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ViewSonic launches new range of notebooks

17 December 2009, 14:08

US display maker expands its PC offering with the ViewBook range of compact notebooks.

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Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

17 December 2009, 12:46

Who needs user surveys? Facebook gets all the information it needs just from your surname.

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Double-digit growth forecast for PC market

17 December 2009, 11:21

IDC reckons we can expect growth of over ten percent from the PC market for the next four years.

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How much trouble is Intel in?

17 December 2009, 09:55

We hear from competitors, regulators, legal experts and Intel itself to establish the ramifications of the FTC action.

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Intel sued by FTC

16 December 2009, 17:52

The ordeal is far from over for Intel as the US Federal Trade Commission has its turn on the punch bag.

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Virgin enters tech support market

16 December 2009, 14:27

Virgin Digital Help is Virgin’s first new consumer business for three years and claims to “make digital stuff work”.

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Facebook rages against the X Factor

16 December 2009, 10:16

A Facebook group opposed to the X Factor domination of the Christmas charts is gaining momentum.

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Western Europe leads mobile device recovery

15 December 2009, 13:06

Gartner has upwardly revised its forecasts, but warns of increasing grey market activity.

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Google aims to take a slice of the URL-shortening pie

15 December 2009, 10:39

Google has unveiled its own URL shortener in the form of Goo.gl.

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Mysterious Google countdown leads to the unknown

15 December 2009, 09:55

Google's year-end countdown is live, but will there be anything significant at the end?

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20% of Brits would pay for digital content

14 December 2009, 16:28

A GfK survey commissioned by the Wall Street Journal reveals large majority of us expect our content for free.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: AMD/NVIDIA surge continues

14 December 2009, 15:28

Intel’s struggles with its Larrabee discrete graphics project have given the two chip-makers a further boost.

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Europe welcomes Oracle concessions on MySQL

14 December 2009, 12:15

Oracle commits to a bunch of measures it hopes will make the European Commission approve its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

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O2 completes live UK 4G trial

14 December 2009, 11:38

Mobile operator partners with telco company Huawei to road-test LTE technology in Slough.

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Mingleverse virtual rooms allow for content streaming

14 December 2009, 10:49

Canadian firm Mingleverse is offering users a virtual 'living room' of sorts where users can watch live streamed content together and cut carbon emissions to boot.

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Apple sues Nokia back

11 December 2009, 16:32

The inevitable legal ping-pong ensues as former Intel top lawyer picks up where he left off.

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ASUS spins-off 75% of Pegatron

11 December 2009, 14:26

Separation of contract manufacturing arm undertaken to avoid perceived conflicts of interest.

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O2 dangles £2 million carrot at channel partners

11 December 2009, 10:51

Sees the indirect channel as a key way of growing its customer base as markets continue to converge.

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AMD SEC amendment reflects Intel payment

11 December 2009, 09:18

The littler chipmaker today said it had made a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, now that Intel has paid it the damages owed.

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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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