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EA will build microtransactions into all its games

1 March 2013, 10:44

Many a mickle makes a muckle.

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Sky to become second-largest UK ISP as it snaps up O2 and BE

1 March 2013, 09:37

Broadband and fixed line businesses bought from Telefonica.

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Interflora UK’s petals plucked by Google

28 February 2013, 15:45

The website of Interflora UK is banished from Google search results.

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Nintendo Wii Mini to hit the UK in March priced at £79.99

27 February 2013, 16:32

Lower priced, less capable, console announced for UK after Canadian test launch.

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HP declares aim to be a leader in tablets and smartphones

27 February 2013, 15:15

PC goliath is “shifting resources from PCs to tablets”.

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Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7

27 February 2013, 11:15

Download it now or be auto updated “in the weeks ahead”.

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There are “no plans” for bricks and mortar Google stores

27 February 2013, 10:15

Someone else will have to try and flog Google Pixel Chromebooks in retail for £1000 plus.

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The latest Chrome browser includes speech recognition API

26 February 2013, 13:00

Google is also planning to implement the highlighting of “noisy tabs”.

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ZTE’s 5.7-inch Grand Memo introduced at MWC

26 February 2013, 11:45

Unfortunately there’s some confusion about the processor inside this new phablet.

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BT acquires ESPN’s UK and Ireland TV channels

26 February 2013, 11:00

Deal will complete in the summer and bolster BT's YouView Sports package.

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ASUS Fonepad unveiled: a 7-inch £179 phablet

25 February 2013, 16:45

It's due in late Q2 2013 but the planned European version lacks a rear camera.

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Windows Phone sales in the UK are up 240 per cent

25 February 2013, 15:23

Latest figures show Windows Phone now has a 6.2 per cent market share in the UK.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 to launch on 14th March

25 February 2013, 12:45

Samsung tweeted “March 14. Ready 4 the show? #UNPACKED”

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NVIDIA Phoenix reference smartphone shown at MWC

25 February 2013, 11:47

Tegra 4i powered, 5-inch full-HD smartphone is slim and slick.

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Hewlett Packard unveils the Slate 7 Android tablet

24 February 2013, 23:50

It will cost as little as $169 (£110), but is there anything special about it?

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tablet announced

24 February 2013, 23:00

Is it every inch an iPad mini beater?

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Nokia to take aim at the cheap seats with MWC Lumia quartet

22 February 2013, 12:45

Also the winners of the Lumia 820 design contest are announced.

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The youth of today: Microsoft is cooler than Twitter and Facebook

22 February 2013, 11:30

Coz it makes gamez and blowers innit?

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Hewlett Packard sales fall but it beats analyst forecasts

22 February 2013, 10:30

Whitman says “our turnaround is starting to gain traction”.

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The £1,049 Pixel: Google’s new Chromebook is unveiled

21 February 2013, 23:31

This 239 ppi touchscreen notebook is purchasable right now.

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New magnetic cooling technology to boost chip performance

21 February 2013, 15:00

Datacentres could save £$£$s thanks to this efficient new technique.

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Adblock Plus gets shins kicked by Google "security measures"

21 February 2013, 11:45

Android and Chrome users now have to jump through hoops to use the utility.

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320-gigapixel panorama of London uploaded by BT

21 February 2013, 10:30

The panorama uses 48,640 shots taken from the top of the BT Tower.

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4G auction winners are announced by Ofcom

20 February 2013, 11:00

EE, Three, Niche Spectrum Ventures, O2 and Vodafone have all won spectrum.

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EE fails to capitalise on its 4G exclusivity

19 February 2013, 15:15

Poor results if you are counting new customers. However it did well with retentions.

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MSI teases gaming motherboards to rival the ASUS ROG series

19 February 2013, 12:00

We should see these new products at CeBIT 2013 next month.

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Email service Outlook.com is out of preview

19 February 2013, 11:00

It got 60 million users in six months. All Hotmail users will be migrated by the end of summer.

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Wii U sold fewer than 60,000 units in the US last month

18 February 2013, 11:00

During the same period Microsoft sold 281,000 Xbox 360 consoles .

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Messenger to Skype migration will start on 8th April

18 February 2013, 10:00

From that date Messenger client signing in will start to be restricted.

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Ex-AMD boss Hector Ruiz pens a book about the chip wars

15 February 2013, 15:39

He wants to remind us about Intel’s dirty tactics during the noughties.

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Office 2013 retail is “permanently assigned” to a single computer

14 February 2013, 12:30

License tweaked, since Office 2010, so you can’t migrate your copy onto a new machine.

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HP is readying an Android tablet, with smartphones to follow?

14 February 2013, 11:15

Hewlett Packard looks like it’s going to have another bash at the post-PC market.

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Nvidia Q4 revenue up over 16 per cent from a year ago

14 February 2013, 10:15

However forecasts for Q1 2013 are lower than expected.

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