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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.

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