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Dec 05, 2008 Ex-Yahoo engineer to run Microsoft online
Qi Lu, a 10-year veteran who left Yahoo in July, will head the software company's online division, signalling a renewed focus on technology in its efforts to catch up with Google
Dec 05, 2008 Alcatel to remain in wireless market
Lossmaking French telecoms equipment supplier will significantly step up its investment in the next generation of mobile phone networks in spite of pressure from investors to quit the sector
Dec 04, 2008 Nokia cuts forecast for handset sales
The mobile phone maker expects the market to decline by 5 per cent or more next year, marking the second time in a month that the company has cut its forecast
Dec 04, 2008 A gadget lover's gift guide
Paul Taylor presents a round-up of hot new products that could well catch Santa's eye in the run-up to the festive season
Dec 04, 2008 Adobe slashes revenue forecast
The US software group lowers its outlook for the November quarter to $912-$915m and announces job cuts, the latest indication of how the crisis has hit the technology sector
Dec 04, 2008 Adobe slashes revenue forecast
Adobe, one of the largest US software companies, yesterday provided the latest indication of how the economic crisis is rolling through the technology industry as it...
Dec 03, 2008 From lab to marketplace
Malcolm McCulloch is one of a growing number of UK academics who are using the services of a technology transfer company to get their inventions off the drawing board and into our homes
Dec 03, 2008 Taipei rejects chipmakers' pleas
Taiwan's president has ruled out injecting capital into the country's ailing memory chip companies, even as industry executives call for more government support
Dec 03, 2008 BlackBerry picking
In spite of its profit warning, Research In Motion deserves more than a jaded eye
Dec 03, 2008 BlackBerry maker warns on slowing growth
Research in Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones, became the latest mobile handset maker to warn about slowing growth when it issued a surprise profit warning
Dec 03, 2008 Infineon's outlook grim on auto sector slump
Chipmaker Infineon is bracing for a significant decline in revenue and an operating loss in its 2009 fiscal year due mainly to declining demand from automakers, a key customer group
Dec 03, 2008 Europe helps Sage buck slowdown
The software maker said growth in revenues from support and maintenance services would offset sales weakness
Dec 03, 2008 UK broadband pioneer impresses Brussels
A network backed by the North Yorkshire county council that has given rural businesses and communities cheap fast internet access is to become a model for improving the countryside economy across Europe
Dec 03, 2008 Trailblazer who dragged newspapers into the modern era
Harry Henry, who has died aged 92, was a pioneer in market research, becoming the first to use computers to analyse survey data when Bill Gates was barely out of...
Dec 03, 2008 UK studios heading off the console
Britain's games industry is forecast to fall in rankings next year from third to fifth as the number of people it employs passes its peak. Canada and South Korea are seen to overtake
Dec 02, 2008 Nokia releases its answer to Apple's iPhone
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has finally responded to the threat posed by touch-screen based smartphones such as Apple's iPhone with a model of its own. But it could be a case of too little too late, says Paul Taylor.
Dec 02, 2008 Palm plans 20% cuts after sales fall by half
Shares in Palm fell by 36 per cent in early trading on Monday after the US-based maker of PDAs and the Treo smartphone said that its sales in the latest quarter had almost halved
Dec 02, 2008 The east's innovators are no threat to the west
The technological capabilities of China and India create more commercial opportunities than threats, writes John Kay
Dec 02, 2008 Chipmakers dealt series of blows
The rapid loss of consumer confidence is starting to take its toll on the global technology industry, and nowhere is this more evident now than among chip manufacturers
Dec 02, 2008 TSMC shares hit by cut in earnings forecast
Shares in the world's biggest contract chipmaker, fell sharply after the company issued its first earnings forecast cut in seven years