Management

Lenovo to reorganise company around market demands

Lenovo is embarking on a restructure, adding new business units for enterprise computing and cloud services.

Data centres

Facebook eyes low-power server technology

Noel Randewich  Facebook's three-year push to help companies design better data centre gear is paying off.

Start-ups

Government looks to unlock stock options for start-ups

Stuart Corner  The federal government has restarted an inquiry into employee share schemes.

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Digital currency

Bitcoin operators charged with money laundering

Timothy B. Lee  Charlie Shrem, who became a tycoon at 24 in the virtual currency Bitcoin, has been arrested and charged with money laundering.

Innovation

Nine technologies that have faded into history

Sylvia Pennington  As the Mac powers into its fourth decade, we take a look at products and technologies that dropped out on the path to longevity.

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Business

Apple iPhone sales up but short of expectations

Record quarterly iPhone sales but less than analysts' estimates for Christmas demand.

Patents

Google, Samsung forge global patent deal

Google and Samsung, frequently involved in patent infringement lawsuits, have reached a global patent cross-licensing agreement.

Funding

Crowdfunding for high-risk investments

Mahesh Sharma  Australian VC firm to launch its own equity-based crowdfunding website for high net-worth individuals to collectively invest in early stage, high-risk ventures.

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Business

Microsoft profit beats forecasts, Surface, Xbox sales help

Bill Rigby  Microsoft has posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by strong sales of its software and services for businesses, Xbox One and Surface tablets, and a slightly lower tax bill.

Acquisition

Lenovo to buy IBM server unit for $2.6 billion amid slump

Alex Barinka  IBM has agreed to sell its low-end server business for $2.6 billion to Lenovo, decreasing its reliance on computer hardware as sales plunge.

Business

Data Armageddon: why we should preserve data

Drew Turney  There's a crisis looming in scientific data, with a report estimating 80 per cent of current scientific research will be lost in 20 years.

Broadband

'Fastest ever' broadband speeds achieved in fibre test

James W. Manning  The "fastest ever" broadband speeds have been achieved in a test that hit 1.4 terabits per second - enough to transmit 44 high-definition movies in just one second.

Business

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg becomes one of the world's youngest female billionaires

David De Jong  Sheryl Sandberg's fortune has surpassed $US1 billion after Facebook shares closed at a record high.

Business

Twitter product chief Michael Sippey leaves the nest

Vindu Goel  Twitter's vice-president of product Michael Sippey has announced he will step down.

Business

IBM resumes talks to sell x86 unit to Lenovo, Dell

Ryan Vlastelica, Devika Krishna Kumar  Lenovo has resumed discussions to buy IBM's low-end server unit, according to a source familiar with the matter, while Dell may still be in the running.

Business

Phone-free Nokia faces pressure to boost network sales

Ritsuko Ando  Nokia is expected to show a steep fall in network equipment sales in its results this week, highlighting its challenges after selling its handset division to Microsoft.

Lay-offs

Intel plans to reduce workforce by 5000

Quentin Hardy  Intel expects to shed about 5 per cent of its workforce, or 5000 jobs, in 2014, as it tries to change the company with the times.

Innovation

Help poverty? There's an app for that

Nate Cochrane  An Australian collaboration in real-time big data, cloud and mobile has piqued the interest of the World Bank, which hopes to feed the world’s hungry.

Careers

Giving girls the code to a life in computing and engineering

Matthew Hall  An organisation encouraging young girls to develop an interest in computer science and engineering aims to bridge the gap in the number of women and men employed in computing fields, whether as engineers or developers.