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Top 5: Google’s year in acquisitions

The search engine giant has invested billions of dollars into promising technology companies – We count down Google’s Top 5 acquisitions over the last year

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Cutting costs: IBM bosses to forgo bonuses after poor results

IBM’s executives will be denied their bonuses for last year, in the wake of what has proved to be consistently poor performance. The company is investing heavily in cloud computing in a bid to boost profits

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Terry Kawashima on five-colour printing | OKI | Video

The New Economy interviews Terry Kawashima, Managing Director of OKI Europe and OKI Systems Germany, as it launches its new A3 five-colour printer at Viscom: the International Trade Fair for Visual Communication

Google to acquire home automation company Nest Labs

Advanced home automation looks to be Google’s next major focus, following an announcement on Monday that the search engine giant will acquire Silicon Valley firm Nest Labs for $3.2bn

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French telecoms price war continues despite job concerns

Further price slashing in France’s mobile telecoms industry causing problems for job market, writes Jules Gray

China lifts ban on foreign games consoles such as PS4 and Xbox

A government U-turn on games consoles has presented major industry players with a new $11.4bn market opportunity

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Samsung unveils bendable TV

Samsung’s innovative new television set was revealed at CES 2014 trade show, but there are doubts over the need for such technology

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Chuck Hansen on detecting sewer leaks | Electro Scan | Video

The New Economy interviews Chuck Hansen, CEO of Electro Scan, on the disruptive technology for detecting leaks in sewers and pipes

Racing with machines: the rise of “technological unemployment”

Workers are being replaced with machines. It’s nothing new, says Aaran Fronda, but it has reached a crisis point

Obamacare: another public sector IT shambles

As the Obama administration struggles to make its Affordable Care website function, the UK Department of Work and Pensions writes off over £30m on shoddy IT work

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Fuelling sustainability: Newalta cleans up in Canada

Newalta Corporation has been transforming the industrial waste management market one major customer at a time. Its most recent opportunity has been in Canada’s oil sands

Sparx Systems advanced approach to data management

We look at how the Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is helping organisations rise to the challenge of managing big data