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SENATOR Minchin has dubbed the Rudd Government's plans to shift to a whole-of-government procurement process as a political beat-up.

WIRELESS internet specialist Clever Communications' bid to merge with rival BigAir Group has been given a frosty reception.

The one-time Wall Street darling is trying journalism after being barred from the securities industry. He says blogging isn't always easy, but at least he laughs more.

Though fewer servers were sold, the research firm points to the trend in virtualization and consolidation.

HP still rules, Sun is making money again and mainframe sales keep on chugging.

Yahoo's price target was cut to $21 a share by a Sanford Bernstein analyst, who cited several reasons why a Yahoo-AOL transaction was unlikely - one relating to Yahoo's proposed search ad deal with Google.

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

Hitachi has launched a trial of a "similar image search service" called GazoPa as an invitation-only beta.

LONDON (Reuters) - Being too tired for sex is less of a problem for married Britons than for U.S. or Australian couples, and Brits place more importance on agreeing on how to handle their in-laws, online dating company eHarmony has found.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IAC Corp's Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google Inc.