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Acer UK head steps down

3 February 2009, 18:30

After only a year in charge, the managing director of Acer in the UK has apparently resigned...

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Seagate takes swipe at Western Digital: announces 'proper' 2TB drive

3 February 2009, 14:52

Enterprise-class hard-drive to be the fastest around?

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Intel details phase-out of Q6600

3 February 2009, 13:08

Intel’s most popular quad core CPU is finally discontinued, but not straight away.

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Storage companies take goodwill hit

3 February 2009, 11:07

Seagate writes down entire value of Maxtor acquisition, while Sandisk takes $1.9 bn in charges for Q4.

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MSI goes direct with notebooks

3 February 2009, 09:56

New MSI notebook ecommerce site launched, but it’s restricted to the US for now.

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$10 laptop to be unveiled tomorrow

2 February 2009, 17:01

The Indian state reckons it can produce a laptop for seven quid. We’ll believe that when we see it.

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Woolworths to be relaunched online

2 February 2009, 15:45

Brand purchased by Shop Direct group and will re-emerge as an online only proposition this summer.

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How often do you check your bank statements?

2 February 2009, 12:36

People are paying for monthly membership fees without realising; make sure you’re not one of them.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: eerie calm descends on markets

2 February 2009, 10:00

There was a welcome lack of high drama in the stock markets last week. How long can that continue?

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: AMD’s Andrew Buxton

30 January 2009, 15:41

AMD’s UK boss gets in front of the camera to discuss the positioning of Phenom II, the UK channel and the global economy.

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Are netbooks the future of the PC?

30 January 2009, 07:00

Even the head of NVIDIA seems to think so, but things are a bit more complicated than that.

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ISPs to be required to identify illegal file sharers

29 January 2009, 14:25

The Digital Britain interim report sets out a lot of aims, but few concrete solutions.

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Jon Peddie Research: graphics shipments plunged in Q4

29 January 2009, 10:53

Graphics industry market researcher reports big quarterly drop in GPU sales at the end of 2008.

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Sun, Symantec, WD and Yahoo! quarterlies all beat expectations

29 January 2009, 09:43

Some welcome rays of light as a number of technology companies exceed albeit low expectations.

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ISPs will not be forced to disconnect file sharers

28 January 2009, 11:13

Government’s intellectual property minister doesn’t think legislation on this issue is practical.

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Europe rejects Intel plea to delay antitrust investigation

28 January 2009, 09:59

Intel said it needed more time to prepare its case, three months later a European court said no.

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Comet now charging just to display products

27 January 2009, 14:19

Electrical retailer risks alienating vendors as it looks for additional revenue during the downturn.

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35 million netbooks forecast to be shipped this year

27 January 2009, 11:28

A market researcher predicts we’re just at the start of the netbook boom.

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Economic news round up

27 January 2009, 10:25

After the high drama of last week things are a bit more subdued, but only a bit.

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Monty Python profits from sensible approach to tackling digital piracy

26 January 2009, 11:22

Surreal comedians respond to uploading of their material to YouTube by joining in, and sell more stuff as a consequence.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Microsoft plunges while Google and Apple gain

26 January 2009, 09:51

A bad week for the software giant as its shares tumble and its competitors strengthen.

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AMD reveals new low-power server CPUs

26 January 2009, 09:12

Opteron HE processors target data centre market, with HP once more pioneering adoption.

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Acer reveals UK pricing and availability for 10” Aspire One

23 January 2009, 16:04

The bigger version of Acer’s best-selling netbook will be available in a few weeks.

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Europe to poke its nose into MP3 players

23 January 2009, 13:50

The European Commission is concerned we may be harming ourselves by using personal music players.

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Grim economic news round-up

23 January 2009, 13:05

A summary of what has been a dramatic week for economic news, even by recent standards.

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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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