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December 15th, 2009 by Lisa Francis

Daily News: 15/12

Computing.co.uk – Fujitsu staff set to down tools on Friday
UK workers at computing giant Fujitsu are finally set to strike in what union Unite claims will be the first ever national strike at a UK IT company over jobs, pay and pensions.

Computing.co.uk – Unused phone lines to be subject to broadband tax
Unused phone lines will be subject to the so-called broadband tax outlined in Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, according to a consultation released by the Treasury.

BBC – 4G mobile phone network comes to Scandinavia
Swedish and Norwegian mobile users could be among the first to use a fourth-generation (4G) mobile network.

Computerworld UK – Microsoft, Google competition changing the face of search

Advances in online search have been picking up momentum in recent months, culminating in a burst of announcements this week that could change the face of search all together, according to industry watchers.

Computerworld UK – Firefox exec recommends users leave Google
Firefox users are being urged to install the browser extension that adds the Bing search engine to Firefox. Mozilla director of community development, Asa Dotzler, made the recommendation in a blog post in response to Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s recent comments on privacy.

July 10th, 2009 by Sophie Hodgson

Hot off the press 10/07

IT PRO It should be Digital Britain – not ‘patchwork’ Britain
British companies working on next-generation broadband will have to provide a single service to run across multiple networks, across a single system. This is according to UK and Ireland Alcatel-Lucent director Andy King, who said that if “commonality” wasn’t achieved, there was the real risk that smaller networks would be relegated to just providing local or mixed services.

http://www.itpro.co.uk/612577/it-should-be-digital-britain-not-patchwork-britain:

Total Telecom US Internet companies look to keep footing
Internet companies held out against the recession longer than the traditional media as they benefited from a long-term shift in advertising to the Web, but lately results have shown wear from the economic downturn. The field also faces a renewed challenge from Microsoft Corp., which is finally gaining traction with its bing.com search engine.

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=447115

Computer World UK Waitrose to cut IT costs with performance management system – Wants more innovative capacity planning to save costs. http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=15632