allow them to take advantage of the new Full HD 3D TVs and 3D programming that are about to launch.

• News: Microsoft research budget hits $9.5bn

  Microsoft plans to spend $9.5 billion on research and development this year, which a senior executive said Thursday is more than any competitor.

• News: Google supports HTC in Apple lawsuit

  Google has defended HTC, which manufacturers the search-engine's branded 'superphone - the Nexus One - after Apple accused the handset manufacturer of infringing 20 of its patents.

• 03 March 2010

• News: Intel PC has 48-core processor

  Intel is demonstrating a PC with a 48-core processor here at the CeBIT tradesow, Hanover. The system is described as a single-chip cloud computer by Intel, which is showing off the 48-core chip as a proof of concept: it won't be available to buy any time soon, and it doesn't yet even run Windows, although in time it could run up to 48 different operating systems.

• News: HTC defends itself in Apple lawsuit

  HTC has defended itself against Apple's accusations that it infringed 20 of its patents, saying it develops its own technology.

• Video: Google tries to convince Germany that Street View isn't evil

  Google is at Cebit for the first time and it's trying to sell an idea to a skeptikal German public: that its Street View service isn't something to be feared.

• News: Browsers in choice screen identical to IE

  A web designer has slammed the choice of browsers in Microsoft's choice screen, claiming they are identical to Internet Explorer.

• News: Ballmer: We'll beat Google in search

  CEO Steve Ballmer discusses Microsoft's online strategy at Search Marketing Expo in California

• News: Apple sues HTC over iPhone technology

  Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against HTC, claiming that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents.

• News: Microsoft touts internet usage tax

  How will we ever get a leg up on hackers who are infecting computers worldwide? Microsoft's security chief laid out several suggestions on Tuesday, including a possible internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of machines.

• 02 March 2010

• News: Corsair expands range to shed 'Memory' tag

  Corsair has an enviable reputation as the king of computer memory makers. It eschews the low-end, to manufacture a diaspora of mid-range and high-end RAM for hobbyists and channel manufacturers alike.

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