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Microsoft discontinues then resumes Windows 7 retail sales

9 December 2013, 09:15

Redmond did the hokey cokey this weekend.

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HP starts to build Leap Motion into its desktop/AiO PC keyboards

6 December 2013, 13:15

However the keyboard isn’t going to be sold as a standalone product.

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Google facilitates downloading of Gmail and Google Calendar data

6 December 2013, 11:00

This is an expansion of the existing Google Takeout service.

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MSI launches the world's first 3K gaming notebook

6 December 2013, 08:45

Plus a similar model that's a Solidworks, Adobe and Autodesk certified 3K workstation.

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Piixl Jetpack ‘Steam Machine’ announced

5 December 2013, 14:30

Slimline, powerful, extendable PC attaches to the back of your flatscreen TV.

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Microsoft promises to protect data from prying governments

5 December 2013, 13:00

Seeks to reassure foreign customers that their data is private with new three point plan.

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Touch-enabled notebook trend is on the up, as are panel prices

4 December 2013, 21:10

NPD DisplaySearch details what PC brands are looking to improve, in order to boost sales.

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Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

4 December 2013, 15:31

The scheme now operates in 11 destinations around the world, including the USA.

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Cherry and Corsair partner for colourful MX RGB keyboards

4 December 2013, 13:05

First demonstration of these 16.7 million colour illuminated keyswitches will be held at CES2014.

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MSI launches its MSI Z87I Gaming AC and GTX 760 Gaming ITX

4 December 2013, 12:02

This could be a popular combination for pint-sized gaming systems.

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Google Play Store (UK) now offering HBO programmes

4 December 2013, 10:07

Also the Sky Store movie rental service opens doors to anyone in UK and Ireland.

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HTC One Mini banned from sale in UK after Nokia’s patent victory

3 December 2013, 17:31

Major sales ban in the UK hits HTC’s One Mini and Max, will come into effect as of Friday.

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OCZ and Toshiba deal agreed, assets to be bought for $35m

3 December 2013, 12:15

Includes both OCZ’s consumer business and its enterprise solid-state drive business.

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Microsoft launches Student Advantage program worldwide

3 December 2013, 11:15

Student Advantage now available from 35,000 educational institutions.

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3D Systems announces the world’s first full-colour 3D Printer

2 December 2013, 20:45

The ProJet 4500 offers vibrant continuous tone 3D colour printing capabilities.

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Plans for Microsoft’s ‘Threshold’ Windows update take shape

2 December 2013, 19:46

Delivery of unifying 'Threshold' is planned for Spring 2015.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ‘Lite’ to launch in Q1 2014

2 December 2013, 13:00

Meanwhile the regular Galaxy Note 3 will appear in festive red and gold colours.

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YourFreeProxy toolbar found Bitcoin mining on user computers

2 December 2013, 12:00

“Most trusted proxy service,” isn’t to be trusted?

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Steam’s concurrent user record breaches 7 million

2 December 2013, 10:45

The launch of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 hasn’t kept gamers away from their PCs.

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Amazon testing Octocopter ‘Prime Air’ drones for 30 min deliveries

2 December 2013, 09:34

The unmanned drone can carry up to 2.3Kg.

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Fujitsu launches first Contactless Palm Vein authentication laptop

30 November 2013, 10:45

This 'almost impossible to cheat' security component finally makes it into a laptop.

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ASUS, HP and Toshiba to launch Haswell powered Chromebooks

29 November 2013, 15:08

Meanwhile Google maintains a fleet of 43,000 Macs for its employees.

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Enermax launches two new entry level Liqmax 120S coolers

29 November 2013, 13:14

Both the Twister and colourful T.B.Apollish fan models are now available for £59.

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arkOS, a Raspberry Pi based personal cloud OS, gets funded

29 November 2013, 09:45

New system hopes to be “the future of the self-hosted web”.

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Argos trials new stores, replacing catalogues with iPads

28 November 2013, 12:15

There will be six of these new ‘digital concept stores’, four of which will be in London.

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CyanogenMod Installer removed from Google Play Store

28 November 2013, 11:00

Google said that the app “encourages users to void their warranty”.

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OCZ Technology Group files for bankruptcy

28 November 2013, 09:48

Toshiba offers to purchase assets but warranties could be lost.

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NZXT Kraken G10 liquid cooling GPU mounting kit announced

27 November 2013, 12:45

Can offer a 40 per cent performance increase compared to your reference cooler.

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iBuyPower’s Steam Machine prototypes revealed

26 November 2013, 15:45

Prototypes look like they are influenced by the Sony PlayStation 4 case design.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black Edition pictured

26 November 2013, 12:00

Is this an upcoming Titan refresh or just a modder’s paint job?

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UK online sales predicted to hit £5 billion this Xmas

26 November 2013, 11:15

Deloitte estimates Brits will fork out £5 billion online on Chrissy pressies this year.

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Messaging app LINE exceeds 300M users across the world

25 November 2013, 18:42

Quickly catching up with WhatsApp and Tencent's WeChat.

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In Win to produce a NUC chassis with built-in Microsoft Kinect

25 November 2013, 17:15

It’s a development of the Taiwanese firm’s current ULTRATOP K3 design.

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