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Motorola closes dedicated websites for several markets

26 November 2012, 10:30

Streamlining effort closes sites in India, Hong Kong, Israel and many more regions.

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Intel and Creative sign $50 million GPU agreement

20 November 2012, 16:30

Intel signs fat cheque for IPs and assets of ZiiLABS (UK), formerly known as 3DLabs.

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May, aged 62

19 November 2012, 16:30

Retires after nearly 40 years of service to the company. No replacement named.

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Yahoo and Facebook search alliance rumour busted

19 November 2012, 11:30

They could be working on a multitude of projects together but not search.

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Dell’s profits fall by nearly 50 per cent

16 November 2012, 14:02

Q3 results are just out and it’s the usual PC industry story of woe.

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Reports that AMD is up for sale are denied

14 November 2012, 11:00

“AMD is not actively pursuing a sale of the company or significant assets at this time.”

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Windows and Surface boss Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft

13 November 2012, 10:16

He’s replaced by two experienced Microsoft execs “changes are effective immediately”.

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg sells off even more shares

9 November 2012, 11:00

She’s sold over $10 million worth of Facebook stock in a fortnight.

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HTC’s October earnings down 61 per cent. Droid DNA to rescue?

7 November 2012, 13:00

Company might drop as low as No.8 in the smartphone league says Morgan Stanley.

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UK Imagination Tech. buys US MIPS Tech. for £38 million

7 November 2012, 10:45

Meanwhile ARM and others take the vast majority of the firm's patent portfolio.

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Sony on the road to recovery?

1 November 2012, 10:02

You wouldn't think that losing £123 million was a good thing, however for Sony this is a big turnaround.

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Microsoft profits fall 22 per cent as PC sales decline

19 October 2012, 15:15

As Windows 8 launch approaches, financials reveal its importance to the company's future.

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Intel expects weak Q4, and Windows 8 will be little help

17 October 2012, 11:05

Also Chipzilla reported a 14 per cent fall in profit compared to the same period last year.

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Amazon contemplates Texas Instruments' mobile SoC business

16 October 2012, 11:15

TI doesn't want it, Amazon wants cheap chips for Kindles.

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OCZ share price dives 46 per cent following losses

11 October 2012, 09:15

Losses and a mistake in filing procedure scares investors.

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Samsung looks to set new record for Q3 operating profits

5 October 2012, 10:15

How does £4.5 billion sound to you?

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HP turnaround plan will cut 25 percent of PC models

4 October 2012, 10:15

Analysts hear "nothing new". Shares fall 13 per cent, hitting a 9 year low.

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Google replaces Microsoft as second most valuable tech Co.

2 October 2012, 10:30

Can it stay ahead?

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HP CEO Meg Whitman says firm will again offer a smartphone

17 September 2012, 20:13

Is it the HP Bender, running Android Ice Cream Sandwich?

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eBay logo gets a refresh; the time felt right after 17 years

14 September 2012, 13:30

Design brief: type it in, tweak kerning to make letters touch, keep same colours.

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Huawei Technologies to invest £1.3 billion in UK operations

12 September 2012, 12:19

Australia and US worried about cyber-security but UK “open for business”.

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Microsoft unveils a new corporate logo

24 August 2012, 09:31

After 25 years. The new logo visually accentuates a new beginning.

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Sony Mobile moves, Sony Studio Liverpool shuts, 1,000 jobs lost

23 August 2012, 11:30

Continuing with its plan to trim the fat and reunify, in shocking proportions.

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Marissa Mayer poaches another Googler for Team Yahoo!

20 August 2012, 12:30

New Yahoo Chief of Staff to be Andrew Schulte.

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Acer: Windows 8 won’t bring “explosive growth” in October

17 August 2012, 13:30

Acer CEO says people aren’t very interested.

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Pre-IPO investors unfriend their Facebook shares

16 August 2012, 23:04

Resulting in another new low for the stock.

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Microsoft and the NYPD team up on policing supercomputer

10 August 2012, 12:00

The Domain Awareness System puts all the info at police fingertips.

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Acer will send 500 Olympic laptops to London schools

10 August 2012, 10:00

The e-Learning Foundation charity will facilitate the programme.

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Apple acquires security company Authentec for $356 Million

27 July 2012, 15:40

Fingerprint sensors will be built into future Apple hardware.

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Samsung sells 52 million smartphones, a new King is born

27 July 2012, 13:10

52 million smartphones shifted in a single quarter... wowsers!

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Facebook posts a loss of $157 million

27 July 2012, 10:24

Losses mainly due to staff share schemes started upon floatation.

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Google filing reveals Motorola was most certainly for the patents

26 July 2012, 09:00

Almost half of Motorola's £8 billion evaluation was in patents and IP.

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Beats buys back shares from HTC, firm failed to cough-up cash

25 July 2012, 11:37

HTC's shaky position and lack of financial clout lost the firm its majority share.

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