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Avnet snaps-up Bell

30 March 2010, 10:09

Value-added distribution giant finds reformed rival to tempting to resist.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Qualcomm gains after improved guidance

29 March 2010, 10:45

Mobile chip-maker Qualcomm raised its guidance for Q2 this week, reversing its extended share-price decline.

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AMD launches 12-core ‘Magny Cours’ CPU

29 March 2010, 10:23

The launch of the Opteron 6000 series brings 8 and 12-core processors to the high-volume server market.

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Majority of US phones to be ‘smart’ by 2011

26 March 2010, 16:55

Researcher Nielsen predicts smartphones will be the mainstream option within a couple of years.

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Nokia acquires mobile web platform company

26 March 2010, 15:28

The acquisition of privately-held US outfit Novarra is designed to improve web browsing on mainstream phones.

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Times to charge for websites

26 March 2010, 09:59

Rupert Murdoch’s great experiment extends to The Times websites to compensate for declining ad revenue.

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Microsoft tweaks Bing

25 March 2010, 16:29

The drive to differentiate its offering from Google continues with layout changes and greater social media integration.

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China Internet crisis escalates

25 March 2010, 10:37

Google’s pull-out from China snowballs as GoDaddy stops registering .cn domains and China Unicom drops Google.

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Dabs.com LIVE :: Claire Williams from Dabs tells us about the day.

25 March 2010, 10:05

Nick catches up with Claire Williams, Commercial Director for Dabs, who tells us the purpose behind the event.

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Budget 2010: What happened to 100% broadband?

24 March 2010, 16:02

Today’s budget targeted investment in infrastructure, but Gordon Brown’s pledge didn’t get a mention.

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HP revamps Z series workstations

24 March 2010, 15:10

Adds new desktop, small form-factor and mobile models and introduces the Intel Xeon 5600 series

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Qualcomm brings 4G to notebooks

24 March 2010, 11:39

The addition of LTE to its Gobi wireless module heralds the arrival of super-fast mobile broadband.

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Mobile data traffic now greater than voice

24 March 2010, 10:32

Network giant Ericsson announces the milestone, with mobile broadband and social networking the biggest contributors.

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Acer Liquid comes to Carphone Warehouse

23 March 2010, 18:24

The PC OEM’s high-end smartphone is available on a contract in the UK for the first time.

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Cars are the next chip battleground

23 March 2010, 12:34

Not content with wrestling over the PC, TV and mobile phone ARM and Intel extend their rivalry to the car.

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Google redirects Chinese users to Hong Kong

23 March 2010, 09:29

Compromise measure is possible because google.com.hk isn’t censored by China, for now.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Google falls as China pull-out looms

22 March 2010, 14:42

As Google looks set to close its operations in the world’s largest market, its share-price comes under pressure.

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Gordon Brown wants 100% super-fast broadband access by 2020

22 March 2010, 12:26

In a speech today, the PM said the UK’s future prosperity depends on the success of Digital Britain.

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T-Mobile first to offer HTC Desire

22 March 2010, 11:41

HTC’s in-house version of the Nexus One is now available to buy now from the T-Mobile site.

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Sony expands VAIO E series

22 March 2010, 09:47

Adds 14 inch and 17 inch variants to the colourful notebook range.

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Are you addicted to technology?

19 March 2010, 17:10

A London mental health hospital is offering treatment for young people considered to be over-dependent on their PCs.

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Mobile and video to drive 10% online revenue growth in 2010

19 March 2010, 14:40

The annual census of the Association of Online Publishers reveals optimism over this year’s prospects.

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Orange announces sort of exclusive on Xperia X10

19 March 2010, 12:37

Vodafone has already said it will stock it, but you can only get a white one from Orange, apparently.

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HMV launches mobile gaming service powered by Orange

19 March 2010, 11:48

Will be available on over 1,000 phones on all networks, but better integrated with Orange.

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Google and Viacom exchange public barbs

19 March 2010, 10:47

The lawsuit between the two companies over YouTube heats up as their opening briefs are made public.

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Texas Instruments launches a DVR SoC

18 March 2010, 16:25

In a busy week for the chip-maker, the new DaVinci SoC promises cheaper, smaller digital video recorders.

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HTC tells Apple to chill

18 March 2010, 12:18

Unsurprisingly smartphone maker HTC disagrees with Apple’s lawsuit against it and will defend itself.

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Mobile apps market to be worth $17.5 billion by 2012

17 March 2010, 14:22

A study commissioned by a leading app store predicts exponential growth for the mobile commerce industry.

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Virgin Media bets big on Android

17 March 2010, 11:51

Adds three more Android phones to the recently launched LG InTouch Max.

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Facebook overtakes Google in the US

17 March 2010, 10:14

Last week was the first week the social networking site has been America’s most visited website.

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Sony launches VAIO M series mini-notebook

16 March 2010, 11:09

A mere two weeks after Tesco starts offering it, Sony makes its official announcement.

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Intel launches 32nm Xeon 5600 series

16 March 2010, 09:26

Server processor line undergoes a process shrink and gets some new security features

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ARM makes its smartcard move

15 March 2010, 15:37

The launch of the SC000, based on ARM’s smallest ever microcontroller, brings 32-bit performance to smart cards.

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