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Netbooks taken off the Toshiba (USA) menu

25 May 2012, 23:42

Let them eat cake, er, or get an Ultrabook.

Is Facebook about to acquire Opera Software?

25 May 2012, 22:15

Cash rich Facebook need to get some mobile monetisation plans in place.

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Google begins to publish list of sites taken down for Copyright

25 May 2012, 10:15

Microsoft the number one culprit, owing to almost half of all copyright take-downs.

Axis, the new Yahoo! browser, is launched

24 May 2012, 10:56

Syncs browsing between iOS and desktop, Android version in the works.

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Seagate to buy 64.5 per cent majority share in LaCie

24 May 2012, 10:54

American Seagate to buy French LaCie, focussing on EU and Japanese consumer markets.

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HP to cut 27,000 jobs, 8 per cent of workforce

24 May 2012, 09:56

To be implemented by the end of 2014. Share price rises 9 per cent.

Google didn't infringe Oracle patents

24 May 2012, 09:54

Found guilty of two minor counts of copyright, maximum fine - £200,000.

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Hard drive densities to double by 2016

23 May 2012, 18:41

People need more storage for higher resolution photos, videos and gaming.

Microsoft wants you to get social with so.cl

23 May 2012, 10:35

Social network dressed up as an experimental research project, or vice versa?

ASUS to release Thunderbolt-enabled motherboards

22 May 2012, 14:35

More desktop PCs with Thunderbolt will spur on peripheral makers.

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Google Chrome officially king of all browsers

22 May 2012, 10:09

Microsoft's Internet Explorer gives way for the first time in over a decade.

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Yahoo sells half its stake in Alibaba for $6.3 billion

21 May 2012, 22:57

Yahoo shares rise up to 3.8 per cent following the news.

New CPUs that don't sweat the small stuff

21 May 2012, 09:21

Save lots of power and work much faster by being less accurate!

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Smartphone commoditisation on the horizon

17 May 2012, 10:52

Mid range and budget Android devices can only differentiate using price.

Canon camera production to go fully robotic

15 May 2012, 09:15

Skilled labour replaced to cut costs, robots only by 2015.

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Intel currently developing 14nm, aiming towards 5nm chips

15 May 2012, 00:19

New Intel roadmap revealed at Investor Meeting in Santa Clara.

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Samsung’s new flexible OLED displays

14 May 2012, 00:00

LG is working on them too, possibly for iPhone 5.

Yahoo replaces CEO who had a dodgy CV

13 May 2012, 22:15

Scott Thompson is out after just 4 months.

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The Facebook IPO is already oversubscribed

11 May 2012, 11:36

Despite the gnashing of teeth over Zuckerberg’s hoodie.

Mobile roaming charges cut from 1st July

10 May 2012, 23:46

EU introduces mobile data price caps this time too.

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Official UK music streaming chart to launch next week

10 May 2012, 09:49

Web-streaming moves up a notch in industry importance.

Retailers try and geofence smartphone customers

9 May 2012, 18:34

Trying to halt the browsing in store then buying online phenomenon.

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Cut price MacBook Air to do battle with Ultrabooks

9 May 2012, 08:45

Rumoured $799 price translates to £495!

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Google breached Oracle copyright but may not be liable

8 May 2012, 09:56

Copied API code may be 'fair use'.

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Google Android lost money in every quarter of 2010

7 May 2012, 10:54

As Oracle vs Google legal case continues, Android is revealed to have lost money in 2010.

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£1.1 billion funding hole in super-fast broadband plans

7 May 2012, 10:19

Will targets be met through private investment instead?

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Firefox 'Click to Play' to prevent drive-by exploits

6 May 2012, 22:52

Part of Firefox from version 14 onwards.

Facebook pre-IPO Net Roadshow video uploaded

4 May 2012, 11:08

They want you to share - your cash.

ARM Cortex-A9 chip runs comfortably at over 3GHz

3 May 2012, 15:17

Due to TSMC’s 28nm HPM process test success.

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Google Docs receives 450+ new fonts and 60+ new templates

3 May 2012, 10:56

The new features keep on coming.