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22 January 2010
News: BT launches 40Mbps broadband package

BT has unveiled its first super-fast broadband connection for UK residents.
News: Google revenue and profit up in Q4

Google has revealed its revenue and profits grew in Q4 of 2009, and exceeded Wall Street's expectations for the search engine.
News: AMD reaches profitability for the first time in years

AMD reached profitability for the first time in three years during the fourth quarter of 2009, benefiting from a legal settlement with Intel and a change in its business model, the company said on Thursday.
21 January 2010
News: Emergency Internet Explorer patch available from 6pm

Microsoft's emergency Internet Explorer 6 patch will be available from 6pm UK time. Facebook has begun warning members logging in to its social network site using Internet Explorer to update to the latest version of the web browser.
News: Netbooks, not iPhone to blame for 3G overload

Laptops and netbooks with embedded or attached modems contribute a significantly greater amount of traffic to 3G networks than smartphones do, says industry analyst.
News: ARM chips to rule ultra-mobile by 2013

While an estimated 90 percent of UMDs shipped in 2009 were based on an x86 processor architecture, analysts forecast that annual UMD shipments of netbooks, MIDs, smartbooks and UMPCs based on ARM instruction sets will overtake x86-based UMDs in 2013.
News: EU gives Oracle-Sun deal go-ahead

The EU has given the go-head to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
News: Microsoft wants privacy code of conduct for the cloud

Microsoft wants cloud computing vendors need to join forces to create a privacy and security code of coduct.
20 January 2010
News: Opera buys AdMarvel for $8 million

Web browser developer Opera has acquired AdMarvel, which has developed a product suite that manages how ads are delivered to mobile phones.
News: Google pulling out of China could harm Android

Google's decision to postpone the launch of two new Android phones in China this week points to the wider implications of the search giant's potential exit from the market.
News: Less than 10% of IPv4 addresses remain

Less than 10 percent of IPv4 addresses remain, says the Number Resource Organisation (NRO)
News: EU's Yahoo-Microsoft review to end next month

The EU has revealed it will publish its review of Microsoft's planned internet search tie-up with Yahoo by February 19.
19 January 2010
News: Google considers insider job over China attack

Google's investigation of a cyberattack that rocked the company's infrastructure in mid-December includes a probe of its staff in China, a source familiar with the investigation said on Monday.
18 January 2010
News: Apple wants ban on Nokia imports

Apple has asked the US International Trades Commission to ban imports of Nokia handsets, in retaliation to the Finnish phone manufacturer stepping up its patent battle with Apple.
News: Technology comes to the rescue in Haiti

International aid workers are scrambling to rebuild communications in Haiti following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, while people outside the country are using high-tech means to raise money for relief.
17 January 2010
News: ARM: Intel is lagging in smartphone market

Arm Holdings has designed chips that have powered mobile handsets and smartphones like Apple's iPhone for more than a decade.
16 January 2010
News: 26 products to watch in 2010

From genuine 3D technology to slick new e-readers, these products are the best of the crop from this year's International Consumer Electronics show. Get all CES news here.
News: Microsoft is wasting its time with Windows Mobile 7

Microsoft seems to have dropped out of the smartphone race, but it still has a chance to get reenergised and even pull ahead of the pack.
15 January 2010
News: Visitors take longer at Microsoft than Apple

People spend longer on Microsoft's website than on Apple's, according to new data from Nielsen Online.
News: Kodak sues Apple and RIM

Kodak is suing Apple and RIM, manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones for infringing upon its digital imaging technology.