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Egyptian activists say Facebook pages were deleted 

 26 November 2010

On the eve of election, opposition groups in Egypt claim social network pages were removed following “false accusations”

Minister clarifies position on net neutrality

 23 November 2010

Communications minister Ed Vaizey denies that government favours a 'two-tier' Internet

Twitter threatens UK legal system, Chief Justice warns

 22 November 2010

Britain's most senior judge says that use of social networking sites by jurors could lead to mistrials

India's PM dragged into $31bn telecoms scandal

 19 November 2010

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ordered by India's Supreme Court to explain "alleged inaction" over fraudulent spectrum auction

Govt supports plans for 'two-tier Internet'

 18 November 2010

Industry reacts with scorn as Communications Minister Ed Vaizey says ISPs should be allowed to "innovate" in how they deliver online content 

China poised for mobile payments boom

 15 November 2010

Contactless payments cards and transactions over mobile devices are set to explode in China, says analyst firm

Grim outlook taints Cisco's quarterly performance

 11 November 2010

Networking giant cuts full-year outlook citing government spending cuts

Symantec answers critics of online shareholder meeting

 03 November 2010

Investors’ questions were overlooked due to technical fault, says security and storage vendor

BBC to help fund rural broadband

 20 October 2010

Government spending review gives broadcaster role in funding rural ‘superfast’ broadband. Plus, IT to help cut benefit fraud

Facebook 'gave private data to advertisers', suit alleges

 15 October 2010

Popular social network accused of breaching its own privacy policy by sharing users' real names with advertisers

“We can and will lead” smartphone market, says Intel

 14 October 2010

Internal email from CEO Paul Otellini to employees insists chipmaker can still make inroads into the mobile device market

UK police force in 24-hour Twitter protest

 14 October 2010

Greater Manchester Police is 'tweeting' every incident it deals with today as a protest against funding cuts

Microsoft’s new phone OS met with cautious approval

 12 October 2010

Analysts see Windows Phone 7 as software giant’s best attempt to crack smartphone market yet but it still has its work cut out to grow market share

RIM unveils iPad rival

 28 September 2010

BlackBerry maker positions ‘PlayBook’ as the tablet for the enterprise market, but analysts are sceptical

IBM signs deal with Indian telco to “transform” Africa

 20 September 2010

Ten year contract sees IT giant integrate Bharti Airtel’s infrastructure across 16 African countries, “radically jumpstarting” its business on the continent

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