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The NSW Labor Council has belatedly lashed out at Microsoft for encouraging Australian businesses to outsource software development to India.
IBM has been indefinitely barred from entering into new contracts with the US federal government.
Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday it will acquire computer services firm EDS for US$25 per share, or US$13.9 billion, in a deal intended to boost HP's services revenue.
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