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Activision Blizzard buys King, the Candy Crush makers, for $5.9bn

3 November 2015, 12:06

New 'entertainment network' will have over half a billion monthly active users.

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Hewlett-Packard becomes HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise

2 November 2015, 14:36

Founded in 1939, the iconic company has split into two separately listed entities.

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Toshiba in late stage talks, selling image sensor business to Sony

26 October 2015, 12:01

The deal is said to be worth about 20 billion yen ($163 million, £106 million).

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Microsoft better than expected results due to cloud success

23 October 2015, 10:16

It's the ninth positive quarter in a row, and Microsoft's shares hit a 15-year high.

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Western Digital acquires Sandisk for $19 billion

21 October 2015, 14:52

The acquisition will double WD's market and open up faster growing storage segments.

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AMD Corporate Fellow, Phil Rogers, joins Nvidia

14 October 2015, 10:35

HSA expert Mr Rogers is now the Chief Software Architect, Compute Server, at Nvidia.

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Tech takeover record: Dell to buy EMC for $53 billion

12 October 2015, 10:01

Data storage company EMC owns a majority stake in VMware.

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Acquisitions: Microsoft buys Havok, Micron buys Tidal

5 October 2015, 10:11

Havok makes leading real-time 3D physics software. Tidal develops SSD controllers.

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AMD launches PRO A-Series processors for businesses

30 September 2015, 11:21

Enhanced Carrizo and Godavari chips offer platform stability, processor longevity.

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Dialog Semiconductor buys Atmel for $4.6 billion

21 September 2015, 13:06

Acquisition to lift Dialog's smartphone reliant business with IoT and automotive wings.

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AMD shares spike due to rumours that Microsoft will buy it

14 September 2015, 09:31

A report says that "Microsoft is seriously talking to AMD," about the deal.

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Google restructures, becomes part of Alphabet

11 August 2015, 10:09

Larry Page and Sergey Brin to run Alphabet while Sundar Pichai runs Google.

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Apple Q3 financials positive but show iPad sales at a four year low

22 July 2015, 11:17

iPhone and Mac sales look strong and the Apple Watch has enjoyed "a great start".

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Microsoft reports hefty quarterly loss of $2.1 billion

22 July 2015, 10:05

$7.5bn write-down of Nokia business plus restructuring charges wiped out its profits.

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Toshiba overstated profits for past six years, Chief Exec resigns

21 July 2015, 11:06

Creative accountancy overstated operating profits by a total of 151.8 billion yen.

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Microsoft makes mapping and display ad deals with Uber, AOL

30 June 2015, 10:06

Microsoft's CEO said the company is focussing upon its strengths.

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AMD company split rumours officially denied

21 June 2015, 10:36

A Reuters report said that AMD was reviewing whether to split or spin off a business.

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Intel acquires Recon, maker of wearable displays for athletes

18 June 2015, 14:06

All 75 Recon employees will stay on, current products will get continued support.

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Microsoft management shakeup sees Stephen Elop depart

18 June 2015, 11:11

Terry Myerson leads a new team called the Windows and Devices Group (WDG).

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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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