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LinkedIn investors to sell 6.7million shares

LinkedIn shareholders to offload 6.7M shares, hoping to gather roughly $500M for development, alongside the company selling further 1.3M shares.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 16th Nov 2011

Apple

Amazon to challenge Siri

Amazon makes a stealthy move, buying voice tech start-up Yap, potentially setting the stage to challenge Apple's Siri.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 10th Nov 2011

HP to rule on webOS today - Updated

HP to decide the fate of webOS, potentially selling it off after acquiring it with Palm in 2010. CEO Meg Whitman vows to make a careful choice.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 9th Nov 2011

Apple

Motorola wins Apple injunction

Motorola's patent claim sees German court bar certain Apple devices, facing fines up to 250,000 euro. Google's acquisition not affected.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 8th Nov 2011

Unified Communications

A fourth mobile network? Yeah right

Clear Mobitel explains why it believes New Zealand could sustain another network operator, but its plans seem far-fetched.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2011

Health Technologies

Making it virtual

With server virtualisation reaching maximum penetration in mature markets like New Zealand, now is the time for resellers to look to other virtualisat.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2011

Google

Motorola Mobility's US$32 million loss

Motorola Mobility faces a US$32 million loss due to weak sales of Xoom tablets, amidst a planned US$12.5 billion Google acquisition.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Fri, 28th Oct 2011

Unified Communications

Microsoft revenue rises in busy quarter

Microsoft announces a 7% revenue jump to US$17.37 billion, driven by product launches and key acquisitions like Skype.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Oct 2011

Unified Communications

Skype officially a division of Microsoft

Microsoft finalises its £6.6 billion acquisition of Skype, setting sights on integrating with Office 365 to expand communication options.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Mon, 17th Oct 2011

Storage

Hitachi Data Systems acquires BlueArc

Hitachi Data Systems bolsters its cloud capability with the acquisition of network storage leader BlueArc, aiming to meet soaring demand in Asia Pacific.

By Ben Moore • 1 min read • Thu, 8th Sep 2011

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Network systems shake-up challenges reseller dynamic

Seismic shifts in network infrastructure spur a dynamic upheaval, forcing resellers to embrace open partnerships for real-time connectivity.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011

Edge Computing

Touchpads and Twitter - the good, the bad and the ironic

Exploring the digital age's pitfalls and paradoxes, from Orewa College's iPad initiative to Obama's Twitter faux pas and the HP TouchPad review.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011

Edge Computing

Save $$$ with Skype

Skype is becoming more and more popular as a trendy, convenient, innovative and (most importantly) free way to communicate.

By Staff Writer • 13 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011

Lenovo

Huge shake-up for HP

HP announces the end of webOS, eyes British software firm Autonomy for acquisition, and moots spinning off its PC division.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Aug 2011

Microsoft

InterDigital sale delayed

The sale of InterDigital, holder of 8800 patents, is delayed to September after Google's unexpected USD $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 18th Aug 2011