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When a successful Kickstarter project goes wrong

22 October 2012, 09:37

Backers of horror video game get a fright; programmers have quit, money has been spent.

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AMD to lay-off 15 per cent of workforce

22 October 2012, 09:01

Third quarter loss of $157 million, shares drop nearly 17 per cent.

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Microsoft profits fall 22 per cent as PC sales decline

19 October 2012, 15:15

As Windows 8 launch approaches, financials reveal its importance to the company's future.

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Google introduces “Chromebook, for everyone” at £229

19 October 2012, 13:00

Do you want one?

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Google’s financials accidentally published during trading

19 October 2012, 11:00

Profits drop. Larry Page: “Our printers said they pressed send on the release a bit early.”

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New MegaUpload service 'Mega' joins The Pirate Bay in the cloud

19 October 2012, 10:15

More legal backlash as Kim Dotcom seeks to anonymise and thus legalise data.

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Apple loses Samsung tablet copyright appeal in UK

18 October 2012, 22:15

Apple must publish ads saying Samsung have been wronged.

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Pre-order a boxed copy of Windows 8 now for £49.99

18 October 2012, 17:15

From the UK Microsoft Store. Windows 8 downloads for £24.99 follow on 26th October.

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The Pirate Bay floats onto the cloud. Too high for authorities?

18 October 2012, 11:15

Torrent indexer, The Pirate Bay, distributes its database to avoid sudden shutdown.

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Higher capacity SSD drive prices falling in line

17 October 2012, 19:00

High capacity drives now tend to have a lower cost per GB.

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More than 1 billion smartphones now in use worldwide

17 October 2012, 12:30

1 billion texting, talking, browsing, tweeting, checking in, roaming people.

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Intel expects weak Q4, and Windows 8 will be little help

17 October 2012, 11:05

Also Chipzilla reported a 14 per cent fall in profit compared to the same period last year.

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Apple sends out invites for 23rd October event, iPad mini hinted

17 October 2012, 10:00

“We've got a little more to show you” ha ha ha.

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Microsoft Surface pricing announced, starts at £399 in UK

16 October 2012, 19:00

You can pre-order it right now for delivery by 30th October.

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Computer hacker Gary McKinnon avoids US extradition

16 October 2012, 17:30

Fears for his health and wellbeing helped his case.

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EU could bar sales of power hungry graphics cards

16 October 2012, 14:30

Eco-Design law guidelines to come into force in early 2014.

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EVGA “Step Up” upgrade program extended to 6 months

16 October 2012, 12:00

Gives you 180 days to decide whether to “Step Up” to a higher performance part.

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Amazon contemplates Texas Instruments' mobile SoC business

16 October 2012, 11:15

TI doesn't want it, Amazon wants cheap chips for Kindles.

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Microsoft Surface TV advertising campaign kicks off

16 October 2012, 10:30

Check out the 1 minute TV ad which was sandwiched within “Dancing with the Stars”.

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Xbox Music goes live tomorrow on Xbox 360. Win8 and WP8 follow

15 October 2012, 21:00

“free-streaming radio, music subscription and music purchasing, all in one elegant package”

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Microsoft promotes new PC form factors in Windows 8 advert

15 October 2012, 11:15

Part of a £1 billion advertisement campaign.

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txtr Beagle eBook reader is an £8 Kindle killer?

12 October 2012, 16:15

Cheapest, lightest and thinnest eBook reader yet is set to launch.

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PS3 sales break the 5 million barrier in the UK

12 October 2012, 13:30

Now Sony launches a 12GB Super-Slim PS3 console, available for £158.

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Firefox 16 appears then disappears due to security issue

12 October 2012, 10:30

But now it’s back and you can get updated straight away via the About dialogue.

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Kickstarter doors creak open for UK projects starting Halloween

11 October 2012, 16:03

We look forward to some fiendishly good inventions and projects from UK folk.

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ITU roundtable on standard-essential patents begins

11 October 2012, 10:45

Day one sees the room wholly divided, can the ITU bring firms together?

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OCZ share price dives 46 per cent following losses

11 October 2012, 09:15

Losses and a mistake in filing procedure scares investors.

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$100m Creative lawsuit over iPod led Apple to “patent it all”

10 October 2012, 17:29

Steve Jobs got serious with patents in 2006, following stinging fine for copying media player UI.

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Four Windows 8 advert videos leak onto YouTube

10 October 2012, 11:30

The ads focus upon using the Modern UI.

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Windows 8 update improves performance and efficiency

10 October 2012, 09:30

Sinofsky announces a “new pace of delivering high quality updates”.

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China: US security concerns re Huawei and ZTE are groundless

9 October 2012, 23:30

“We can't go on together, with suspicious minds.”

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Google accidentally ships 32GB Nexus 7 tablets to Japan?

9 October 2012, 13:30

Rumours say double storage bonus coming to market by the end of October.

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Facebook and retailers “want” you to click another button

9 October 2012, 10:30

They “want” to find new ways to “collect” your money.

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