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MS In Biggest Bond Sale Ever

Computer Daily News August 3, 2016 No Comments

Microsoft has raised US$19.75 billion in the third-largest US corporate bond sale of the year. It will use the funds for its planned purchase of LinkedIn. It could have raised…

5G Sucks, Says UK Academic

Computer Daily News August 3, 2016 No Comments

Peter Cochrane, a distinguished UK academic and former head of research at BT, has delivered a stinging attack on 5G in an article in the UK’s Computing Web site, describing…

Product Recalls On Rise: ACCC

Computer Daily News August 3, 2016 No Comments

Product recalls are on the rise, new Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) figures reveal. With a new Product Safety Australia Web site having launched, ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard…

The Future Keeps Fumbling – But Xerox Profit Heads Up

Computer Daily News August 2, 2016 No Comments

Xerox – once known as “the company that fumbled the future” after it failed to exploit technology later developed by Apple for the first desktop PCs – said its profit…

MYOB Swallows Greentree – Seeks More Big Biz Targets

Computer Daily News August 2, 2016 No Comments

Accounting software company MYOB – currently locked in a battle with New Zealand-based Xero – has secured its purchase of the parent company of NZ-based ERP software outfit Greentree for…

Fairfax Writes Down Media Assets

Computer Daily News August 2, 2016 No Comments

The Fairfax media group has written down the value of its Metro media division – which, like most other news media groups, has been suffering from the move to online…

Slattery Calls On ACCC Chief Rod Sims To Resign

Computer Daily News August 2, 2016 No Comments

Australian technology and business entrepreneur Bevan Slattery has called on Rod Sims to resign as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Slattery has co-founded Pipe Networks; set up…

Google Play Catches Up To Apple

Computer Daily News July 29, 2016 No Comments

Android users are at last being offered something has long been available to iPhone owners. Google Play will now allow users to share apps, games, books and video purchases with…

ARM Profit Misses Forecasts

Computer Daily News July 29, 2016 No Comments

Cambridge, UK, based chip designer ARM – which is expected to be acquired by Japan’s Softbank – has reported revenue in the three months ended June 30 at US$387.6 million…

Apple Shifts Focus From iPhones

Computer Daily News July 29, 2016 No Comments

You might have thought the sale of one billion iPhones would have been announced loudly and proudly by Apple, but the milestone was in fact played down in this week’s…