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Nvidia shows off Tegra Note 7 and stylus in new videos

12 November 2013, 14:19

The DirectStylus gets special attention on this reasonably priced powerful tablet.

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Amazon to offer Sunday delivery in UK and US cities

12 November 2013, 12:16

For UK it’s London only, but in the US several cities will get the Sunday service.

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Microsoft Windows is 30 years old

11 November 2013, 15:35

First release required 192KB of RAM and two floppy disk drives.

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In Win introduces aluminium and smoked glass 904 chassis

11 November 2013, 13:00

Simple and elegant design hewn from a single piece of 4mm thick aluminium.

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Nvidia’s Q3 financials – better than most analyst expectations

8 November 2013, 12:30

Company sees growth potential in in-car displays. Tegra bounces back a little.

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Internet Explorer 11 made available for Windows 7 users

8 November 2013, 10:10

The browser also gets its own anime mascot, ‘Inori Aizawa’.

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Lenovo profits up 36 per cent as it aggressively attacks PC+

7 November 2013, 15:00

Remains No.1 PC company but grows strongly in smartphones and tablets.

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Google reveals true purpose of mystery off-shore barges

7 November 2013, 10:08

Will be used as “interactive” sites for people to “learn about new technology”.

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Microsoft whittles new CEO shortlist down to five candidates

6 November 2013, 16:25

Former Nokia CEO Elop and Ford Motors chief Mulally are favourites among hopefuls.

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AMD denies sending ‘golden sample’ R290 cards to reviewers

6 November 2013, 13:35

However it admits it is working on software / hardware performance variability issues.

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Acer CEO J.T. Wang resigns following PC maker’s Q3 results

5 November 2013, 14:59

Acer's results were worse than expected, with a reported loss of US$442m.

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Microsoft’s new Surface 2 advert concentrates on “real work”

5 November 2013, 13:30

Having pre-installed Microsoft Office and the option of a real keyboard helps.

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HGST ships its helium-filled 6TB Ultrastar He6 3.5-inch HDD

5 November 2013, 12:15

Sealed-in Helium, rather than regular air, provides several significant advantages.

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Valve unveils one of the 300 Steam Machine prototypes

5 November 2013, 10:03

Valve hosts a hands-on session with the Steam Machine, SteamOS and Steam controller.

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Qualcomm Adreno 400 GPU to debut in early 2014

4 November 2013, 18:00

Will possibly arrive with a new Snapdragon chipset at CES in January 2014.

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Windows 8.X share of PC market creeps past 10 per cent

4 November 2013, 12:15

Meanwhile Windows XP’s market share shrinkage decelerates.

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Samsung tablets now rank highest for owner satisfaction

1 November 2013, 10:16

Meanwhile the Apple iPad sinks to its lowest market share ever – but the iPad Air is out today.

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Lenovo triple-mode Yoga tablets offer up to 18 hours battery life

30 October 2013, 16:11

A magnetic attaching keyboard accessory is also available for the 10-inch model.

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Intel to manufacture world's first 64-bit quad-core ARM chips

30 October 2013, 11:55

Altera Stratix 10 SX chips will utilise Intel 14 nm 3D Tri-Gate transistor technology.

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UK ISPs must block 21 more filesharing sites

30 October 2013, 10:07

Meanwhile isoHunt returns from the ashes.

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Motorola to work on a modular hardware smartphone system

29 October 2013, 12:15

‘Project Ara’ will take the ‘Phonebloks’ concept and community under its wing.

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Apple sold 34 million iPhones and 14 million iPads last quarter

29 October 2013, 09:54

But profits have fallen for the third quarter in a row.

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AMD Radeon R9 290 leaked info roundup

28 October 2013, 11:00

Including pictures of partner cards, various benchmarks and pricing.

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LG unveils the G Flex curved-screen smartphone

28 October 2013, 10:00

Another interesting novel feature is its “self-healing” back cover.

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Microsoft results show revenue is down but profits are up

25 October 2013, 09:45

Profits are up by 17 per cent compared to the same period last year.

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Corsair Hydro Series H75 dual fan 120mm liquid cooler announced

24 October 2013, 19:30

Aims to bring dual-fan 120mm liquid CPU cooling to the masses.

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HP to launch new technology based 3D printers in summer 2014

24 October 2013, 12:30

Wants to dramatically change the industry, making equipment faster and cheaper.

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Chinese and Russian generic top level domains coming soon

24 October 2013, 11:15

“The biggest change to the Internet since its inception,” says ICANN president.

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Mid-contract telecoms price hikes to be a thing of the past?

24 October 2013, 10:00

New Ofcom ruling provides “fairer deal” and more transparency to customers.

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AMD Account Manager reveals Radeon R9 290(X) launch dates

23 October 2013, 12:32

Says the Radeon R9 290X will be launched tomorrow and the R9 290 on 31st Oct.

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Plethora of unofficial Radeon R9 290X benchmarks leaked

18 October 2013, 14:00

Plus the official BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider 4K gaming benchmarks.

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AMD profits beat expectations thanks to Xbox One & PS4

18 October 2013, 12:30

But further news of PC chip sales decline sends the chipmaker’s shares lower.

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Tesco Mobile offers 4G upgrades for just £2.50 per month extra

18 October 2013, 11:07

4G LTE availability from Tesco is, of course, limited to O2 4G coverage areas.

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