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Intel’s new M&A strategy more respectful of individual corporate cultures

7 May 2008, 10:48

Head of Digital Enterprise Group says Intel has learned that new acquisitions should not be ‘smothered with love.’

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XP SP3 released...again

7 May 2008, 09:31

Microsoft blog post says Windows XP SP3 is now available from Windows Update, as is Vista SP1.

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DDR2 price on the rise

6 May 2008, 16:22

After months of over-supply and consequent price deflation, the price of branded DDR2 1Gb 667MHz chip price rose 11.3 percent since mid-March.

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Who will buy Tiscali?

6 May 2008, 11:00

BSkyB, Carphone Warehouse, BT and Vodafone possible bidders for all or part of troubled Tiscali’s operations in UK and Italy.

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Semiconductors to be even cheaper by 2012

6 May 2008, 10:20

Intel, Samsung and TSMC agree to move to 450mm wafers by 2012; should lead to cheaper semiconductors.

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HEXUS.sharewatch special: the Microhoo aftermath

5 May 2008, 15:24

We look at shares and markets at the start of US trading to see what effect the Microsoft withdrawal has had.

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Retailers likely to be among the scapegoats for poor Labour election results

5 May 2008, 11:16

‘Price fixing’ will be one of the Brown regime’s red herrings to distract attention from the stagflation it has created.

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Yahoo! responds to Microsoft withdrawal

4 May 2008, 10:36

Bostock and Yang continue to insist that shareholder value is best served by rejecting even improved bid.

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Microsoft pulls out after Yahoo! rejects improved offer

4 May 2008, 09:58

Ballmer offers an extra five billion, but Yang still not interested and now has to answer to shareholders.

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Intel may increase Atom output

2 May 2008, 13:14

Following greater than expected demand for its new, low-power Atom processor, Intel is prepared to make more.

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Sun reports surprise net loss and announces job cuts

2 May 2008, 12:18

Net loss of $34 million leads Sun Micro to announce it could shed up to 2,500 jobs.

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Optimism among smaller players in British ITCE sector

2 May 2008, 08:58

New survey by Intellect, the UK tech trade association, finds greater optimism among SMBs this year than last.

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OAP PCs discussed at conference on the ‘digitally excluded’

1 May 2008, 12:25

Microsoft tells National Digital Inclusion Conference of about a doubly PC product to help the aged get online.

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GPU market softens in Q1

1 May 2008, 11:50

Jon Peddie Research confirms seasonal drop in GPU sales; Intel and Nvidia continue to outstrip AMD.

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VeryPC launches ‘world’s most energy efficient server’

1 May 2008, 08:27

Sheffield eco-friendly system builder claims its new Janus II server sets a new record for energy efficiency.

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The Microsoft official line on XP SP3

30 April 2008, 15:30

HEXUS.channel gets its bit of attention from the ubiquitous ‘Microsoft spokesperson’.

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SP3 makes XP even more desirable

30 April 2008, 11:01

The latest service pack from Microsoft is set to cause headaches, not to the user, but to Microsoft itself.

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International symposium confirms what the channel has known for some time

30 April 2008, 10:30

Cambridge Uni and IBM release report calling for doubling funds devoted to sponsoring innovation in the service industry.

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BullGuard takes on Gem

30 April 2008, 08:46

Leading software distributor to handle Bullguard’s range of PC, mobile phone and gamer security products.

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Legitimacy of Phorm-fitting to be considered

29 April 2008, 18:01

Anti-Spyware Coalition working group to review privacy issues raised by behaviour-targeted advertising.

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GPS showdown looming between TomTom and Nokia

29 April 2008, 16:08

TomTom sees first YOY sales and profits decline since it went public in 2005. Can its business model survive?

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What’s the point of Live Mesh? Microsoft explains

29 April 2008, 10:31

Steve Clayton, Microsoft’s Live Mesh guru, speaks exclusively to HEXUS.channel to explain its latest big thing.

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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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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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