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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 2020 | 23

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 2020 | 24

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 2020 | 18

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 2020 | 8

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

Scheme to encourage hiring pricey brainiacs instead of cheap footsloggers

29 Oct 2020 | 68

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 2020 | 1

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 2020 | 5

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 2020 | 14

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 2020 | 48

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 2020 | 23

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 2020 | 27

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 2020 | 10

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 2020 | 33

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 2020 | 3

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 2020 | 37

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 2020 | 61

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 2020 | 12

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 2020 | 33

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021

Criminal court sets trial date as High Court continues pondering civil suit judgment

19 Oct 2020 | 35

China passes Tik for Tok export ban law

Includes the usual stuff about not selling weapons, adds wording about tech, data, and reciprocity

19 Oct 2020 | 17

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

Selfies of rallies can score fines or land you in the slammer

18 Oct 2020 | 16

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

Will the hardest workers want to go back to the offce for a break?

16 Oct 2020 | 39

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

Canalys Forum 2020 - updatedHow can it be OK when nobody knows what to prepare for, ask IT players

16 Oct 2020 | 140

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

No H-1Bs? No worries! Especially with 99 percent of staff working from home to help costs fall and Q2 results soar

15 Oct 2020 |

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

But is remote working less productive?

14 Oct 2020 | 19

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

Asks if somebody will think of the startups in the wake of new digital services taxes in Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines

14 Oct 2020 | 4

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

Outsourcing giant hires 13,000 and says it's doing well because customers are hustling to cut tech costs

14 Oct 2020 | 5

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

HP is top dog stateside

13 Oct 2020 | 1

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

What's another three years amid project delays and Brexit uncertainty?

13 Oct 2020 | 24

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

Minister disowns 'crass' spot that shows American woman as Brit ballerina and seemingly belittles beleaguered arts sector

13 Oct 2020 | 149

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

Pauses News Showcase rollout while it awaits government capitulation

13 Oct 2020 | 18

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

But chip biz is 'confident it will hit that target' in time

12 Oct 2020 | 37

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

Canalys Forum 2020 - UpdatedResponse to pandemic elevates simple laptop to centre of universe... Dell only vendor to shrink, says Canalys

12 Oct 2020 | 16

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

Canalys Forum 2020Capex to opex, capex to opex, capex to opex... Stop. 'It's just not what people really want'

09 Oct 2020 | 80

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

Canalys Forum 2020Exec adopts a build-and-they-will-come mentality

07 Oct 2020 | 38

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

Remote working here to stay for many

05 Oct 2020 | 54

Business

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

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021

China passes Tik for Tok export ban law

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

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