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Apple the big winner in digital music boom

28 April 2008, 15:27

Market researcher reports 49 percent increase in sales of online digital music, with iTunes Store the dominant outlet.

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Enta takes on Kingston

28 April 2008, 15:02

Telford distie is now an authorised distributor of Kingston Technology memory products.

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Malware-writing becomes a competitive sport

28 April 2008, 14:34

Defcon 16 will feature a competition to defeat leading anti-virus suites starting with a common pool of viruses and malcode.

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AMD launches new business PC initiative

28 April 2008, 09:40

AMD targets channel with launch of Business Class – a platform designed to help VARs and SIs build PCs for businesses.

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As Microsoft deadline passes, Yahoo! opens up

27 April 2008, 11:00

Announcement by Yahoo! CTO at Web 2.0 Expo maybe decisive in fight to wriggle out of Microsoft’s embrace.

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Scan talks system builder survival at ISS

26 April 2008, 10:56

Director of Bolton-based system builder and tech etailer discusses how to thrive in today’s market.

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Security patches advertise vulnerabilities

25 April 2008, 17:27

New automated technique allows identification of underlying vulnerabilities faster than systems are upgraded to close them.

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Thecus 1U4500 gets its CE mark

25 April 2008, 16:39

The Thecus 1U4500 rack mount storage device has passed the IEC/ISO Certified Reliability Test.

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8GB iPhones sold out

25 April 2008, 13:19

Following price cut announced last week, Carphone Warehouse and O2 have shifted all their stock of 8GB model iPhones.

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Microsoft financials exceed estimates as Yahoo! decision time looms

25 April 2008, 12:13

Quarterly earnings were a bit over what Wall Street expected, but what is MS going to do about Yahoo!?

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EU telecoms commissioner denounces French plan to tax broadband

25 April 2008, 11:12

Winner of ISPA’s 2007 Internet Villain Award berates President Sarkozy, the 2008 runner-up.

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Infosec 2008 round-up

24 April 2008, 17:28

A walk around the show sees a PC on a flash drive, a lot of very complicated software and an unconvincing pirate ship.

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Punitive charges for unauthorised overdrafts to be curbed

24 April 2008, 12:46

UK judge rules that OFT can decide fairness of bank levies against account holders who exceed their credit limit.

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Macs drive record quarter for Apple

24 April 2008, 09:38

Revenue grew 43 percent year-on-year to $7.5 billion on the back of 54 percent revenue growth for Macs.

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Google debuts at Infosec

23 April 2008, 21:00

Infosec 2008: Acquisition of web-based spam filter company Postini brings Google into unfamiliar territory.

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iGoogle to take on Facebook?

23 April 2008, 14:30

Google announces new developer ‘sandbox’ for iGoogle supporting OpenSocial and updated version of the gadgets API.

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Cloud computing is portentous for retailers

23 April 2008, 11:28

Amazon Web Services takes the initiative in computing power migration from desktop to the Net.

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Microsoft releases its own security report

22 April 2008, 16:46

Infosec 2008: Using data from 400-500 million PCs, MS reveals that adware and Trojans are the most common threats.

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PWC cyber-security survey exposes weaknesses

22 April 2008, 13:26

Infosec 2008: Opening keynote reveals that large companies still have a way to go in protecting themselves.

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Intel halves prices of some quad-cores

22 April 2008, 07:42

The Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Xeon X3230 both now available at half price.

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XP SP3 released to manufacturing

22 April 2008, 07:42

The third service pack for Windows XP has been made available to OEMs and enterprise customers.

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Last hope for Brown’s inflation gamble fades away

22 April 2008, 07:38

Price deflation in China and India was supposed to balance inflationary public sector bloat in Britain; not anymore it won’t.

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The pros and cons of net neutrality

22 April 2008, 07:38

Dialogue of the deaf at the FCC’s Stanford University hearing reveals impracticality of knee-jerk libertarianism.

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IDC: PC sales growth above forecast

21 April 2008, 17:20

Consumer and SMB notebook markets continue to drive double digit growth in Western Europe.

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MSI Wind expected to cost under £300

21 April 2008, 11:34

Taiwanese hardware giant plans to give Asus a run for its money with its own sub-notebook, due in early June.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: The rich get richer

21 April 2008, 09:05

Google, Intel and Apple as post gains, AMD treads water. Avnet and NVIDIA suffer drops.

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UK start-ups ‘as good as anything coming out of Silicon Valley’

21 April 2008, 09:05

Twenty British emerging technology companies network with US peers and investors at this week’s Web Mission 2008 conference.

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Price cuts ring up iPhone sales

21 April 2008, 09:04

Punters apparently flock to buy cut-price 8GB model, but may be gutted if new, 3G phone is announced in June.

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Music tax follow-up: UK music industry echoes US/EU initiatives

20 April 2008, 17:44

MBG asks for special copyright consideration in view of its ‘heroic contribution to the prosperity of the UK.’

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Vadim Computers emerges from restructuring

19 April 2008, 13:03

Harrow-based bespoke, high-end PC builder concludes six months of company reorganisation.

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Intel announces UK channel event

19 April 2008, 10:52

UK system integrators and resellers will get a chance to find out more about Intel’s latest offerings.