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AXE-WAVING BIKER GANG SMASHES into swanky Apple UK store

Pic Pair cuffed after helicopter chase sparked by Cupertino idiot-tax-avoiding raid
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Jasper Hamill, 19 Jun 12:56

BT boss QUITS telecoms giant for front-bench gov job

Prime Minister poaches CEO - Gavin Patterson to take his place
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Kelly Fiveash, 19 Jun 11:57

Ex-Systemax veep cuffed, charged with $230m fraud

Carl Fiorentino bailed for $1m over wire, mail and laundering scams
Paul Kunert, 19 Jun 11:24

PC makers REALLY need Windows 8.1 to walk on water - but guess what?

Upgrade is no 'miracle', sniffs IT analyst
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Paul Kunert, 19 Jun 08:59

Icahn doubles down on Dell offer with $14 per share buyback scheme

Confirms he's now Dell's largest private investor – short of Big Mike, that is
Iain Thomson, 19 Jun 00:10

HP PCs 'n' printers boss steps down, replaced by Brit

Just check that seat to see if it can be dropped into a furnace
Paul Kunert, 18 Jun 15:53
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Brit biz-gobbling comms giant Daisy Group splutters with indigestion

Biz broadband and comms giant Daisy Group has faced a challenging 12 months as its operating losses widened and organic growth stalled.
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CLOUD TO SUCK UP ALL YOUR CASH: Govts around world slash IT spending

Governments around the world have made plans to cut their IT spending, according to a study, although apparently they're still really keen on the "cloud" and have also shown some interest in "Big Data".
What the Tianhe-2 super should look like in its final home

HPC server sales spike: Buyers get chops around juicy cheap flops

ISC 2013 Big Data-supercomputing mash up, coprocessors included

Quadrant Visual Solutions goes into liquidation

Delayed projects and lack of funding kills veteran channel firm
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Microsoft lures buy-curious vixens, corduroys with a cheap fondle

Microsoft is slashing the price on its Windows 8-powered Surface RT tablets to slap the unwanted kit into students' palms.
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G-Cloud overlord McDonagh gets CBE nod from Queen

Former G-Cloud supremo Denise McDonagh was handed a CBE in Her Maj's birthday honours list at the weekend for services to the IT services industry.

Google Chromebooks now in over 6,600 stores

Major, worldwide retail push begins this summer
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Neil McAllister, 17 Jun 21:57

Icahn scratching head over BEEELLLIONS needed for Dell deal

Never mind how rich I am, you need HOW MUCH?!

Major Brit IT provider denies turning to fellow resellers after burning up lines of credit

Mutterings tell of another refinance for Azzurri
Paul Kunert, 17 Jun 13:41

Bone up on fresh EU privacy law - or end up in the clink, IT biz warned

McAfee Channel Summit Resellers no longer just flogging boxes - now they must offer legal advice
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HP sacks English employees to bag Scots gov jobs cash

My taxes went to Scotland and all I got was this lousy P45
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Paul Kunert, 17 Jun 09:29

Don't wait to check your parachute until you're out of the plane

Does it do what it says on the tin? Credit insurance, that is
Eddie Pacey, 17 Jun 07:33

SCO vs. IBM battle resumes over ownership of Unix

Zombie lawsuit back and wants to suck the brains out of Linux
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Simon Sharwood, 17 Jun 00:48

Symantec sharpens axe as 1,700 awarded the Order of the Boot - report

Bennett follows through with middle-management cull promise
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John Leyden, 14 Jun 15:56

Former QiComm CEO cleared in money-laundering case

Too late to save the business, though
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Paul Kunert, 14 Jun 14:56

McAfee: Not all partners are cut out to be SaaS providers

McAfee Channel Summit EMEA boss reckons there's some cloud confusion going around

CRINGE! Home Office wants to know whether your boss BEATS YOU

Skeeved-out staffers: No, I said we flog BOXES...
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Paul Kunert, 14 Jun 10:28

Microsoft to open Windows Stores inside 600 Best Buy locations

Product showcases 'must be seen to be believed'
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Neil McAllister, 13 Jun 20:23

Months and months on, tech floggers still waiting to feel Microsoft's tool

Resellers were RIGHT to be sceptical about rebate utility
Paul Kunert, 13 Jun 16:16

Violin Memory shuffles out 'half-price' PCIe flash cards to eager tech channel

Blocks and Files Channel players hope for blooming biz under Rose
Chris Mellor, 13 Jun 15:04
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Apple at WWDC: Sleek new iOS, death of the big cats, pint-sized Mac Pro

Updated Apple came out swinging at its detractors during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote presentation in San Francisco, announcing a slew of new products including iOS 7, the next version of OS X, new MacBook Air notebooks, a "sneak peek" at the next-generation Mac Pro, and iTunes Radio - nee iRadio.

QLogic brandishes axe over staff, seeks $20m cost savings

Some of the reasons for QLogic's ousting of its CEO have become clearer after the company issued a restructuring statement.
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Microsoft borks botnet takedown in Citadel snafu

Security researchers are complaining about collateral damage from the latest botnet take-down efforts by Microsoft and its partners.
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HMRC ordered to cough up compo for winding-up petition, says Enta

Enta Technologies has claimed that a judgment given at the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) last week ordered HMRC to compensate it over a gaffe related to a winding-up petition.

Opinion

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Eddie Pacey

Does it do what it says on the tin? Credit insurance, that is
Funnel of cash. Credit: via SXC – http://www.sxc.hu/profile/Leonardini
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Dale Vile

Corporate decision-making's got nowt on non-techie MDs

Alexandre Mesguich

Cloud, virtualisation, mobile tech require fatter pipes

Joe Fay

Server boss comes to London, become hostage to fortune

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