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HP expands battery recall

24 May 2010, 16:23

Yet more notebook batteries are in danger of overheating, so HP is offering to replace them for free.

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Apple CEO to fire a retort to Google on June 7th

24 May 2010, 15:35

Steve Jobs will kick off next month's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference with a keynote speech, claims fans "won't be disappointed".

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Nokia and Yahoo announce strategic alliance

24 May 2010, 15:29

As leaked, the two tech giants will collaborate to promote each other’s web services.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Dell biggest loser as Europe concerns continue

24 May 2010, 12:36

All our shares lost ground last week as the debt crisis continues, but some fared worse than others.

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E-commerce spend accelerates

24 May 2010, 11:42

US e-commerce spending grows at its fastest rate for a year and a half, but is this part of a long-term trend.

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Zuckerberg addresses Facebook privacy furore

24 May 2010, 10:00

Facebook risks losing all control over the privacy debate so its founder has started speaking publicly.

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FTC approves Google acquisition of AdMob, thanks to Apple

21 May 2010, 18:44

Ironic resolution to Google’s proposed move into the mobile display advertising market.

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Are tablets this year’s netbooks?

21 May 2010, 18:15

Thanks to the iPad, and many more launches to come, netbooks are now old news, but will tablets endure for longer?

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Good quarter for PC makers

21 May 2010, 11:56

HP and Dell have both announced good quarterly earnings this this week, while iPad sales continue to boom.

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Report: Yahoo to announce partnership with Nokia

21 May 2010, 10:47

Yet another mobile partnership for Nokia as it tries to keep up with Google and Apple in the smartphone market.

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Can free space optics solve the backhaul crunch?

20 May 2010, 17:38

Smart mobile devices are putting unprecedented strain on mobile networks. Something has to be done.

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HP and Microsoft among founders of new Unified Communications alliance

20 May 2010, 15:14

Tech giants get together to promote the uptake of UC solutions, but Cisco is conspicuously absent.

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OFT won’t be investigating Project Canvas

20 May 2010, 12:27

Since none of the protagonists in the joint venture will be contributing a business, it’s not a merger.

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Google launches web app store and open web video format

20 May 2010, 10:33

The first day of Google’s annual developer conference reveals the scale of its online ambitions.

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Europe fines DRAM makers €331 million for price fixing

19 May 2010, 14:56

Samsung by far the most heavily fined, but all of them were involved to some extent.

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3 to get HTC Wildfire, with Palm Pre coming to O2

19 May 2010, 13:05

UK phone operators revamp their smartphone offerings with some new-ish models.

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Android market share shoots up

19 May 2010, 12:13

The latest figures from Gartner reveal Android is rapidly gaining on other smartphone operating systems.

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Yahoo to buy crowd sourced content provider Associated Content

19 May 2010, 10:18

The Internet giant continues its emphasis on the content side of things with the acquisition of 380,000 contributors.

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Best Buy launches digital video service

18 May 2010, 17:44

CinemaNow is powered by Sonic Solutions and hard hardware buy-in from LG Electronics.

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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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