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• 07 December 2009

• News: Apple to turn iTunes into Spotify streaming rival?

  Apple has acquired online music streaming company Lala, the company said Monday, adding to the ways it could offer music to users.

• 05 December 2009

• News: The biggest 5 business technologies of the decade

  As a new decade approaches, reflecting on the past 10 years brings memories of doom and gloom, from the dot-com bust to the recession. However, despite this, technology has continued to thrive and had a positive impact on business. We've picked out five technologies that certainly flourished during the noughties.

• News: Why Microsoft's top developers prefer old-fashioned coding

  Microsoft has championed graphical programming methods through its development tools, led by Visual Basic and Visual Studio, over the past 20 years. However, we've spoken to the software company's own superstar developers who've revealed their loyalty to old-school methods of coding software.

• 04 December 2009

• News: 2 billion Bluetooth chipsets to ship in 2014

  Two billion Bluetooth chipsets are forecast to ship in 2014 alone, according to new market data released by ABI Research.

• News: Acer overtakes Dell in global PC market

  Lifted by fast-growing notebook shipments, Taiwan's Acer Inc. grabbed the No. 2 spot in the global PC market for the first time over Dell Inc., according to iSuppli Corp.

• 03 December 2009

• News: IDC Predictions: Apple iPad Tablet to be massive

  By the end of 2010 analysts expect there to be more than 1 billion mobile devices accessing the Internet - boosted by the growing popularity of smartphones and the arrival of Apple's iPad tablet computer.

• 02 December 2009

• News: New lifeline for NASA hacker McKinnon

  NASA hacker Gary McKinnon's battle to avoid extradition to the US has been given new hope, after Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he may grant extra time for a judicial review of the case.

• 27 November 2009

• News: Home Secretary says McKinnon must face US trial

  Computer hacker Gary McKinnon looks set to face trial in the US after Home Secretary Alan Johnson said there were no grounds to prevent his extradition.

• News: EU charges monitor makers with forming CRT cartel

  The European Commission has accused manufacturers of cathode-ray tubes of running cartels in the markets for computer monitors and TVs, the regulator said Thursday.

• News: Hack In The Box heading to Europe

  The organisers of the Hack In The Box security conferences in Malaysia are planning their first European show for Amsterdam next July.

• 26 November 2009

• News: PC Advisor Awards - 10 days left to enter

  PC Advisor is putting together its very first annual awards and we want your input.

• News: Prosecutors seek prison sentence for Google execs

  Milan prosecutors on Wednesday sought prison sentences ranging from six months to one year for four Google executives accused of violating Italy's privacy laws over the posting of a video showing the bullying of a handicapped teenage boy.

• 25 November 2009

• News: Virgin Media bringing TiVo to the UK

  TiVo, the personal video recorder (PVR) company as ubiquitous in the US as its UK equivalent Sky+, is coming to the UK, the company and Virgin Media announced yesterday.

• News: Google to keep displaying 'racist' Michelle Obama shot

  The top-ranked result for US first lady Michelle Obama on Google's image search engine last week was a racist caricature that depicted her with the face of a chimpanzee, just below a link to a suggested Google search for the terms "Michelle Obama Monkey".

• News: Microsoft CFO to leave at end of 2009

  Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant’s finances for nearly five years.

• 24 November 2009

• News: EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe

  The EU has dropped its antitrust probe into Qualcomm's patent licensing practices after Ericsson and others withdrew their complaints.

• News: PC market defies doom-and-gloom forecasts

  Reversing earlier doom-and-gloom forecasts, Gartner Inc. now projects that global PC shipments will grow 2.8% this year.

• News: Google buys online ad firm Teracent

  Just two weeks after buying mobile advertising company AdMob, Google has announced plans to purchase Teracent, an online display advertising company.

• 23 November 2009

• News: Apple 'won't repair machines belonging to smokers'

  Apple is refusing to repair machines belonging to smokers because residue from cigarettes seeps into machines and creates a health risk for those fixing the Mac.

• 21 November 2009

• News: Analysis: the two fatal flaws in Google Chrome OS

  Randall C Kennedy argues that a lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history. Here's why Google Chrome OS is destined to fail.

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