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The future of HP’s PC division to be decided this month October 06th, 2011 - 11:02 am ET HP’s new CEO has now been confirmed, with the decision on whether to separate the group’s PC division or not to now be made before the end of October to remove the ongoing ...

iPhone 4S: mixed feelings from investors October 05th, 2011 - 02:50 pm ET With all rumours before the announcement speculating on the release of an iPhone 5, it’s finally an evolution to the iPhone 4: the iPhone 4S which has been unveiled by Apple ...

Sprint to spend big to secure distribution of the iPhone 5 October 04th, 2011 - 12:10 pm ET After AT&T and Verizon, Sprint Nextel could be the next carrier to distribute the iPhone in the United States. The supposed cost to secure more than 30 million units has had the ...

Alibaba interested in acquiring Yahoo! October 03rd, 2011 - 10:40 am ET Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, could take a look at acquiring American portal Yahoo! with the company under pressure since CEO Carol Bartz was removed from ...

IBM passes Microsoft in terms of stock market valuation September 30th, 2011 - 10:49 am ET This is a first since 1996: with a value of 214 billion dollars, IBM’s stock market valuation is higher than Microsoft’s (213 billion dollars), making the company the second ...

Motorola Mobility/Google: additional investigations requested September 29th, 2011 - 01:10 pm ET Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility is still yet to receive the green light from authorities. An additional investigation has been requested by the American Department of ...

Samsung to pay Microsoft royalties for Android September 29th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ET Microsoft and Samsung have announced a licensing agreement around Android and the reinforcement of their Windows Phone partnership.

Patent violations: Via Technologies attacks Apple September 23rd, 2011 - 09:59 am ET Via Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Apple for violating two patents used in a range of iOS mobile products and the Apple TV which uses processors customised by the ...

HP: Meg Whitman confirmed as CEO September 23rd, 2011 - 08:47 am ET The rumour was true: Meg Whitman, a member of HP’s board of directors and previous CEO of eBay, will become HP’s new CEO – replacing Leo Apotheker, who will no longer be ...

HP: Could CEO Leo Apotheker already be on his way out? September 22nd, 2011 - 09:16 am ET HP’s board of directors may be looking at replacing current CEO Leo Apotheker less than a year after taking over the role following the catastrophic announcements made in August.