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Skype Translator Preview open to all Windows 8.1 and 10 users

13 May 2015, 10:51

It supports "near real-time" translation of four spoken and fifty typed languages.

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Verizon agrees to buy AOL for $4.4 billion (£2.8 billion)

12 May 2015, 14:41

Gains 2.1 million dial-up subscribers and sites such as Engadget and TechCrunch.

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Microsoft Edge security improvements detailed

12 May 2015, 10:21

New browser uses safer sandboxing, compiler and memory control techniques.

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Carphone Warehouse iD mobile network launches tomorrow

11 May 2015, 14:31

Now we have more details of the tariffs and offers that will be available at launch time.

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Lenovo Lavie Z 360 only offers half the user modes it promised

11 May 2015, 13:11

No satisfactory tent or stand mode is available. Buyers offered 5 per cent discount.

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Unpowered for a few days, some SSDs can begin to lose data

11 May 2015, 12:11

It seems that higher temperatures can speed the rate of data loss.

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Gigabyte P55K 15.6-inch gaming laptop features GTX 965M GPU

8 May 2015, 13:21

Nvidia Maxwell GPU is partnered with Intel Haswell Core i7 CPU and 'passionate' design.

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AMD lists Radeon R9 380, R9 370 and R9 360 OEM card specs

8 May 2015, 10:41

They all appear to be rebrands of previous models.

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Nvidia Q1 2016 results shows GPU sales up 14 per cent

8 May 2015, 09:41

CEO talks about "singular focus on visual computing".

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Samsung admits not all Galaxy S6 handsets use Sony image sensor

7 May 2015, 14:26

Sony unit in short supply so is being swapped with a Samsung ISOCELL sensor.

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Fixstars 6TB capacity 2.5-inch SSDs expected to ship from July

7 May 2015, 13:21

Double the capacity of the 2.5-inch drives it launched in February.

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Nvidia puts Icera mobile modem unit up for sale

6 May 2015, 15:01

The green team are apparently giving up chasing the smartphone market.

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Skype name is treading on Sky's toes in Europe, decides court

6 May 2015, 11:07

In 2014 Microsoft had to rebrand its SkyDrive to OneDrive after similar court action.

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Intel launches Xeon E7 v3 processors with up to 18 cores

6 May 2015, 10:01

Said to offer 40 per cent performance improvement over previous generation.

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Lenovo ultra thin and light LaVie Z laptops are now available

5 May 2015, 13:01

Both the LaVie Z and the LaVie Z 360 convertible use a 13.3-inch 2560 x 1440 display.

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Amazon UK free delivery minimum spend doubled to £20

5 May 2015, 11:01

Amazon made a $57m (£36m) loss in its most recently reported quarterly financials.

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Tesla unveils the Powerwall home storage battery

1 May 2015, 11:01

Charges from solar or at economy rate times, saves money, provides power outage buffer.

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Leaked slides show AMD desktop and mobility roadmaps for 2016

30 April 2015, 11:44

Desktop roadmap includes 14nm Zen core APU and CPU ranges coming in 2016.

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Microsoft Edge is the new Windows browser

30 April 2015, 09:31

It will gain many more features including the use of extensions this summer.

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Alleged benchmarks of Intel i7-6700K Skylake CPU published

29 April 2015, 16:01

Shows an approximate 15 per cent improvement over Haswell-based predecessor.

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Samsung Q1 financials show smartphone sales bounce

29 April 2015, 13:21

While revenue may be down quarter-on-quarter profits are up.

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MSI launches Prestige Series laptops

29 April 2015, 12:11

Intel i7-4720HQ and Nvidia GTX960M/950M powered laptops aimed at 'business elites'.

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In-car emergency calling to be standard in new cars by April 2018

29 April 2015, 11:08

Regulation to make eCall systems standard equipment approved by EU to save lives.

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Logitech to quit the OEM mouse business

28 April 2015, 12:12

Will continue to diversify with investment in music and video accessory designs.

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Apple reports record Q2 results thanks to China iPhone sales

28 April 2015, 11:05

Raked in a quarterly revenue of $58 billion, resulting in a net profit of $13.6 billion.

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AMD Godavari APUs to be launched in May, says report

28 April 2015, 10:06

And its 14nm Summit Ridge APUs will begin to be produced in 2016.

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Intel Skylake-S processors detailed in Chinese 'leak'

27 April 2015, 11:05

These Socket 1151 LGA processors are expected to become official at IDF 2015 in August.

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Nokia denies it has plans to return to phone business

27 April 2015, 10:01

Says reports of consumer handset projects are "false".

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Universal Stylus Initiative aims to promote industry standard

24 April 2015, 15:35

Members Intel, Lenovo, Dell, Sharp and Wacom want an active stylus standard.

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KFA2 launches water cooled GTX980 & 970 HOF graphics cards

24 April 2015, 14:08

It worked in conjunction with Europe's Diamond Cooling to create these SKUs.

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Acer reveals laptops, 2-in-1s, monitors at next@acer event

24 April 2015, 11:21

Highlights include the industry's first curved screen Nvidia G-SYNC gaming monitor.

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iD, a budget 4G mobile network, will launch in the UK in May

24 April 2015, 09:53

Carphone Warehouse to bring 'greater flexibility' and offer 12 month contracts with phones.

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G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 128GB kit is the world's fastest at 2,800MHz

23 April 2015, 13:50

Modules are based upon new 8Gb high density ICs from Samsung.

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