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The governor of the B of E’s open letter to the Chancellor

18 May 2010, 15:52

CPI inflation was 3.7% in April, it’s supposed to be 2%, so Mervyn King wrote to the new Chancellor to explain why.

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Google to buy VoIP company GIPS for $68.2 million

18 May 2010, 12:52

Acquisition will further strengthen Google’s voice as well as real-time collaboration offerings.

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Microsoft previews 2010 Hotmail revamp

18 May 2010, 10:34

Microsoft has taken the wraps off a next-generation release of the world's most popular web-based email service.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: NVIDIA suffers in Friday sell-off

17 May 2010, 12:12

European sovereign debt concerns once more dominate jittery markets, while NVIDIA’s cautious outlook takes its toll.

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YouTube turns five, hits over two billion views a day

17 May 2010, 11:45

"We’re just getting started," says the world's most popular video-sharing website.

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Mobile gaming revenue to grow 19% this year

17 May 2010, 11:19

Gartner reckons app store downloads are dominated by games, but mostly free ones.

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Facebook faces witch-hunt over privacy

14 May 2010, 15:09

A recurring theme this week has been people queuing up to say Facebook doesn’t do enough to protect its users’ privacy.

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Acer to launch Chrome OS device at Computex, reportedly

14 May 2010, 11:52

With tablets set to be a key theme of this year’s show, Acer is set to take the plunge with Google’s browser-based OS.

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NVIDIA refocuses on Android for Tegra 2, targets Apple A4

14 May 2010, 10:41

NVIDIA earnings beat expectations on Fermi ramp and it sees its mobile future with Google, not Microsoft.

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Facebook has most US display ads while Yahoo gains in search

13 May 2010, 18:33

Some interesting trends in the US online space from comScore, as Yahoo starts to recover its mojo.

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HTC joins Nokia in Apple sue-fest

13 May 2010, 12:14

Not only is HTC suing Apple back, but it wants to halt the sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod.

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Cannes 2010: AMD presents a VISION short film

13 May 2010, 12:11

Everyone's a film star with VISION technology, says AMD.

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SAP makes mobile move with $5.8 billion Sybase acquisition

13 May 2010, 10:52

German enterprise software giant buys US database company with a specialism in mobile platforms.

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BT returns to profit, buys into cloud gaming

13 May 2010, 09:44

An extended programme of cutting overheads and raising efficiency finally pays off, buys into cloud gaming.

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Nokia creates new mobile device arm

11 May 2010, 13:05

The mobile phone giant’s bid to retain its pre-eminence in the mobile Internet era leads to a corporate rejig.

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Orange and T-Mobile reveal the scale of their ambition

11 May 2010, 11:06

The UK joint venture will be modestly named Everything Everywhere and will be our biggest mobile operator.

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Vodafone feels the heat over data tariff changes

10 May 2010, 18:46

The decision to replace ‘fair usage’ with defined charges has caused controversy.

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Facebook to launch location product

10 May 2010, 15:51

Soon you’ll be able to geo-tag your updates, but how will Facebook go about commercialising this new feature?

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Shares plunge but are recovering already

10 May 2010, 13:03

Greece has become everyone’s problem as Europe’s rescue plan buoys markets today.

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Rumour: HP to produce webOS tablet in Q3

10 May 2010, 11:56

If HP is going to use its Palm acquisition to compete in the mobile device market it needs to get a move on.

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New Sony VAIO netbook features GPS, 3G and an accelerometer

10 May 2010, 09:41

Sony pushes the boundaries of the notebook category with the latest VAIO P series with smartphone features.

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Orange reveals UK iPad data plans

7 May 2010, 16:49

The first UK operator to announce dedicated tariffs for the iPad offers a pay-for-what-you-use option.

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Smartphone market grew by over 50% in Q1

7 May 2010, 15:37

The latest figures from IDC reveal the mobile device sector is in high-growth mode.

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ARM says Moorestown still not competitive

7 May 2010, 12:20

UK low-power chip incumbent delivers a resounding “meh” to Intel’s latest effort to muscle-in on its territory.

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Prospect of hung parliament weakens pound

7 May 2010, 10:46

Political uncertainty has caused a sell-off of the pound, which will mean your kit gets more expensive.

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Blizzard to integrate Facebook into Battle.net

6 May 2010, 15:24

Blizzard Entertainment will expand the social side of its online gaming platform, starting with Starcraft II.

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Best Buy says its opening weekend was best ever

6 May 2010, 10:40

New kid on the UK tech retail block sells more kit on first weekend than any previous store opening.

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Google has a spring clean

6 May 2010, 09:57

New looks for the desktop and mobile sites as Google tries to add more value to its search results.

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Another HP horde is upon us

5 May 2010, 16:48

HP has launched its latest notebook range, set to appear in the US later this summer

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Google to launch e-book service this summer

5 May 2010, 14:04

Google Editions looks set to differentiate itself by being cloud-based and platform agnostic.

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Intel launches its first smartphone chip

5 May 2010, 09:22

The arrival of the ‘Moorestown’ Atom-based SoC brings the world’s biggest chip-maker into the phone game.

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Corsair to move into the audio market after IPO

4 May 2010, 12:37

Enthusiast PC component specialist set to continue its diversification, possibly through acquisition.

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Google Chrome continues to gain share

4 May 2010, 11:42

Recent figures reveal Chrome is steadily eating away at Internet Explorer’s share of the web browser market.

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