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Microsoft gives up hope of a billion Windows 10 devices by mid-2018

18 July 2016, 12:31

The collapse of Windows Phone sales is probably the root cause of the missed target.

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ARM Holdings to be bought by SoftBank for £24bn

18 July 2016, 09:30

Cambridge-based chip designer to be acquired by Japanese firm at a rate of £17 per share.

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Google Play allows you to set up a family sharing group

14 July 2016, 09:31

Up to six people can be in the sharing group, but you need to be in the same county.

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Microsoft announces Windows 10 and Surface subscriptions

13 July 2016, 09:31

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 bundle will be $7 per computer, per month, from autumn.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 outperforms predecessor by 10pc

11 July 2016, 18:31

The Qualcomm Kryo quad-core CPU reaches speeds of up to 2.4GHz.

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Asus, Gigabyte, and Inno 3D tease custom Geforce GTX 1060 cards

8 July 2016, 10:31

Plenty of options on the way for those interested in a partner designed GeForce GTX 1060.

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Dell increases UK pricing by 10 per cent due to GBP decline

7 July 2016, 12:01

Brexit has seen the pound tumble from $1.50 to settle around $1.30, for now.

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Gigabyte launches XTREME GAMING XP1200M power supply

5 July 2016, 14:31

This 80 PLUS Platinum certified PSU is the first in what is promised to be a new range.

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Global average internet speeds have risen 23pc year on year

4 July 2016, 11:01

According to the latest figures from Akamai the global average internet speed is 6.3Mbps.

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QOTW: How do you feel after the EU referendum?

1 July 2016, 16:31

With the dust starting to settle, how has the decision to leave affected you personally?

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Gigabyte reveals a GTX 1070 mini-ITX OC graphics card

1 July 2016, 14:31

Short 17cm PCB with dual-slot cooler sporting 90mm fan and trio of heatpipes.

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Dell bets on Windows 2-in-1s, gives up on Android tablets

1 July 2016, 13:01

Made the decision due to market trends and the productivity Windows 2-in-1s can enable.

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Modular Kailh mechanical keyswitches on the way

30 June 2016, 12:31

Allows users to change keyswitches for certain regions or the whole of their keyboards.

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IP address not a smoking gun in movie piracy case says US judge

30 June 2016, 11:31

Oregon District Court dismisses piracy case as IP address "doesn't prove anything".

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Sapphire, Asus and MSI tease custom AMD RX 480 cards

30 June 2016, 09:01

And a black version of the Sapphire Radeon RX 480 NITRO is spotted.

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XFX RX 480 Radeon graphics cards listed on Amazon UK

29 June 2016, 09:11

Two 8GB models up for sale. One is priced at £212.99, and a 'Black Edition' is £222.99.

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Woman is awarded $10k following unwanted Windows 10 upgrade

28 June 2016, 10:00

She didn't initiate the upgrade and it made her business PC crash prone and unusable.

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Corsair launches Vengeance LED DDR4 Performance Memory

24 June 2016, 13:01

Red or white LED variants in matched kits, at frequencies up to 4,333MHz.

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Steam Summer Sale begins with discounts on over 12,800 titles

24 June 2016, 09:31

The 'Summer Picnic Sale' will run until the 4th July, 10am PDT.

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Amazon updates its most affordable Kindle reader

23 June 2016, 12:31

At the same price it is thinner, and lighter, with twice the memory.

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Intel continues to fight $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine

23 June 2016, 10:31

As a reminder, it was fined for abusing its market dominance between 2002 and 2009.

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AMD Zen motherboard chipset design issue may add to costs

22 June 2016, 11:31

Report says that Zen chipset design requires extra retimer & redriver chips for USB 3.1.

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Plentiful supplies of AMD Radeon RX 480 cards are reported

22 June 2016, 09:31

For example 8,000 Radeon RX 480 cards will be available in North America from day one.

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Microsoft says: browse with Edge to get more out of your battery

21 June 2016, 10:01

Microsoft publishes tests comparing Edge to Chrome, Firefox, and Opera on Windows 10.

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World's fastest supercomputer is the 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight

21 June 2016, 09:01

This Chinese TOP500 champ uses 10.6 million home-grown ShenWei processor cores.

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Intel Kaby Lake desktop roadmap points to CES 2017 launch

20 June 2016, 13:15

Quad-core i5 and i7 processors roll out first, followed by the dual-core i3 processors.

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No Man's Sky developers win legal battle against Sky Plc

20 June 2016, 10:01

Sean Murray relieved that "3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense is over."

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Asus admits its GTX 1000 Series review cards use faster defaults

20 June 2016, 09:02

MSI has also been caught out by some review sites.

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AMD: watch DOOM running on a Summit Ridge Zen processor

17 June 2016, 15:01

Summit Ridge is a CPU not an APU and, sadly, we don't know what GPU was used.

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Tesco Mobile will cut your bill if you agree to watch ads

10 June 2016, 12:35

Tesco Mobile pay monthly and SIM only contract customers can save £3pm.

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Corsair announces Neutron Series XTi performance SSDs

9 June 2016, 12:01

Available in capacities up to 1920GB, XTi SSDs use a Phison controller and MLC NAND.

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Intel and AMD to launch new CPUs at CES 2017, says report

8 June 2016, 10:04

Delayed due to supply chain inventory issues.

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Intel launches Xeon E7 v4 processors with up to 24 cores

7 June 2016, 09:31

Eleven new 14nm processors make up the E7-8800 v4 and E7-4800 v4 families.

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