Chris Green

News Expected surge in demand for Apple's new iPhone smartphone prompts the US telco to beef-up staff numbers at retail stores and call centres.

News Big Blue snaps up security and compliance software vendor to add to its Rational product range.

News A busy Bank Holiday Monday in the world of technology as the UK telecoms regulator bows to pressure from mobile phone network operators and delays plans for a cut-price auction of leftover 3G wireless spectrum, IT services company LogicaCMG parts company with its chief executive following a damaging profits warning and shareholder unrest, and software giant Microsoft cancels its biggest and most important user conference as Longhorn Server slips into 2008.

News Google Hot Trends takes in elements of the existing Google Trends and Google Zeitgeist services, which highlight what's hot and what's not in the world of online search terms.

News Payout service for money transfers will allow users to receive a bar code on paper or electronically, have it scanned in a Post Office and receive the cash payout associated to it over the counter.

News $40.7 million cash acquisition brings together two leaders in COBOL technology.

News With increasing demand for capacity from digital and high definition TV, coupled with the need to keep upgrading broadband services, cable operators on both sides of the Atlantic are looking for technology solutions to let them carry more.

News New range of enterprise printers and multi-function devices attempt to address issues of cost and print speed from inkjet printers with new print head and ink technologies.

News UK-based Formula One racing team selects software and support services to improve collaboration with engineers in Japan and improve car design process.

News US-based retailer TJX reveals that UK shoppers at its UK stores have had their personal and financial data stolen, which could be used for fraudulent transactions.

News Integration into both Mac OS and Windows Vista, coupled with third-party development has propelled desktop widget applications into the mainstream.

News Yahoo scraps 1GB mail storage limit in preparation for the launch of the Apple iPhone and an expected spike in demand for IMAP server-side mail retention.

News PCNow 3.0 will offer users remote access to documents, email and other business data via conventional PCs or data-enabled phones and PDAs.

News Current chairman of accountants KPMG will replace Sir Christopher Bland when he steps down in September.

News As well as new C-class blades, rx2660 models and options bring Integrity reliability and availability within reach and price bracket of smaller users.

News Users of HP UX 11i v3 will see up to 30 per cent performance gains from existing applications running on current hardware without recompiling.

News BBC gets green light to offer on-demand programme downloads, but tough conditions mean that classical music podcasts and entire series downloads will be scrapped.

News Online retailers in last-minute dash to generate interest in midnight sales launch.

News iPod maker ships over 1.6m computers last quarter buoyed by the completion of the migration to Intel processors, but analysts remain cautious about long-term growth and on-going financial investigation.

News Important deal between portal giant, the Beeb and Disney-owned ABC will give US users access to BBC online video content.

News Grocery chain to deploy Wincor Nixdorf self-service checkout hardware in Northern Ireland trial.

News Linux provider plans to have shares trading on New York Stock Exchange on December 12th.

News Money will be used to extend London-based WiMax wireless data network nationwide.