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Apple and HTC dismiss lawsuits, forge licensing agreement

12 November 2012, 11:00

A new 10 year licensing agreement replaces the legal wrangling.

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is top US console for 22 months in a row

12 November 2012, 09:59

270,000 Xbox 360s sold in October in US

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg sells off even more shares

9 November 2012, 11:00

She’s sold over $10 million worth of Facebook stock in a fortnight.

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New six game Humble Bundle for Android launched

9 November 2012, 10:00

Includes a game the devs said would never be ported to Android.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 ships 18 million in Q3, beats iPhone 4S

8 November 2012, 20:00

11 per cent of all smartphones sold worldwide during the quarter were SGS3s.

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Lenovo beats the global PC industry gloom

8 November 2012, 10:00

Chinese PC maker sells more and improves margins too.

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HTC’s October earnings down 61 per cent. Droid DNA to rescue?

7 November 2012, 13:00

Company might drop as low as No.8 in the smartphone league says Morgan Stanley.

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The table has turned as Apple is sued for £230 million

7 November 2012, 12:15

The table hasn't quite spun a full 360 back on itself, however Apple has been hit hard.

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Windows Live Messenger to live no longer

7 November 2012, 11:30

It will be scrapped “in Q1 2013”. Microsoft wants users to switch to Skype.

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UK Imagination Tech. buys US MIPS Tech. for £38 million

7 November 2012, 10:45

Meanwhile ARM and others take the vast majority of the firm's patent portfolio.

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Google releases Chrome 23, brings video GPU acceleration

7 November 2012, 10:40

GPU acceleration means your battery will last longer. Also brings Do not Track.

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Google’s UK search market share dips under 90 per cent

7 November 2012, 10:00

It had previously enjoyed over 90 per cent market share for five years in a row.

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Elite to be remade by original author via Kickstarter project

6 November 2012, 15:01

Planned for PC release in March 2014. Reserve a digital copy for £20.

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Judge throws spanner in Apple's works in case vs Motorola

6 November 2012, 09:15

Judges will tell Apple how much to pay, not the other way around.

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Apple sells three million iPads over the weekend

5 November 2012, 18:30

Stores “practically sold out” of the iPad mini.

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Teardown roundup! Microsoft Surface, iPad mini, Kindle Fire HD

5 November 2012, 12:00

What is the cost of making these new tablets? Who is making the most profit?

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Google and Microsoft to supply free Wi-Fi in UK white space?

5 November 2012, 10:30

Senior UK government sources say both the US tech giants are extremely interested.

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Gmail is now the world's most popular webmail

2 November 2012, 14:59

According to independent ComScore data just published.

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Comet electrical stores heading into administration

2 November 2012, 13:00

6,500 jobs at risk. Shoppers urged to spend vouchers soon.

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Is Microsoft testing its own Surface smartphone designs?

2 November 2012, 12:00

Asian component suppliers spill the beans to the Wall Street Journal.

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Judge dismayed by Apple’s begrudging apology to Samsung

1 November 2012, 16:30

Write it again, properly this time, you’ve got 24 hours, he says.

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Take-Two ships five million copies of Borderlands 2

1 November 2012, 11:00

Digital sales are strong. GTA5 scheduled for spring 2013.

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Sony on the road to recovery?

1 November 2012, 10:02

You wouldn't think that losing £123 million was a good thing, however for Sony this is a big turnaround.

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Acer delays launching Windows RT tablets until April 2013

31 October 2012, 23:00

Wait and see strategy is prudent decides the Taiwanese computer giant.

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Huawei’s hacker critics will help company with cyber security

31 October 2012, 13:00

Chinese telecoms giant reaches out to hackers to help fix vulnerabilities.

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Nexus 7 sales are approaching one million a month: ASUS

31 October 2012, 10:49

Taiwanese firm reports largest quarterly profits in over four years.

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Microsoft sold 4 million Windows 8 upgrades in first three days

31 October 2012, 09:49

Also “tens of millions” sold to corporate customers.

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Intel 335 Series SSD, power draw is nearly halved

30 October 2012, 13:30

New SSD drive range features energy efficient 20nm NAND flash.

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Microsoft Windows Phone 8 launches

30 October 2012, 10:35

Watch the new advert and the keynote presentation here.

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Nokia no longer in worldwide smartphone top five

29 October 2012, 15:00

Hoping for a turnaround with Windows Phone 8 launching imminently.

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IBM’s new carbon nanotube chip making technology

29 October 2012, 11:30

Carbon nanotubes precisely place themselves to make transistors.

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Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 32GB 3G details leak

26 October 2012, 18:00

Both are to be "revealed" at an event in New York on Monday 29th.

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Apple's Tim Cook: Microsoft's Surface is "fairly compromised"

26 October 2012, 10:00

Likens the Surface to a car that can fly and swim, it doesn't do either very well.

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