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HP to cut 9,000 jobs in wake of EDS acquisition

1 June 2010, 14:49

The world’s biggest PC company has announced plans to invest $1 billion to automate its enterprise services business.

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Qualcomm launches first dual-core CPU Snapdragon

1 June 2010, 10:04

The MSM8x60 SoC has two Scorpion cores and has started sampling to customers, but don’t expect to see it soon.

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Best Buy opens second store amid iPad frenzy

28 May 2010, 11:16

Retail giant confirms it’s stocking the Apple iPad as it opens its second UK store near Southampton.

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Google acquisition of AdMob complete

28 May 2010, 09:58

It’s game on in the mobile advertising market as Google is now free to tackle Apple’s iAd initiative.

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Apple good, PC World bad in Which? retail survey

27 May 2010, 16:15

UK consumer mag surveys its readers about their retail experiences and DSGi still has a lot of work to do.

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Report: Sky to buy Virgin channels

27 May 2010, 14:35

The Guardian reckons BSkyB is about to buy Virgin Media’s channels business for £150-£160 million.

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Facebook reveals ‘simplified’ user controls

27 May 2010, 11:58

The social networking giant responds to the biggest crisis of its brief history, but will it be enough?

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Apple now worth more than Microsoft

27 May 2010, 10:07

A symbolic switch has occurred between the world’s two biggest technology companies.

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BBC unveils an all-new iPlayer

26 May 2010, 13:04

Public beta of the third-generation video-on-demand service now available.

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OFT urges greater clarity in online behavioural advertising

26 May 2010, 08:00

UK business regulator wants online privacy and personal data to be better protected.

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Ballmer to take control of Microsoft entertainment and mobile divisions

25 May 2010, 17:43

Software giant Microsoft has confirmed the overhaul of its gadget arm, as rumoured earlier today.

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NVIDIA CEO slates Tegra competitors

25 May 2010, 14:38

Jen-Hsun Huang was his usual uninhibited self in assessing other SoCs in a recent interview.

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Worldwide notebook sales grow at fastest rate for 8 years

25 May 2010, 11:59

The latest Gartner figures show worldwide mobile PC shipments grew 43 percent in Q1 2010.

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Major overhaul expected at Microsoft devices division

25 May 2010, 11:14

The Windows Phone division is due for a shake-up as Apple and Google continue to pull away.

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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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