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AMD spin-off officially named GLOBALFOUNDRIES

4 March 2009, 18:07

The Foundry Company radically renamed as AMD officially becomes fabless.

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abit closes down entirely

4 March 2009, 09:14

Former enthusiast board favourite is currently in full liquidation as parent company pulls the plug.

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Apple unveils new desktop range

3 March 2009, 15:25

New iMacs, Mac and Mac Pros remain defiantly expensive in spite of global recession.

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AMD completes corporate split

3 March 2009, 11:42

Closure of ‘Asset Smart’ transaction sets stage for formal launch – and proper naming – of The Foundry Company.

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DSGi to launch five new Currys megastores

3 March 2009, 10:31

In an update of its renewal and transformation plan, PC World owner reveals plans for new stores.

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Intel confirms TSMC Atom collaboration

2 March 2009, 17:14

As we predicted, Intel has confimed TSMC will manufacture Atom processors.

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Spansion files for chapter 11 protection

2 March 2009, 16:47

Integrated flash memory specialist resorts to bankruptcy in the US as it tries to work out how to make money.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: AMD and NVIDIA gain in turbulent market

2 March 2009, 16:07

Another crazy week for the stock markets sees a few tech companies show surprising rises in their share prices.

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Tesco to roll-out in-store HP photo publishing

2 March 2009, 14:12

Following a pilot, UK supermarket chain Tesco will be offering HP Photo Center solutions in Tesco Extra stores.

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Intel to move Atom manufacturing over to cheap as chips TSMC

2 March 2009, 13:41

Move to be announced later today is acknowledgement by Intel that TSMC can make Atom cheaper than it can.

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Intel and TSMC to make ‘strategic announcement’

2 March 2009, 10:52

Later today Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will reveal the details of a new collaboration.

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Psion countersues Intel

2 March 2009, 09:53

Insists NETBOOK is still an active trademark and wants damages from Intel for its use of it.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: Netbooks are where the growth is

27 February 2009, 17:40

IDC research manager Eszter Morvay discusses the state of the PC market and where the growth opportunities are.

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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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ARM challenges Intel in the netbook market

27 February 2009, 07:00

Latest generation of ARM processors claims Atom-like performance at three times less power.

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Google overtaken by Obama in innovation list

26 February 2009, 13:13

The US president now heads the Fast Company 50 thanks to his use of the Internet to get elected.

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Nokia considers making laptops

26 February 2009, 09:43

In an interview on Finnish TV, the Nokia CEO indicated it could be about to enter the PC market.

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Government courts open source software

25 February 2009, 17:29

Minister for Digital Engagement reckons the state should use more open source software.

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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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TV content arm drags Virgin Media into the red

25 February 2009, 14:20

Goodwill write-down at struggling home-shopping arm ‘Sit-up’ tarnishes Virgin Media’s quarterlies.

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Former Ingram exec moves into mobile phone distribution

25 February 2009, 11:54

Bhavesh Patel has joined 20:20 mobile having resigned from Ingram Micro at the start of the year.

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Google joins the Microsoft bashing party

25 February 2009, 10:32

No big surprise as Google offers to assist the European Commission in its investigation of IE bundling.

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HP now Intel’s biggest customer

24 February 2009, 14:57

Intel’s annual report reveals Dell lost its top spot to HP as well as some other interesting trends.

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Gmail outage leaves millions of Google users without email access

24 February 2009, 13:39

Google has confirmed that Gmail is "having some problems".

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Nokia secures €500 million loan for Symbian

24 February 2009, 09:33

Plans to transform market leading mobile phone OS into an open platform receive a cash boost.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: AMD’s turn to lead the market down

23 February 2009, 17:17

Another rubbish week for the markets in general sees AMD, Avnet and HP stocks post double figure percentage losses.

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What’s the point of Twitter?

23 February 2009, 10:57

The official ‘hot new trend’ of today’s internet is microblogging site Twitter, but why?

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: UK PC gaming market in good health

20 February 2009, 16:00

Co-founder of gaming system builder Wired2Fire reveals how they’re continuing to grow through the recession.

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Dell tries to liberate Netbook trademark from Psion

20 February 2009, 12:27

System builder files a petition for the cancellation of ‘Netbook’ as a trademark of the Canadian tech company.

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Richer Sounds acquires Empire Direct website

20 February 2009, 12:05

Consumer electronics specialist buys empiredirect.co.uk out of administration.

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When will DDR3 become the mainstream choice?

20 February 2009, 07:00

Two product managers at distributor Target Components reveal trends in the UK memory market.

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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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VIP stocks dual channel TV tuner

19 February 2009, 10:14

Allows you to watch one thing and record another on your PC. Also, AVerMedia unveils a tuner for Macs.

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