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Mining tax returns to haunt Labor
By online political correspondent Emma Rodgers | 8 Sept 2010
Julia Gillard's new minority Labor Government has been accused of trying to "slide away" from a deal to hold a comprehensive tax summit, as questions emerge about the role the mining tax will play in funding $10 billion worth of sweeteners for rural Australia.
NTT to buy Dimension Data for $US3.2 billion
By Jeremy Kirk | 15 July, 2010 19:57
Japanese telecommunications operator, NTT, plans to acquire Dimension Data, which specialises in managed IT infrastructure and services, for $US3.2 billion, the two companies announced.
Internet Business News (Business Week links)
May 16, 2010
Shoppers Check Out of Stores Via Cell Phone
At the Rochester, Ind., Dairy Queen, more than 350 customers can wave special stickers fixed to the backs of their cell phones at a scanner in the store, thereby ...
May 13, 2010
Tracking the Landline's Demise
Roughly 23 percent of U.S. adults have a wireless phone at home but no landline, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. And the ...
May 12, 2010
Smartphones Are the Latest Patent Battleground
The patent wars are raging in the mobile device market, and they could result in rising costs for handset makers and higher gadget prices for wireless carriers and ...
May 10, 2010
A Wave of Android Smartphones Outsells Apple
This story has been updated to include a comment from Apple. A storefront in one of the busiest shopping districts in downtown Portland, Ore., is painted black, with ...
May 4, 2010
Ten Questions for Google on Its Wind Projects
Google on Monday said it has invested $38.8 million into 169.5 megawatts worth of wind farms developed by NextEra Energy Resources in North Dakota. This constitutes ...
May 2, 2010
Spreading: Swype's Touchscreen Keyboard Technology
Touchscreen software maker Swype says its technology will be speeding the way consumers type on about 10 million smartphones by the end of this year. Each of the ...
May 2, 2010
Q&A: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on the Virtues of Openness
In the history of modern media, it's unlikely that anyone of similar size or scale has embraced open principles more than Wikipedia. Co-founded by Jimmy Wales, the
August 2009
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