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Breakeven point remains elusive as ever for AMD

23 January 2009, 09:04

The global recession and yet another write-down of its ATI acquisition contribute to a bad quarter for AMD.

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Britannica takes on Wikipedia by opening its doors to the Internet

22 January 2009, 16:57

Britannica will be going head-to-head with the increasingly popular Wikipedia by allowing the public to make contributions.

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Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs

22 January 2009, 15:28

As the software giant’s quarterly revenue falls slightly below expectations, cost savings are announced.

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President Obama gets the White House on the blogosphere

22 January 2009, 14:07

President Barack Obama has hopes of government transparency, and we can now keep up to date with White House activity via RSS!

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Boston pushes Core i7 overclocking

22 January 2009, 13:38

Distributor best known in the server space is promoting Zalman's new cooler designed for the Intel Core i7 CPU.

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CompTIA targets resellers with new marketing toolkit

22 January 2009, 11:41

PC trade association expands its offering to members, providing marketing and PR advice for free.

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Apple shares its thoughts on the market, talks netbooks and iPhone competition

22 January 2009, 11:19

Despite the frail economy, Apple has posted a record first quarter and chief operating officer Tim Cook had plenty to say.

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Apple reports best ever quarterly revenue

22 January 2009, 09:48

Apple has exceeded expectations by announcing 6% year-on-year revenue growth.

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Intel to close five factories, affecting up to 6,000 employees

22 January 2009, 08:47

The chip giant is adapting to the current plunge in demand by closing some older factories.

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Obama announces his technology agenda

21 January 2009, 14:48

Did you know Barack Obama is US president? Amazing eh? Here’s his agenda for technology.

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IDC: UK PC demand holds up as EMEA sales plunge

21 January 2009, 11:58

Preliminary figures for the last quarter reveal plunging demand in Eastern Europe but a brighter picture in the West.

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Loss of credit insurance blamed for Empire Direct failure

21 January 2009, 09:15

Yorkshire based electrical retailer goes into administration following withdrawal by credit insurers.

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Qualcomm buys AMD’s handheld division for $65 million

20 January 2009, 15:35

AMD finally off-loads its handheld graphics division six months after putting it on the market.

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Foxconn issues profit warning

20 January 2009, 11:25

Giant electronics manufacturer joins the profit warning party with a brief statement.

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AMD drops Phenom II prices

20 January 2009, 09:38

As expected AMD has responded to Intel’s wide-ranging price cuts with some cuts of its own.

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Microsoft gets more anti-competitive grief from European Commission

19 January 2009, 13:14

Tying of Internet Explorer to Windows is naughty says the EC in a Statement of Objections.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: AMD fares worst in declining market

19 January 2009, 12:23

Much of the New Year gains were lost last week, although not necessarily where you might expect.

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Seagate reveals firmware bug in some hard drives

19 January 2009, 11:04

Some Barracuda and DiamondMax drives manufactured in December 2008 are failing.

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Intel drops prices of quad core CPUs by up to 40%

19 January 2009, 08:28

As predicted the chip giant responds to AMD’s launch of the Phenom II. No movement on Core i7, however.

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Early AMD Phenom II pricing

16 January 2009, 18:20

A quick look at the UK prices and availability of AMD's latest CPU offering and how it compares to equivalent Intel ones.

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The HEXUS.channel week in review, on TV

16 January 2009, 17:40

The economy dominated the week’s news, for a change, but so did education and carbon footprints.

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AMD tightens its belt one more notch

16 January 2009, 14:43

An additional 900 people to lose their jobs at the chip company as the recession takes its toll.

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VIP to stock Antec Nine Hundred Two chassis

16 January 2009, 10:42

Confusingly named gaming chassis expected at the distributor by the end of the month.

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Sifting through Intel’s financial results

16 January 2009, 09:18

Intel’s full Q4 and annual earnings announcement reveals some interesting details about trends in the market.

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BETT 2009: MSI X320 will cost less than £499

15 January 2009, 13:15

In its first year at the education show, MSI has revealed aggressive pricing for its new thin and light notebook.

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Apple’s Jobs to take medical leave of absence

15 January 2009, 10:15

Steve Jobs’ health issues not as straight-forward as he had hoped.

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Christmas quarter sales down 10% at DSGi

15 January 2009, 08:48

In the 12 weeks ended 10th January 2009, like for like sales across the group were significantly lower.

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BETT 2009: New Intel classmate makes a splash

14 January 2009, 16:07

Recently unveiled new touch-screen notebook for kids heads stampede to equip all school kids with a lappy.

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NVIDIA issues dramatic revenue warning

13 January 2009, 14:20

Graphics giant issues a massive downward revision of expected Q4 revenue.

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What’s happening at DSGi?

13 January 2009, 13:51

PC World and Currys websites down yesterday as the bad omens start to build up for their parent company.

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UK December online sales up 30%

13 January 2009, 10:28

While the High Street suffered, etailers seem to have had their best Christmas ever.

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Dennis closes Computer Buyer magazine

12 January 2009, 14:10

Plummeting circulation leads publisher to put 18 year old title out of its misery.

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Is Google bad for the environment?

12 January 2009, 11:51

New research claims two Google searches generate as much CO2 at boiling a kettle. Google doesn’t agree.

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