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Focus on Belgium: IT research and development on the rise
News Keen to build a base for technology innovation and excellence in the centre of Europe, Belgium's IMEC is investing in IT development, producing advances in hardware as well as software technology.
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Garmin tops TomTom offer for Tele Atlas
News The €2.3 billion offer trumps €1.8 billion offer from rival TomTom back in July, with the market expecting a bidding war to commence.
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TK Maxx data theft may have hit 94 million cards
News The hacking attack and subsequent data theft at TJX, the parent company of UK clothing retailer TK Maxx may have resulted in double the previously stated number of card details being compromised, court papers have revealed.
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NetSuite launches SuiteBundler development tool for ISVs
News New addition to the SuiteFlex developer environment lets customers, third party resellers and the specialist channel develop their own add-ons, package them and implement them into other instances of the NetSuite application suite.
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Monarch becomes first UK airline to accept PayPal
News The airline, also known as Fly Monarch, will now let passengers pay for flights using the eBay-owned electronic payment service, the first UK airline to do so.
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BBC and Adobe to add Mac and Linux support to iPlayer
News The Beeb signs a deal with Adobe to add Flash video streaming to the iPlayer service, providing a quick-fix to appease Mac and Linux users currently excluded from the download service.
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AOL to axe 20 per cent of workforce
News Former internet giant planning massive staff cutbacks as owner Time Warner readies it for a sell-off or repositioning.
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Motorola to buy half of UIQ from Sony Ericsson
News Sony Ericsson makes good on its promise to let other vendors buy into the Symbian-based mobile developer it bought last year.
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Skype and 3 planning VoIP mobile phone
News 3G mobile network operator and market-leading consumer internet telephony provider set to collaborate on new mobile handset offering the best of both platforms.
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Nokia E61i
Reviews Addresses many of the inherent problems of the original - but painfully underpowered
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IBM takes on £400 million council IT contracts
News Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council sign 10-year deal to outsource IT services to a new IBM joint venture business.
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BT to supply fixed-lines for Orange landline service
News Move into unbundled landline telephony will be managed and hosted by BT's wholesale division, as Orange assembles quadruple-play offer.
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Northern Rock web collapse exposes frailty in all online
News Analysis: The online run on the bank experienced by Northern Rock has provoked concern over how reliable other online banking services are, as well as raising questions guarantees of service.
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IBM to launch free office software suite
News Big Blue to re-enter the office software market with a free Lotus-branded product, as Google announces new features in its Google Apps hosted offering.
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iPhone set for UK launch today
News The announcement of Apple's plans for a UK iPhone launch is due later this morning, with any such release likely to benefit rival phone makers rather than hurt sales.
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Hardware hacker's iPhone unlock may be illegal
News Combination of soldering and software hacking allows Apple's smartphone to be used on any network, but software tampering and reselling the unlocked phones may be breaking US law.
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Paramount backs HD DVD
News The next-generation DVD format battle is no closer to being solved as one of Hollywood's biggest studios, along with animation studio DreamWorks, confirms it is dropping Blu-ray support.
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End of an era as Sky buys Amstrad
News Once the UK's biggest PC maker, British electronics company Amstrad is bought by its biggest customer, as Sky brings its satellite receiver development and manufacturing in-house.
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Foundry aroused by porn and publishing networking deal
News Pornography broadcaster and newspaper publisher Northern & Shell deploys Foundry's core and edge switches at its London headquarters as well as its sites in Glasgow and Preston.
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RIM launches Wi-Fi BlackBerry 8820
News Following the lead of the iPhone, new BlackBerry model boasts integrated wireless LAN support as well as cellular, but is still only a 2G phone rather than 3G.
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O2 to axe failed UK i-mode service
News Having launched its service too late, lacking compelling content and easy payment options, mobile operator O2 prepares to put a bullet in its lackluster i-mode effort.
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Carlyle Group planning bid for Virgin Media
News Goldman Sachs brought in to advise on proposals to take the struggling cable and mobile phone operator private.
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Apple iPhone hits US stores today
News As the masses continue to queue and camp outside retail stores coast-to-coast for perhaps the most hyped, or even over-hyped, phone launch in history, Apple's iPod-based smartphone finally goes on sale in US stores at 6pm local time today.
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Dassault launches 3D online imaging software
News The software arm of the defence firm has unveiled 3DVIA, which will allow users to create 3D objects for viewing and sharing online.
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