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Samsung Puts the Galaxy S III Into Orbit

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 3 at 10:18 am PT

Launched in London, the new Galaxy is due out in May in Europe and later this summer in 4G versions in North America. Click here for live coverage.

Samsung to Announce Next Galaxy at London Event on May 3

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 16 at 5:22 am PT

The Korean electronics maker is looking to make its pricey Olympic sponsorship pay off, using London as the launchpad for its next flagship smartphone.

Yammer Makes Its First Acquisition: OneDrum

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 11 at 12:02 pm PT

Fresh off an $85 million round of new funding, the social enterprise start-up will acquire a company that makes Microsoft Office more collaborative. Let the comparisons to Jive begin.

RIM Employee Stabbed at BlackBerry Party in London Has Died

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 8 at 8:21 pm PT

A RIM worker stabbed at a London party hosted by the BlackBerry maker earlier this week died on Sunday, RIM confirmed.

Spotify’s Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves to Path to Do Same

Kara Swisher in News on March 30 at 5:00 am PT

The fix-it guy for the popular music service takes his tools over to the personal social network.

Ginni Rometty’s First Few Days Running IBM Have Been Busy

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 4 at 2:42 pm PT

IBM’s new CEO, Ginni Rometty, closes her first acquisition and makes her first two big promotions.

Viral Video: Google Street View Address Is Approximately a Hit

Kara Swisher in Media on December 6, 2011 at 12:20 am PT

This simple Web video shows how good the genre can be. Also, it’s pretty.

Autonomy: When All Else Fails, Blame the Bankers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 30, 2011 at 4:52 pm PT

He still says he never shopped his company to Oracle, and Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch keeps changing his story. Wait till you read the email from his banker to Oracle President Mark Hurd.

U.K. Arrests Two More Suspected Members of LulzSec

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 2, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Police in the U.K. make the second pair of arrests in as many days in their ongoing investigation into the activities of the LulzSec and Anonymous hacker gangs.

Google Confirms That Groupon COO Will Be Google's Margo Georgiadis

Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

Margo Georgiadis, VP of Global Sales Operations at Google, will be COO of Groupon, Google confirmed. She is currently located in Chicago, where the social buying site is headquartered. Besides COO, BoomTown will officially bestow the title of “Chief Cat Wrangler” on her in recognition of the massive organizational job ahead of her at the notoriously chaotic start-up.