Threatened with a major budget cut that could have seen employees pay slashed, one Italian region decided to ditch its Microsoft Office software to make up the shortfall instead…….

Reg……

And they’re not even British smut-peddlers……

mrspoonsi writes “Engadget reports: Smartphone market share for the third quarter…as you’d imagine, the world is still Android’s oyster. Strategy Analytics estimates that the OS has crossed the symbolic 80 percent mark, reaching 81.3 percent of smartphone shipments by the end of September. Not that Google was the only company doing well — Nokia’s strong…

Also a BIG DATA DUNCE who tells fat fibs to ad-slingers … bitch……

When the Milky Way breathes in gas, we sees the stars come out……

This week we’re giving away a cordless home phone answering system for the cellular age that connects two cell phones to the base unit…….

Break the water’s surface with something round to create stimulus……

Minister wants Visionstream to work faster before he’ll bargain for better pay……

According to CBS’ San Francisco affiliate, the mystery structure is going to be a showroom meant to allow Google to showcase its special projects and products, and has been led by co-founder Sergey Brin…….