HEXUS.net - Business

UK boutique laptop vendor - rockdirect goes into administration

8 May 2008, 14:10

Direct-only UK laptop maker rock has appointed administrators to sell the business as a going concern.

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Your country wants YOU, to help redraft consumer law

8 May 2008, 11:22

The government reckons consumer law is too convoluted and wants businesses and consumers to suggest ways to improve it.

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Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy to create a new joint company

8 May 2008, 09:12

Best Buy acquires a European presence and Carphone Warehouse recapitalises.

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Thursday quirky: Live by the vid, die by the vid

8 May 2008, 08:48

Spoof of the Black Eyed Peas’ pro-Obama “Yes we can” video says more than a thousand words about the danger of personality cults.

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Hello doctor, this is my prostate calling

8 May 2008, 08:39

Ofcom vision of the future includes adding to the indignities of old age by having elderly bodies broadcast their infirmities.

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AMD presents its latest roadmap for business computing...

7 May 2008, 21:21

AMD has been presenting its plans for future server processors to analysts and HEXUS has the slides...

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Gem brings entry-level camcorder to UK

7 May 2008, 15:47

Flip Video has taken 13 percent of the US camcorder market from a standing start. Gem is exclusive UK distie.

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Intel and Google among investors in giant new WiMAX company Clearwire

7 May 2008, 14:08

A total of $3.2 billion to be invested in Clearwire to create the first national WiMAX network in the US.

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Heavy hitters betting on cloud computing

7 May 2008, 11:06

IBM and Google combining for enterprise, Yahoo! and McAfee's sweeper service for browsers, and Microsoft’s Live Mesh all part of a strong trend.

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Intel’s new M&A strategy more respectful of individual corporate cultures

7 May 2008, 10:48

Head of Digital Enterprise Group says Intel has learned that new acquisitions should not be ‘smothered with love.’

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XP SP3 released...again

7 May 2008, 09:31

Microsoft blog post says Windows XP SP3 is now available from Windows Update, as is Vista SP1.

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DDR2 price on the rise

6 May 2008, 16:22

After months of over-supply and consequent price deflation, the price of branded DDR2 1Gb 667MHz chip price rose 11.3 percent since mid-March.

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EU considering media control

6 May 2008, 11:47

Media too important an ideological and political tool to be dealt with in economic terms, says report due for first reading in June.

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Who will buy Tiscali?

6 May 2008, 11:00

BSkyB, Carphone Warehouse, BT and Vodafone possible bidders for all or part of troubled Tiscali’s operations in UK and Italy.

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Semiconductors to be even cheaper by 2012

6 May 2008, 10:20

Intel, Samsung and TSMC agree to move to 450mm wafers by 2012; should lead to cheaper semiconductors.

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HEXUS.sharewatch special: the Microhoo aftermath

5 May 2008, 15:24

We look at shares and markets at the start of US trading to see what effect the Microsoft withdrawal has had.

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Retailers likely to be among the scapegoats for poor Labour election results

5 May 2008, 11:16

‘Price fixing’ will be one of the Brown regime’s red herrings to distract attention from the stagflation it has created.

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Reading the economic auspices

5 May 2008, 09:15

Stock market rallies in New York and London may be a recognition that bad economic news has already been fully discounted.

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Yahoo! responds to Microsoft withdrawal

4 May 2008, 10:36

Bostock and Yang continue to insist that shareholder value is best served by rejecting even improved bid.

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Microsoft pulls out after Yahoo! rejects improved offer

4 May 2008, 09:58

Ballmer offers an extra five billion, but Yang still not interested and now has to answer to shareholders.

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Intel may increase Atom output

2 May 2008, 13:14

Following greater than expected demand for its new, low-power Atom processor, Intel is prepared to make more.

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Has Yahoo called Microsoft’s bluff?

2 May 2008, 12:32

Nothing much has happened in the week since Microsoft’s deadline for initiating a hostile takeover bid for Yahoo!.

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Sun reports surprise net loss and announces job cuts

2 May 2008, 12:18

Net loss of $34 million leads Sun Micro to announce it could shed up to 2,500 jobs.

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Optimism among smaller players in British ITCE sector

2 May 2008, 08:58

New survey by Intellect, the UK tech trade association, finds greater optimism among SMBs this year than last.

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OAP PCs discussed at conference on the ‘digitally excluded’

1 May 2008, 12:25

Microsoft tells National Digital Inclusion Conference of about a doubly PC product to help the aged get online.

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GPU market softens in Q1

1 May 2008, 11:50

Jon Peddie Research confirms seasonal drop in GPU sales; Intel and Nvidia continue to outstrip AMD.

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VeryPC launches ‘world’s most energy efficient server’

1 May 2008, 08:27

Sheffield eco-friendly system builder claims its new Janus II server sets a new record for energy efficiency.

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AMD talks Business Class

30 April 2008, 16:29

Sherwin Aziz, AMD’s channel product marketing manager, talks exclusively to HEXUS.channel about its new initiative.

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The Microsoft official line on XP SP3

30 April 2008, 15:30

HEXUS.channel gets its bit of attention from the ubiquitous ‘Microsoft spokesperson’.

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SP3 makes XP even more desirable

30 April 2008, 11:01

The latest service pack from Microsoft is set to cause headaches, not to the user, but to Microsoft itself.

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International symposium confirms what the channel has known for some time

30 April 2008, 10:30

Cambridge Uni and IBM release report calling for doubling funds devoted to sponsoring innovation in the service industry.

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BullGuard takes on Gem

30 April 2008, 08:46

Leading software distributor to handle Bullguard’s range of PC, mobile phone and gamer security products.

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Legitimacy of Phorm-fitting to be considered

29 April 2008, 18:01

Anti-Spyware Coalition working group to review privacy issues raised by behaviour-targeted advertising.

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