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Low blow to Cisco delivered direct from Dell

11 December 2009, 09:13

A Dell VP has blasted Cisco's UCS system calling it more of an unbelievably costly system, which locks businesses in to Cisco.

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Bing better for ad clicks says study

11 December 2009, 08:54

A recent study by ad network Chitika says that despite Google's massive traffic, Bing users click more on search based ads.

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Acer switches focus to SMB market

10 December 2009, 18:37

Having risen to number two in the world on the back of consumer sales, Acer plans its attack on HP.

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AOL spin-off from Time Warner complete

10 December 2009, 15:30

Disastrous dotcom merger undone as AOL and Time Warner both vow to refocus on core strengths.

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Panasonic to buy majority of Sanyo

10 December 2009, 11:56

Consolidation in the Japanese consumer electronics market as Panasonic shells out around $4.6 billion.

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US data consumption goes through the roof

10 December 2009, 09:41

A new study has found Americans absorbed some 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008.

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Apple ordered to pay-up for patent infringement

10 December 2009, 09:22

The firm was told to pay $21.7 million in damages to IC maker, OPTi for accidentally infringing on its technology patent.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: ARM and the year of the mobile Internet

9 December 2009, 18:43

Ian Drew, EVP of marketing for UK chip designer ARM, anticipates major developments in mobile Internet in 2010.

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Packard Bell announces battery recall

9 December 2009, 16:30

The saga of overheating notebook batteries shows no sign of abating with this latest recall.

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£6 per year broadband tax to go ahead

9 December 2009, 14:17

In his pre-budget report, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed he intends to impose the tax on fixed lines.

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Christmas shopping sluggish, expected to pick up

9 December 2009, 13:05

UK Christmas retail footfall is slow to get going as shoppers wait for bargains.

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Orange joins the app store party

9 December 2009, 11:42

The launch of Application Shop adds to the bewildering choice for smartphone users.

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Cisco says Brazil overtakes US in spamming

9 December 2009, 10:51

A report by Cisco systems has revealed the US has lost its spam crown to Brazil and also warns that phishing schemes on social networks are increasing.

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Dell says it's making millions on Twitter

9 December 2009, 10:07

The computer maker reckons it's not wasting its time on the social networking service, Twitter, instead it's making money from it.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: Tegra devices, part 3

8 December 2009, 16:34

In the final part of our interview series we ask about future generations of Tegra and have a look at an ION netbook.

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Murdoch attacks aggregators and regulators

8 December 2009, 12:49

Rupert Murdoch has identified aggregators and misguided government intervention as main threats to the press.

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Foxconn: the sleeping giant awakens

8 December 2009, 10:36

Manufacturing giant springs into action with a series of initiatives.

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Seagate finally makes an SSD

8 December 2009, 09:35

A mere six months after WD made its move, Seagate launches the Pulsar enterprise solid state drive.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Big gains for AMD and NVIDIA

7 December 2009, 14:56

A good week for tech stocks is led, one more, by these two volatile semiconductor companies.

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Amazon refutes retail store reports

7 December 2009, 11:03

Giant e-tailer has spoken out to correct reports that it plans to open high-street retail outlets.

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Apple buys online streaming service LaLa

7 December 2009, 09:32

Cupertino's finest has tied up with a Palo Alto music-streaming firm in a bid to stave off the competition.

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Google gets its own dictionary and buys AppJet for Wave

7 December 2009, 09:27

The Internet giant can't seem to sit still for a minute, announcing its plans for its own online dictionary as well as its acquisition of collaborative editing software firm AppJet.

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Confirmed: Acer is the world’s second biggest PC maker

4 December 2009, 15:55

New data from iSuppli shows Acer relegating Dell to third place in total global PC sales.

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Samsung to take on TSMC in foundry market

4 December 2009, 12:54

Reports from Korea have Samsung planning to double its foundry business every year.

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Microsoft apologises for Bing outage

4 December 2009, 10:30

Software giant's search engine suffers global downtime.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: MSI’s new AMD-based ultrathin notebooks

3 December 2009, 14:00

MSI marketing manager Richard Stewart offers an exclusive early look at two unreleased new notebooks.

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Google rolls out new-look home page

3 December 2009, 12:42

World's most popular search engine opts for a minimalist approach.

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7digital CEO disses MySpace Music launch

3 December 2009, 11:54

Ben Drury questions whether MySpace can attract enough users and criticises some of its claims.

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Microsoft revamps Bing Maps

3 December 2009, 11:34

Streetside, Photosynth, an Enhanced Bird’s Eye View and an Application Gallery all arrive on Microsoft's online mapping tool.

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Broader ongoing Intel investigation includes NVIDIA dispute

3 December 2009, 10:39

The FTC hasn’t stopped investigating Intel just because it chucked some money at AMD.

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UK to dole out laptops, broadband to unemployed

3 December 2009, 09:27

The British government has decided to give the unemployed a virtual helping hand by comping them computers and some free Internet in order to find jobs online.

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