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HEXUS.sharewatch: NVIDIA continues to benefit from Intel’s misfortunes

21 December 2009, 12:24

Another double-figure rise for the graphics company’s shares as Intel’s regulatory problems continue.

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Vodafone launching iPhone on 14 January

21 December 2009, 10:18

Giant UK mobile operator finally joins the party, but chooses not to be aggressive on its pricing.

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We didn’t do what they told us

21 December 2009, 09:35

Anti-establishment anthem Killing In The Name confirmed at Christmas number one after public backlash to X Factor.

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Google reportedly bidding on local business directory Yelp

18 December 2009, 17:46

Shopping spree apparently continues as Google moves to be the Yellow Pages of the digital age.

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Google ne passera pas

18 December 2009, 15:49

Search giant fined €300,000 by French court for copying books without seeking specific permission.

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Android closing on iPhone in the US

18 December 2009, 14:00

A new report shows Android-based smartphones are already challenging Apple’s iPhone for popularity.

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Cisco gets government go-ahead for Starent acquisition

18 December 2009, 13:10

Cisco is in no danger of getting itself into anti-trust trouble for buying Starent according to the US government.

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M&S moves into netbooks

18 December 2009, 11:29

Retail giant Marks & Spencer partners with UK OEM Elonex to bring an own-branded netbook to market.

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RIM ships over 10 million BlackBerry devices in Q3

18 December 2009, 10:10

Research In Motion Q3 earnings beat expectations as sales, subscribers and Q4 guidance top estimates.

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INQ names the UK’s most influential Twits

17 December 2009, 16:49

UK phone maker rates the relative influence of British Twitter users, and Stephen Fry is not number one.

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ViewSonic launches new range of notebooks

17 December 2009, 14:08

US display maker expands its PC offering with the ViewBook range of compact notebooks.

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Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

17 December 2009, 12:46

Who needs user surveys? Facebook gets all the information it needs just from your surname.

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Double-digit growth forecast for PC market

17 December 2009, 11:21

IDC reckons we can expect growth of over ten percent from the PC market for the next four years.

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How much trouble is Intel in?

17 December 2009, 09:55

We hear from competitors, regulators, legal experts and Intel itself to establish the ramifications of the FTC action.

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Intel sued by FTC

16 December 2009, 17:52

The ordeal is far from over for Intel as the US Federal Trade Commission has its turn on the punch bag.

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Virgin enters tech support market

16 December 2009, 14:27

Virgin Digital Help is Virgin’s first new consumer business for three years and claims to “make digital stuff work”.

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Facebook rages against the X Factor

16 December 2009, 10:16

A Facebook group opposed to the X Factor domination of the Christmas charts is gaining momentum.

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Western Europe leads mobile device recovery

15 December 2009, 13:06

Gartner has upwardly revised its forecasts, but warns of increasing grey market activity.

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Google aims to take a slice of the URL-shortening pie

15 December 2009, 10:39

Google has unveiled its own URL shortener in the form of Goo.gl.

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Mysterious Google countdown leads to the unknown

15 December 2009, 09:55

Google's year-end countdown is live, but will there be anything significant at the end?

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20% of Brits would pay for digital content

14 December 2009, 16:28

A GfK survey commissioned by the Wall Street Journal reveals large majority of us expect our content for free.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: AMD/NVIDIA surge continues

14 December 2009, 15:28

Intel’s struggles with its Larrabee discrete graphics project have given the two chip-makers a further boost.

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Europe welcomes Oracle concessions on MySQL

14 December 2009, 12:15

Oracle commits to a bunch of measures it hopes will make the European Commission approve its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

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O2 completes live UK 4G trial

14 December 2009, 11:38

Mobile operator partners with telco company Huawei to road-test LTE technology in Slough.

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Mingleverse virtual rooms allow for content streaming

14 December 2009, 10:49

Canadian firm Mingleverse is offering users a virtual 'living room' of sorts where users can watch live streamed content together and cut carbon emissions to boot.

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Apple sues Nokia back

11 December 2009, 16:32

The inevitable legal ping-pong ensues as former Intel top lawyer picks up where he left off.

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ASUS spins-off 75% of Pegatron

11 December 2009, 14:26

Separation of contract manufacturing arm undertaken to avoid perceived conflicts of interest.

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O2 dangles £2 million carrot at channel partners

11 December 2009, 10:51

Sees the indirect channel as a key way of growing its customer base as markets continue to converge.

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AMD SEC amendment reflects Intel payment

11 December 2009, 09:18

The littler chipmaker today said it had made a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, now that Intel has paid it the damages owed.

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Low blow to Cisco delivered direct from Dell

11 December 2009, 09:13

A Dell VP has blasted Cisco's UCS system calling it more of an unbelievably costly system, which locks businesses in to Cisco.

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Bing better for ad clicks says study

11 December 2009, 08:54

A recent study by ad network Chitika says that despite Google's massive traffic, Bing users click more on search based ads.

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Acer switches focus to SMB market

10 December 2009, 18:37

Having risen to number two in the world on the back of consumer sales, Acer plans its attack on HP.

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AOL spin-off from Time Warner complete

10 December 2009, 15:30

Disastrous dotcom merger undone as AOL and Time Warner both vow to refocus on core strengths.

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