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Fancy building to-spec PCs for the Bank of England, and more? A £46m end user support contract is up for grabs

The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street needs help managing thousands of laptops, PCs and tablets

30 Oct 15:30 | 9

Business

iPhone sales shrink for 2nd year in a row as delay to next-gen mobile launch hits hard

An unsightly stain among otherwise solid Apple results – considering the sh*t show that is 2020

30 Oct 14:45 | 18

Business

Alphabet thanks ads and AI for its $124m-a-day quarterly profit, and comes out swinging against antitrust action

'We are proud people choose Google Search not because they have to, but because it's convenient,' states CEO

30 Oct 02:50 | 20

Policy

China sets itself 2035 goal for technology self-sufficiency and covets title as the world’s top innovator

State of local software industry also revealed: 7 million workers, $36bn of exports

30 Oct 01:29 | 19

Business

Amazon blasts past estimates, triples profits to $6.2bn but says COVID will cost it $4bn over the next quarter

Bezos predicts a very Merry Christmas

29 Oct 23:42 | 17

Business

Watch as UK government magically makes value of £500m framework contract swell to four times the size

And for my next trick... behold! Digital transformation!

29 Oct 11:00 | 8

Policy

Trump administration proposes H-1B visas go to highest-paid workers first

Scheme to encourage hiring pricey brainiacs instead of cheap footsloggers

29 Oct 01:01 | 68

Business

Alibaba’s Ant Group aims to carry away $34 billion with imminent listing

Alipay operator prices itself as most expensive IPO of all time

27 Oct 03:58 | 2

Policy

Police ICT Company ponies up £12m for one platform to rule UK cops' social media orifices

Procurement limb seeks fully auditable contact channel for reporting crimes, emergencies – what could go wrong?

26 Oct 13:14 | 5

Business

Lee Kun-hee, who transformed Samsung into a global electronics titan, dies at 78

Chaebol's second CEO once set a bonfire of dud fax machines to teach the company a lesson in quality control

26 Oct 04:02 | 14

Policy

Pakistan calls on Facebook to extend holocaust denial ban into Islamophobia crackdown

As comms minister says nation will create its own regulated Netflix clone

26 Oct 01:58 | 48

Business

Huawei's financials take a beating as President Trump's sanctions come home to roost

America's punch bag still standing, black and blue but not in the red

23 Oct 20:04 | 23

Policy

Finding remote working a bit of a grind? Microsoft staffers feel your pain

Gloomy workers unlikely to moan about open plan again as office reopening slides to July 2021

23 Oct 14:20 | 27

Business

Slow and steady progress in Microsoft's latest diversity report, though most execs still pale and male

US lawmakers can look away now. Actually, don't

22 Oct 17:01 | 10

Policy

Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates

'I didn’t realise that our success would lead to government attention'

22 Oct 12:53 | 33

Business

Logitech breezes past $1bn sales barrier in its Q2. That's a hell of a lot of mice, keyboards and web cams

Pandemic? Only in that not enough webcams are being made. CEO talks WFH trend, video calls and eSports

21 Oct 10:52 | 3

Policy

GSM gateways: Parliament obviously cocked up, so let minister issue 'ignore the law' decree, UK.gov barrister urges court

Something something national security, right?

20 Oct 10:32 | 37

Business

Transport for London data pilot: We want to keep tabs on dockless bikes and e-bikes

Peddling hard to swerve a pavement pile-up of leased 'mobile assets causing obstructions in the public realm'

20 Oct 09:26 | 61

Business

IBM still not offering future revenue guidance, suffers yet another quarter of falling sales

Plus $2.3bn of restructuring coming due to NewCo split, cloud humming along, Red Hat roaring

20 Oct 07:30 | 12

Policy

The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35

Tax doesn't have to be taxing, except when it does

19 Oct 12:00 | 33

Business

Fancy building to-spec PCs for the Bank of England, and more? A £46m end user support contract is up for grabs

iPhone sales shrink for 2nd year in a row as delay to next-gen mobile launch hits hard

Alphabet thanks ads and AI for its $124m-a-day quarterly profit, and comes out swinging against antitrust action

China sets itself 2035 goal for technology self-sufficiency and covets title as the world’s top innovator

Amazon blasts past estimates, triples profits to $6.2bn but says COVID will cost it $4bn over the next quarter

Watch as UK government magically makes value of £500m framework contract swell to four times the size

Trump administration proposes H-1B visas go to highest-paid workers first

Alibaba’s Ant Group aims to carry away $34 billion with imminent listing

Police ICT Company ponies up £12m for one platform to rule UK cops' social media orifices

Lee Kun-hee, who transformed Samsung into a global electronics titan, dies at 78

Pakistan calls on Facebook to extend holocaust denial ban into Islamophobia crackdown

Huawei's financials take a beating as President Trump's sanctions come home to roost

Finding remote working a bit of a grind? Microsoft staffers feel your pain

Slow and steady progress in Microsoft's latest diversity report, though most execs still pale and male

Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates

Logitech breezes past $1bn sales barrier in its Q2. That's a hell of a lot of mice, keyboards and web cams

GSM gateways: Parliament obviously cocked up, so let minister issue 'ignore the law' decree, UK.gov barrister urges court

Transport for London data pilot: We want to keep tabs on dockless bikes and e-bikes

IBM still not offering future revenue guidance, suffers yet another quarter of falling sales

The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35

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Thailand calls on telcos and ISPs to censor information about pro-democracy protests

Work life balance? We've heard of it. Pandemic means 9-5 shifts are a thing of the past for many

UK tech supply chain in dark over Brexit preparations months ahead of final heave-ho

Infosys declares local service delivery is great – for customers and avoiding regulatory hassles

Don't forget to brush your teeth, WFH staff told as Dropbox drops the office, declares itself 'virtual first'

Big Tech’s Asian lobby says nations shouldn’t go it alone on tech taxes

When disruption comes along, you must Wipro it. Wipro it good, says outsourcing giant as it posts strong Q2

Oh! What a lovely lockdown: Lenovo enjoys soaraway sales for Q3 2020 as PC shipments jump – Dell, not so much

UK taxman waves through £168.8m Fujitsu contract because no one else can hold up 30-year-old infrastructure

UK govt advert encouraging re-skilling for cyber jobs implodes spectacularly

Google won’t let Australia have shiny new toys unless it picks apart pay-for-news plan

Arm has 11 months to hire 490 UK techies. Good thing there isn't a pandemic on. Or, say, Brexit

Laptops are on fire! In a good way (if you're selling). PC sales race to highest growth rate since 2011

Selling hardware on a pay-per-use or subscription model is a 'lie' created by marketing bods

Death of the PC? Do me a favour, says Lenovo bigwig: 'I'm expecting the biggest growth in a decade... for 2021'

Institute of Directors survey says most bosses expect no mass return to the office if COVID-19 crisis ever ends

Brit tax collector HMRC wants fireside chat with suppliers to discuss ways to spend the annual £900m IT budget

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