Chris Green

News The chief executive and founder of digital map maker Tele Atlas spoke to IT PRO on the eve of TomTom's revised offer, to shed some light on why his company, along with rival Navteq, are suddenly so interesting to potential buyers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

News Former internet giant planning massive staff cutbacks as owner Time Warner readies it for a sell-off or repositioning.

News Sony Ericsson makes good on its promise to let other vendors buy into the Symbian-based mobile developer it bought last year.

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.

News Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council sign 10-year deal to outsource IT services to a new IBM joint venture business.

News Move into unbundled landline telephony will be managed and hosted by BT's wholesale division, as Orange assembles quadruple-play offer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

News Goldman Sachs brought in to advise on proposals to take the struggling cable and mobile phone operator private.

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.

News The software arm of the defence firm has unveiled 3DVIA, which will allow users to create 3D objects for viewing and sharing online.