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Firefox for Windows 8 Touch beta is available for download

7 February 2014, 09:35

Browser has tile-based start screen and is optimised for the Windows 8 Modern UI.

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Scan customers can now make purchases using Bitcoins

6 February 2014, 18:03

Quite a lot of PC hardware can be bought for a single coin, as 1BTC = £498 (today).

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First pictures of Nvidia GM107 'Maxwell' GPUs emerge

6 February 2014, 10:41

Footprint and power consumption said to be dramatically lower than any Kepler part.

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Sony sells VAIO PC business to Japan Industrial Partners Inc.

6 February 2014, 09:18

The firm also decides to spin off its TV business into a wholly-owned subsidiary.

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Rising market for SSDs fails to halt decline in storage industry

5 February 2014, 17:44

The whole industry slid five per cent despite a near-doubling in sales of Solid-State Drives.

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Valve launches Steam Music Beta, reveals service features

5 February 2014, 12:00

Steam overlay in-game music control and playback feature in the limited beta.

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Humble Sid Meier Bundle announced: So much Civilisation!

5 February 2014, 09:26

Also the Humble Weekly Sale, featuring Codemasters games, has just over a day left.

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Chip designer ARM posts record earnings for 4Q 2013

4 February 2014, 18:04

A 15 per cent rise from the same quarter last year with a revenue figure of £189 million.

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Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO

4 February 2014, 17:12

The five month search comes to an end with an internal promotion.

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Google opens Chromecast to devs: expect a flood of new apps

4 February 2014, 13:15

Developers now have full access to Google Cast SDK, 6 months after the device launch.

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Fujitsu intros the 'GRANNOTE': a notebook PC for your gran?

4 February 2014, 12:30

Laptop, aimed at mature customers, offers extended accessibility options.

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Adobe Photoshop veteran moves to Google digital photo team

4 February 2014, 10:22

John Nack leaves Adobe after 14 years of service, 8 of those on the Photoshop team.

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eBuyer to move into high street retail

3 February 2014, 19:08

The large UK online retailer is considering the move from virtual to physical stores.

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Three and EE strike 4G network sharing deal

3 February 2014, 13:45

Also late last week Tesco added 4G data options for no extra fees.

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Windows 8.X usage up to over 21 per cent according to Steam data

3 February 2014, 11:43

But NetApplications puts the Windows 8.X users figure at just over 10 per cent.

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Tango PC packs an AMD Kabini APU into a phone-sized chassis

3 February 2014, 10:41

Project has now shot past double its $100k crowdfunding goal on Indiegogo.

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Sony denies rumours it will sell its VAIO brand to Lenovo

3 February 2014, 09:32

All reports of business alliance with Lenovo have been said to be false and inaccurate.

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E-book price fixing lands Apple with $840 million damages claim

3 February 2014, 09:04

"The conspiracy caused widespread antitrust injury to e-book consumers"

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Lenovo unveils convertible Yoga Chromebooks

31 January 2014, 13:30

The ThinkPad 11e Chromebook has been built and designed to be rugged for schools.

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Google reports record revenue of $16.86 billion in Q4 2013

31 January 2014, 10:00

Beats Wall Street expectations despite online ad price decline and Motorola losses.

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Microsoft enterprise and cloud chief Satya Nadella is next CEO?

31 January 2014, 09:03

Sources also say that Bill Gates will be replaced as Chairman by John Thompson.

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LibreOffice 4.2 focuses upon performance and interoperability

30 January 2014, 19:27

Also the UK Government plans to swap Microsoft Office with open source alternative(s).

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Samsung plans to open 60 retail stores around Europe

30 January 2014, 12:30

The Samsung dedicated stores will be operated by Carphone Warehouse.

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Battlefield 4 AMD Mantle update released

30 January 2014, 11:29

The game update provides up to a 58 per cent boost in performance.

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Dell Wyse Cloud Connect: mobility with enterprise-level security

30 January 2014, 10:05

Slightly larger than a USB thumb drive, it connects to any screen with MHL/HDMI.

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Google confirms that it's selling Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91bn

30 January 2014, 09:00

But the "vast majority" of Motorola Mobility patents will be kept by Google.

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AMD unveils 64-bit ARM-based Opteron A1100 processors

29 January 2014, 10:45

Also a Micro-ATX development kit is being made available.

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Cooler Master unveils Storm Trigger Z mechanical keyboard

29 January 2014, 09:54

Premium keyboard will boast gamer friendly features and use Cherry MX switches.

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US police archiving crime scenes using 3D scanning technology

28 January 2014, 17:50

3D scanning can now document entire crime scenes to help investigators and juries.

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Microsoft SkyDrive will soon be rebranded as OneDrive

28 January 2014, 12:30

Also Microsoft might soon be rebranding Office Web Apps as Office Online.

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Apple results disappoint despite record iPhone sales

28 January 2014, 11:30

China Mobile deal provided few fireworks and iPhone 5c wasn't plastic fantastic.

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Nvidia GeForce Titan Black Edition appears in retail listing

28 January 2014, 10:30

A Finnish retailer lists the maxed-out GK110 based card at €974.90 inc tax.

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Gigabyte launches BRIX Gaming barebone box

28 January 2014, 09:30

Richland-powered kit also boasts AMD Radeon R9 M275X discrete graphics.

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