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Gartner: Acer, Toshiba, Apple gain share in UK while Dell loses

6 May 2009, 12:40

While Q1 PC shipments declined in the UK, there were some big shifts in market share among the vendors.

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Microsoft reports unprecedented fall in revenues

24 April 2009, 10:35

The software giant announced its quarterly revenue had declined by six percent compared to a year ago.

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AMD reports loss of $416 million on better than expected revenue

21 April 2009, 22:03

Still no profit from the chip maker but at least revenues were higher then expected.

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UK economy will return to growth by spring 2010

20 April 2009, 09:38

The CBI predicts ‘fragile improvement’ in 2010, but economy to shrink by nearly four percent this year.

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Google results indicate online resilience

17 April 2009, 09:52

The search engine giant managed a year on year increase in its quarterly revenues in spite of the recession.

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Nokia net profit down 90 percent

16 April 2009, 16:28

Quarterly results fall short of already low expectations, but Nokia sees demand becoming more predictable.

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UK retail footfall better than expected in March

15 April 2009, 17:24

The Retail Traffic Index reveals only a slight yearly drop and a 4.2 percent monthly increase.

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Intel reckons PC sales have bottomed out

15 April 2009, 09:53

The chip giant released its Q1 earnings yesterday and they contained a few positive signs.

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Intel increased its market dominance in 2008

3 April 2009, 17:49

A report from market researcher iSuppli reveals Intel stole market share from AMD for the whole of last year.

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RIM surprises with big Q4 revenue jump

3 April 2009, 15:56

BlackBerry maker pleases markets with an 84 percent year-on-year increase in revenues.

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Nationwide announces “surprise bounce” in house prices

2 April 2009, 15:28

With the recession showing few signs of abating, the increase is unexpected and may be an anomaly.

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Gartner: UK trails France in adoption of SaaS

30 March 2009, 12:12

A recent survey shows UK trails France but beats Germany in SaaS adoption in a survey of the three countries.

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Sony Ericsson warns of Q1 losses

20 March 2009, 13:28

Mobile phone handset maker has warned of poor sales due to weak demand and running-down of inventories.

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Discrete graphics market plunges in Q4

16 March 2009, 12:09

The global recession encouraged OEMs and the channel to reduce existing inventory at the end of last year.

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IDC: PC market to return to growth by Q4

6 March 2009, 16:55

In making a downbeat prognosis for the first half of this year, the market researcher thinks things might pick up later.

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Dell plans to cut costs by a further $1 billion as profits plunge

27 February 2009, 10:08

A year-on-year halving of profits leads Dell to increase its cost cutting target to $4 billion by 2011.

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DDR2 prices on the rise again

25 February 2009, 15:29

Continued tightening of the supply of DDR2 has prices on the rise again after the post Qimonda spike.

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HP, Ingram and Northamber all see drop in earnings

19 February 2009, 13:56

Three more tech companies reported their quarterly earnings yesterday and they all showed falls.

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IDC: mini-notebooks take Europe by storm

17 February 2009, 07:00

Market researcher announces its final figures for the EMEA PC market in Q4 2008.

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Demand for mobile data services set to dramatically increase this year

16 February 2009, 16:36

Good news for the mobile industry as a recent survey indicates mobile data is set to see a big rise in demand.

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NVIDIA reports 60% drop in revenues

11 February 2009, 08:49

Revenue plunge leads to bigger than expected quarterly loss and a net loss for the year.

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Storage companies take goodwill hit

3 February 2009, 11:07

Seagate writes down entire value of Maxtor acquisition, while Sandisk takes $1.9 bn in charges for Q4.

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Sun, Symantec, WD and Yahoo! quarterlies all beat expectations

29 January 2009, 09:43

Some welcome rays of light as a number of technology companies exceed albeit low expectations.

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35 million netbooks forecast to be shipped this year

27 January 2009, 11:28

A market researcher predicts we’re just at the start of the netbook boom.

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Foxconn issues profit warning

20 January 2009, 11:25

Giant electronics manufacturer joins the profit warning party with a brief statement.

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Sifting through Intel’s financial results

16 January 2009, 09:18

Intel’s full Q4 and annual earnings announcement reveals some interesting details about trends in the market.

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UK December online sales up 30%

13 January 2009, 10:28

While the High Street suffered, etailers seem to have had their best Christmas ever.

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Bank cuts interest rates by a further 0.5%

8 January 2009, 12:02

Rates at their lowest ever as the Bank of England tries to get people spending.

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Global notebook sales officially overtake desktops

24 December 2008, 10:14

The worst kept secret in the industry becomes official, with netbooks playing a significant role.

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IBM urges businesses to embrace social networking

22 December 2008, 16:13

The rise of smart mobile devices and social networking in 2008 have empowered consumers like never before.

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TVs and netbooks top Christmas wish lists

19 December 2008, 12:35

Online shopping data released AOL and PriceGrabber reveals LCD TVs and mini-notebooks are the most searched for items.

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Not tonight love, I’m browsing

16 December 2008, 10:19

A study commissioned by Intel find half of American women and a third of the men would forgo sex to keep their Internet access.

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Semiconductor industry revenue declines for 2008

12 December 2008, 10:19

Preliminary results from Gartner predict a year-on-year decline of over four percent.

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