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UK gov looks to invest £375m in tech start-ups

1 March 2021, 12:11

'Future Fund: Breakthrough' expected to be announced on Wednesday.

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Taiwan's chipmakers agree to prioritise automotive products

27 January 2021, 13:11

Semicon component shortages are hurting the likes of VW, Ford, Toyota and others.

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As GeForce Ampere looms, Nvidia holds 80 per cent of the market

27 August 2020, 10:11

And JPR says that overall dGPU shipments were up 6.55 per cent in Q2 2020.

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JPR predicts $3.6bn PC gaming hardware Covid-19 market surge

8 July 2020, 12:11

Meanwhile, Trendfocus comments that 74 per cent of laptops are shipping with SSDs.

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Windows 7 still OS choice of more than a quarter of Windows users

4 March 2020, 12:11

Microsoft sees this is an 'opportunity' but blames Covid-19 and Intel for stalling upgrade rate.

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AMD makes great strides in European preference survey

2 December 2019, 11:11

Survey indicates that, where a CPU preference is shown, 60 per cent of buyers choose AMD.

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DRAM price will decline as much as 15 per cent in Q3

7 June 2019, 11:21

Accelerated price drop will be precipitated by US-China trade war, says TrendForce.

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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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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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Alphabet overtakes Apple as the world's most valuable company

2 February 2016, 09:01

It is the first time the two companies have swapped positions since 2010.

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Rising video game prices have an impact on UK's rate of inflation

19 November 2014, 11:05

Next gen console games were one of the inflationary uptick's main contributors.

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Thousands of Hungarians stage protest against Internet Tax plans

27 October 2014, 12:35

The anti-government demonstration in Budapest urged PM Orban to scrap plans.

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Intel records strong Q2 earnings, beats PC market estimates

16 July 2014, 12:15

It saw a 40% uplift in profits, confirmed next-gen Broadwell chips on track for Xmas.

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HP announces Q1 2014 earnings, shows uptick in PC sales

21 February 2014, 14:15

The strong Q1 earnings beat expectations, is HP now on course for a turnaround?

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Intel indefinitely postpones opening of Fab 42 in Arizona

16 January 2014, 15:30

Also chipmaker will report Q4 2013 earnings this evening.

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Worldwide PC shipments fell 10 per cent during 2013

10 January 2014, 15:15

However Lenovo bucked the trend and achieved a historical high.

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Latest Apple results see growth slow down

24 April 2013, 10:01

Apple experiences first year-on-year fall in profits in over a decade.

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HMV in administration, 4,500 jobs at risk, all vouchers nullified

15 January 2013, 11:45

Another high street retailer collapses but trading will continue for now.

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Weak Apple iPhone demand precipitates share price drop

15 January 2013, 09:45

Apple shares now valued at $500, were worth over $700 in September.

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US won't begin construction of a Death Star in 2016

14 January 2013, 11:30

Because it would cost about 13,000 times the world’s GDP.

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Nokia and Samsung both enjoy profits from Q4 2012 mobile sales

10 January 2013, 16:06

It’s just a question of scale!

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“Tablets will not kill PCs”, say analysts

31 December 2012, 09:51

But more than 17 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas Day.

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Games publisher THQ files for bankruptcy

20 December 2012, 10:30

Shares dive 74 per cent on NASDAQ after announcement.

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HMV to talk with banks due to disappointing performance

13 December 2012, 16:02

Retailer warns it may breach banking covenants in January.

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ASUS CFO says Windows 8 demand ‘not that good right now’

29 November 2012, 13:00

Touchscreen enabled Windows 8 notebook prices need to come down.

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AMD is selling 58-acre Austin, Texas campus to raise cash

29 November 2012, 10:30

Chipmaker will lease it back from new owner.

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Carphone Warehouse tablet sales soar after price cuts

22 November 2012, 10:00

Last week sales were better than Christmas week 2011.

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Typewriter production ends in UK

21 November 2012, 10:00

Brother closes its Wrexham typewriter production line.

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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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Lenovo beats the global PC industry gloom

8 November 2012, 10:00

Chinese PC maker sells more and improves margins too.

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Google’s financials accidentally published during trading

19 October 2012, 11:00

Profits drop. Larry Page: “Our printers said they pressed send on the release a bit early.”

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More than 1 billion smartphones now in use worldwide

17 October 2012, 12:30

1 billion texting, talking, browsing, tweeting, checking in, roaming people.

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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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