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Europe fines LCD companies €649 million for price fixing

8 December 2010, 15:05

Six far-eastern LCD panel producers were fixing the prices of displays from 2001 to 2006.

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Virgin 100Mbps broadband goes live

8 December 2010, 09:58

Four locations have access to next-gen broadband today, but how soon will your location have it?

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Imagination Technologies announces new high-end graphics core

7 December 2010, 16:14

A bunch of announcements as the UK embedded graphics specialist raises the stakes.

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iPad 2 rumoured to ship in February

7 December 2010, 16:07

It has been reported that Foxconn will ship initial units of over 400,000 in February.

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Ofcom: complaints falling but telcos still a problem

7 December 2010, 15:24

Broadband speeds, silent calling and mis-selling are among the main complaints Ofcom still receives.

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Hacktivists target anti WikiLeaks sites

7 December 2010, 15:13

Anonymous hits back at sites refusing to do business with the whistle blowing website.

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Cloud computing could boost UK economy by €30bn a year

7 December 2010, 13:57

Plus increase European economy by €645bn in 5 years, says report.

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Reaction to new government broadband plan muted

7 December 2010, 12:07

The general response to the government’s ambitious new plans for broadband is sceptical.

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WikiLeaks founder arrested

7 December 2010, 11:34

Julian Assange held on suspicion of rape.

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Google resurrects Wave as an open-source project

7 December 2010, 11:21

Code handed over to Apache Foundation for community to continue development.

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Smartphones and tablets drive digital content revenue

7 December 2010, 10:20

Consumers hungry for PAYG mobile content, says report.

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Google launches eBookstore

6 December 2010, 16:18

Over three million books scanned and put onto the web, is this the day of reckoning for Amazon?

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HEXUS.sharewatch: NVIDIA up on rumoured Intel settlement

6 December 2010, 13:27

The signs are that an out-of-court settlement will benefit NVIDIA and its shares rose accordingly.

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BT reveals broadband competition frontrunners

6 December 2010, 12:14

As Race to Infinity competition enters its last month.

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Government unveils ‘Britain’s Superfast Broadband Future’

6 December 2010, 12:12

State support for next-gen broadband gets a makeover, but it still comes down to subsidising BT.

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Huawei sets up security shop in UK

6 December 2010, 11:34

Cyber security centre opens in the Midlands.

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Facebook revamps Profile features

6 December 2010, 10:39

Prioritises photos and allows users to make more personal info available.

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AOL reportedly mulling Yahoo merger

6 December 2010, 09:33

The two internet dinosaurs may need to combine if they’re to survive the next decade.

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Samsung strengthens its position in the US mobile market

3 December 2010, 17:27

Gartner proclaims Samsung the number one Android OEM, while comScore shows its overall lead increased.

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Xserver admins unfazed by Apple’s decision to axe servers

3 December 2010, 17:17

Survey show many users are loyal, and will stick with current systems for as long as they last.

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Android is leading the Chinese smartphone explosion

3 December 2010, 16:07

The Chinese smartphone market grew by 200 percent in the past year, with Android grabbing half in that time.

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Rambus goes back on the offensive

3 December 2010, 15:58

Company returns to the courtroom to sue NVIDIA, Broadcom and Freescale over patent infringement.

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BT to test 1Gbps broadband within months

3 December 2010, 13:49

The trial of a new fibre-to-the-premise product will commence in Suffolk early next year.

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Three reveals iPad subsidies – no better than Orange

3 December 2010, 12:14

The prices are all remarkably similar, but you get more data for your money from Three.

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Open letter presses Vaizey on net neutrality

3 December 2010, 11:33

19 signatories call for an open internet.

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Is local commerce the new social networking?

3 December 2010, 10:39

The anticipated acquisition of Groupon by Google has catalysed a frenzy of interest in local commerce sites.

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WikiLeaks site moves again and Amazon justifies actions

3 December 2010, 10:25

Website has more ups and downs than a yoyo.

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Google acts to prevent online copyright infringement

2 December 2010, 17:54

The search giant’s growing role at the policeman of the Internet takes another step.

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RIM moves to tart up BlackBerry UI

2 December 2010, 14:41

The acquisition of Swedish UI specialist TAT is designed to give the BlackBerry OS the X-factor.

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Ofcom says we’re a nation of early adopters

2 December 2010, 12:57

The regulator’s communications market report find the UK is one of the quickest adopters of new comms tech.

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Twitter vows student protest accounts were not censored

2 December 2010, 11:44

And bloggers and tweeters get protection from libel claims.

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Google changes search algorithm to demote ‘bad’ merchants

2 December 2010, 10:39

Online merchants that Google judges to provide an extremely poor user experience will be punished.

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WikiLeaks site is left out in the cold by Amazon

2 December 2010, 10:25

And British police hunt its founder over rape allegations.

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