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Apple and Fujitsu inevitably caught up in iPad trademark dispute

Well, here we go again. Apple might have stolen all the headlines yesterday with the iPad, but as we’ve already noted, that name has been in dispute since September — and it doesn’t look like Fujitsu, which has been selling its own iPad since 2002,…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

IAE wins $1.5bn deal with Jetstar

International Aero Engines has been awarded a contract worth up to $1.5bn (£0.92bn) to supply Jetstar Airways with V2500 engines to power a new fleet of 50 Airbus A320 family aircraft.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Yelp gets major investment from Elevation Partners

It was only last month that Yelp was almost Googled. The local reviews site came a breath away from inking a $500m deal to sell itself to Google, but for reasons still unknown, the deal ultimately fell apart.
The company, it seems, is not looking back….

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Blogs |

AT&T retains Apple glitz with iPad deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc appears to have fended off Verizon Wireless for now and retained its status as the preferred U.S. carrier for Apple Inc with a deal to support the new iPad tablet computer.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Yelp Gets Additional $100m Investment

You may have thought that Yelp was crazy to turn down a $500 million offer from Google a while back, but the review site has gotten a nice little windfall from Elevation Partners, a private equity firm in Silicon Valley. The firm has invested a good…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Apple Stock Drops Upon iPad Announcement But Goves Up On Price Announcement

If you were monitoring Apple’s stock throughout the coverage of the iPad announcement, you’ll probably have gotten a shock when you stock dipped upon the iPad’s announcement. Wasn’t it good enough? The good news is that the s…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |
 

Think City EV promises 80% charge in 15 min.

Deal with AeroVironment to result in quick-charge stations and an agreement with EnerDel will make it the exclusive supplier of batteries for the electric cars, Think says.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Ubuntu is switching the default search from Google to Yahoo!

The default search provider for new installations of Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and upgrades will be Yahoo! and not Google. Canonical have struck a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! which generates income for the company.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Apple tablet confirmed running iPhone OS

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Wednesday 27 January 2010 at 00:14:00Text book publisher confirms deal over tabletComments by McGraw Hill’s chief executive have confirmed that the new Appletablet to be announced tomorrow will be running the…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

EC investigates iron ore deal

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Anglo-Australian mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton under the EU rules on restrictive business practices.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |