VoIP service Jajah snapped up by Telefonica

US-based communications company Jajah has been bought by telecommunications giant Telefonica Europe for $207m

FTC asks Google for more details on AdMob deal

Google's proposed acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob is likely to be delayed following a request from the US government for additional information

Twitter acquires developers of GeoAPI

With location-aware services hot right now in the social-media segment, Twitter is buying the developers of a popular API used by developers on the platform

Amazon, other sites hit by DDoS attack

An attack on a major DNS provider in the US hobbled service to sites such as Amazon, Wal-Mart and Expedia for about an hour, two days before Christmas

India IT services market to double over five years

Driven by infrastructure services, the country's domestic IT services market is set to hit $12.8bn between 2008 and 2013, according to Springboard Research

Yahoo cuts costs with Christmas closure

Employees have known since April that they will have to take unpaid leave or vacation days for the week between Christmas and New Year as a cost-saving measure

Young Londoners next in line for ID cards

The Home Office has confirmed that 16- to 24-year-olds in the capital will be offered voluntary identity cards early next year

Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent case

Microsoft says it will change code in Word 2007 to avoid having an injunction halting sales, after a three-judge panel upholds an earlier patent verdict against it

White House names Howard Schmidt as cyber tsar

Schmidt, a former cybersecurity advisor to the Bush administration, will co-ordinate many security activities across the US government

BT promises super-fast broadband by Olympics

Ten million homes will have access to fibre by the time the London games begin in 2012, nine months ahead of schedule, according to BT

Northern Ireland DFP rapped over data loss

The Information Commissioner's Office has rebuked Northern Ireland's Department of Finance and Personnel for a major loss of people's personal data

New Zealand issues 4G spectrum

New Zealand has made a push towards 4G network services, with its government confirming the initial frequency allocation from the old analogue TV spectrum

Google's manifesto on the 'meaning of open'

The search giant has posted a 4,000-word essay penned by Google's Jonathan Rosenberg on the importance of being open

Europe now world's biggest outsourcing spender

A report by global sourcing advisory firm TPI examined how much was being spent on outsourcing by G2000 companies

Twitter hack was DNS redirect

Twitter has said an attack on Thursday which took the site offline for many users was the result of a DNS redirect. A group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army redirected users to a defacement...

e-Borders may be illegal, select committee warns

Government plans to collect data on all travellers coming to the UK could be illegal under EU law, according to the Commons Home Affairs Committee

Next-gen Atom chips available in January

The next iteration of Atom processors combine memory controllers and graphics, reducing heat generation, cost and power consumption, according to Intel

O2 eyes VoIP start-up Jajah, says report

The mobile arm of Telefonica Europe has apparently won a bidding war for the internet telephone company with a $200m offer, according to published reports

Chartered Semiconductor bought by Abu Dhabi firm

Advanced Technology Investment Company has completed its purchase of Chartered, and will now turn its focus on merging the Singapore chipmaker with Globalfoundries

Vodafone announces iPhone release date

Customers will be able to buy the Apple handset from Vodafone in January, the company has announced

Visual Studio launch delayed by 'a few weeks'

Microsoft says it is still working to resolve some performance issues related to the Visual Studio 2010 developer tool suite, which was slated for a March release

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 heading for April release

The updated email software, code-named Lanikai, could include the ability to show useful information about folders and other email activity

A look inside Orange's Paris labs

A behind-the-scenes tour of the robotics and machine-to-machine technology Orange is working on at its Paris-based Innovation Gardens

Strong quarter for Oracle as it nears Sun buy

In the wake of reporting its best second-quarter operating margin ever, Oracle says it expects the EU to approve its purchase of Sun

Firefox, Adobe lead list of buggiest software

The Mozilla browser is first and Adobe software knocks Microsoft out of second place on the list of products with the most reported flaws