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U.K. Lawmakers Challenge Google Over Tax

U.K. lawmakers Thursday accused Google Inc. of manipulating how it characterized its business in Britain to lower its tax bill, a claim denied by the Internet giant which says it complies fully with tax laws.

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Gaming Company Digital Chocolate to Launch Real-Money Gaming in the U.K.

Digital Chocolate, a social gaming company, will launch Slots! Pocket UK, the first of its real-money gambling games in the United Kingdom. The game’s gambling back end is powered by Betable, a platform which handles all the identity, fraud prevention and real-money wagering aspects of a digital online game.

U.K. Regulator Is Looking Into Autonomy’s Pre-HP Books

What’s in those books?
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Yes, There Are Layoffs Pending at HP’s Autonomy Unit in the U.K.

Though not so many as reports in the U.K. suggest.
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Around the World in 80 Ways: Huffington Post Now Lands in Japan

Domo arigato, Arianna.
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SkillPages Launches Mobile App for Finding Odd Jobs

Dublin-based SkillPages, a start-up for short-term jobs, plans to launch its first mobile app today. The site connects users who have various skills — ranging from accounting to photography — with the instances where those skills are in demand. SkillPages’ network is currently much denser in the U.K. than it is in the U.S., but the new iPhone app is aimed at making local connections easier, as this promotional screenshot shows.

Oracle’s Ellison Vindicated in Autonomy PR Flap by HP’s $8.8 Billion Writedown

It seems Larry Ellison was on to something when he said the price HP paid for Autonomy was “absurdly high.” And what about those slides?
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Eight Questions for Hewlett-Packard Software Head George Kadifa

His job is simple: Grow HP’s software business. Getting it done won’t be easy.
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RIM Corners the “You’ll Use BlackBerry 7 and That’s an Order” Market

Well, at least one part of RIM’s business is on the upswing.
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Will That Be Sir Jonathan, or Sir Jony?