Apple to pay up to $500m over US slow phone claims
Apple has agreed to pay up to $500m (€447m) to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, to induce owners to buy replacement phones.

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Using a dashcam may be illegal
Might dashcams soon become restricted in Ireland? Are angry cyclists who post videos online of errant car behaviour flagrantly disregarding others' rights? On one reading of the current law, the answer to both questions is yes.

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Huawei linked to Iran sales by papers from 2010
China's Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited US computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator.

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Dell profit forecast misses estimates of Wall Street analysts
Dell Technologies has given a profit forecast that falls short of Wall Street estimates, in a sign weaker corporate demand for personal computers will take a toll on the hardware giant.

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Dublin-listed Draper Esprit leads £64m investment in Thought Machine
Dublin-listed venture capital company Draper Esprit has invested £26.5m (€31m) in banking technology platform Thought Machine.

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News to use, for youse: Where to find info about Office 365

Once in a while Computerworld comes across an informational bit that's so good - no, great - that it deserves to be shared with as many as possible even though we didn't think it up.

Call it "News to use, for youse" - we are - or a PSA (public service announcement) - we aren't - even though it's not really news: It's more like news about getting news.

Call us Office 365 confused

"One of the main challenges when using Office 365 products and services is to stay aware of announcements, updates and upcoming features," Christian Heim and Christian Keller, two senior premier field engineers in the Microsoft Services group, wrote in a March 2 post to a company blog.

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