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HTC "will not consider," an acquisition by ASUS

15 June 2015, 12:46

Statement follows ASUS chairman saying he was open to the possibility of buying HTC.

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Intel agrees to buy programmable chip maker Altera for $16.7bn

2 June 2015, 10:36

This is Intel's biggest acquisition in its 47 year history.

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Nvidia puts Icera mobile modem unit up for sale

6 May 2015, 15:01

The green team are apparently giving up chasing the smartphone market.

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Nokia denies it has plans to return to phone business

27 April 2015, 10:01

Says reports of consumer handset projects are "false".

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Rumours concerning Samsung acquisition of AMD circulate again

26 March 2015, 12:25

Similar industry insider based rumours did the rounds in 2007 and 2012.

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Microsoft expected to buy Surface Pro 3 pen maker N-trig

13 February 2015, 11:19

Bringing the pen tech in-house will cost about $200 million say Israeli media sources.

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ARM acquires Dutch IoT security software firm Offspark

9 February 2015, 13:20

The British chip designer buys the Dutch firm as it expands its mbed platform.

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BT deal to buy EE for £12.5bn agreed

5 February 2015, 10:05

Deal will be partly financed by a £1bn BT share issue.

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Three high-ranking AMD executives step down

13 January 2015, 09:26

Senior executives Byrne (Graphics), LaForce (Marketing) and Naik (Strategy) leave AMD.

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AMD CEO, Dr Lisa Su, provides exclusive insight to HEXUS

8 January 2015, 07:00

Strategy, Radeons, CPUs, consoles all discussed.

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Former Internet Explorer chief Dean Hachamovitch quits MS

19 December 2014, 13:05

He's leaving Microsoft after over 24 years of service.

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Microsoft and Barnes & Noble end two-year Nook partnership

5 December 2014, 12:05

Barnes & Noble has acquired Microsoft's entire stake in Nook Media for $62.4 million.

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Intel to merge struggling mobile chip unit into its PC chip business

18 November 2014, 11:05

The combined group will result in new 'Client Computing' group.

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Microsoft revenue beats estimates, rises 25 per cent

24 October 2014, 13:35

The Surface tablet contribution doubled to nearly $1 billion.

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Microsoft drops Nokia name from its smartphones

22 October 2014, 21:05

Ditches Nokia brand, transitions to 'Microsoft Lumia' just six months after acquiring the firm.

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IBM pays Global Foundries $1.5bn to take over chip-making unit

20 October 2014, 15:05

GloFo gets the cash over the next three years. IBM focuses upon software and research.

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AMD to axe seven per cent of staff after poor Q3 performance

17 October 2014, 11:05

CEO Dr Lisa Su announces new restructuring plan along with fiscal Q3 earnings.

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Intel beats expectations with record Q3 earnings

15 October 2014, 10:01

"Our strategy is working," says CEO Brian Krzanich.

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Rory Read steps down as AMD CEO. Replaced by Lisa Su

8 October 2014, 22:44

Changes at the highest level within AMD.

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Report suggests Hewlett-Packard is "planning to split into two"

6 October 2014, 11:35

HP looks set to separate PC and printer business from enterprise computing.

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Adobe buys photo-editing platform Aviary

23 September 2014, 12:30

It plans to use the acquisition to boost its Creative Cloud mobile app development.

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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaves Microsoft board

20 August 2014, 13:31

After 34 years, 14 at the top of the company, Ballmer steps down to focus on Basketball.

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Google's $1bn acquisition of live streaming site Twitch "confirmed"

25 July 2014, 11:45

However, both parties remain silent about the deal.

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EA delays major titles Battlefield: Hardline, Dragon Age: Inquisition

23 July 2014, 12:30

The games publisher also just reported a 51 per cent jump in quarterly profits.

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Microsoft set to slash 18,000 jobs, its largest ever staff cut

18 July 2014, 10:32

Also the Nokia X Android phone range and Xbox Entertainment Studios face the axe.

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AMD makes a $36 million loss in its second quarter

18 July 2014, 09:43

Cut in cryptocurrency mining related activity using GPUs has had a negative effect.

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Intel records strong Q2 earnings, beats PC market estimates

16 July 2014, 12:15

It saw a 40% uplift in profits, confirmed next-gen Broadwell chips on track for Xmas.

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Oculus VR acquires Xbox 360 joypad designers, Carbon Design

25 June 2014, 11:45

The hardware designers are already working on multiple unannounced projects with Oculus VR.

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Samsung and others reportedly in talks to acquire Nuance

17 June 2014, 11:57

The voice-recognition company is apparently exploring the possibility of a sale.

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AMD announces creation of two distinct business groups

13 June 2014, 10:01

The Computing and Graphics Group, and the Enterprise and Embedded Group.

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Seagate acquires LSI flash business from Avago for $450M

30 May 2014, 13:00

The storage device maker hopes that the deal will strengthen its capabilities in flash.

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Apple confirms acquisition of Beats for US$3 billion

29 May 2014, 11:15

The finalised deal is Apple's biggest-ever acquisition and should complete by Q4 2014.

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Google in discussions to acquire Twitch, say reports

19 May 2014, 11:45

The live gaming video-streaming service may be purchased for a sum over $1 billion.

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