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IDC: mini-notebooks take Europe by storm

17 February 2009, 07:00

Market researcher announces its final figures for the EMEA PC market in Q4 2008.

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Demand for mobile data services set to dramatically increase this year

16 February 2009, 16:36

Good news for the mobile industry as a recent survey indicates mobile data is set to see a big rise in demand.

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NVIDIA reports 60% drop in revenues

11 February 2009, 08:49

Revenue plunge leads to bigger than expected quarterly loss and a net loss for the year.

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Storage companies take goodwill hit

3 February 2009, 11:07

Seagate writes down entire value of Maxtor acquisition, while Sandisk takes $1.9 bn in charges for Q4.

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Sun, Symantec, WD and Yahoo! quarterlies all beat expectations

29 January 2009, 09:43

Some welcome rays of light as a number of technology companies exceed albeit low expectations.

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35 million netbooks forecast to be shipped this year

27 January 2009, 11:28

A market researcher predicts we’re just at the start of the netbook boom.

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Foxconn issues profit warning

20 January 2009, 11:25

Giant electronics manufacturer joins the profit warning party with a brief statement.

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Sifting through Intel’s financial results

16 January 2009, 09:18

Intel’s full Q4 and annual earnings announcement reveals some interesting details about trends in the market.

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UK December online sales up 30%

13 January 2009, 10:28

While the High Street suffered, etailers seem to have had their best Christmas ever.

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Bank cuts interest rates by a further 0.5%

8 January 2009, 12:02

Rates at their lowest ever as the Bank of England tries to get people spending.

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Global notebook sales officially overtake desktops

24 December 2008, 10:14

The worst kept secret in the industry becomes official, with netbooks playing a significant role.

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IBM urges businesses to embrace social networking

22 December 2008, 16:13

The rise of smart mobile devices and social networking in 2008 have empowered consumers like never before.

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TVs and netbooks top Christmas wish lists

19 December 2008, 12:35

Online shopping data released AOL and PriceGrabber reveals LCD TVs and mini-notebooks are the most searched for items.

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Not tonight love, I’m browsing

16 December 2008, 10:19

A study commissioned by Intel find half of American women and a third of the men would forgo sex to keep their Internet access.

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Semiconductor industry revenue declines for 2008

12 December 2008, 10:19

Preliminary results from Gartner predict a year-on-year decline of over four percent.

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Mac OS now bigger than Windows in smartphone market

4 December 2008, 11:12

As Apple becomes the third biggest smartphone company, its OS overtakes Windows Mobile in Q3 sales.

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Global server shipments grew 4% in Q3

2 December 2008, 10:54

Volume growth comes at the expense of margin as revenue declines by five percent.

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DSGi adds to retail gloom with announcement of £30 million loss

27 November 2008, 14:11

Owner of PC World and Currys blames tough trading environment and restructuring charges for loss.

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HP revenue up on improved notebook sales and EDS acquisition

25 November 2008, 13:30

Giant system builder provides a welcome ray of sunshine to the tech sector with healthy quarterlies.

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NVIDIA sees quarterly profits plummet but still beat expectations

7 November 2008, 09:54

Graphics giant sees profits drop to a quarter of their level of a year ago but shares were still up in after hours trading

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Bank of England shocks with massive 1.5% cut in interest rates

6 November 2008, 12:36

The Bank of England has announced the biggest single cut in interest rates in a generation.

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CBI calls for full one percent interest rate cut

5 November 2008, 15:45

UK business organisation says Bank of England should chop 1% off interest rates to boost flagging economy.

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HEXUS.ratewatch: US axes interest rates again

29 October 2008, 18:50

The GBP/USD exchange rate has strengthened in the pound’s favour as the US fed cuts another 0.5% off interest rates.

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Breaking news: world’s central banks cut interest rates

8 October 2008, 12:53

UK, US, and Europe all cut interest rates by half a percent in a coordinated move.

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UK bailout unveiled, markets unimpressed

8 October 2008, 10:25

The government has announced a £500 billion bailout package for UK banks but the FTSE 100 has lost more ground this morning.

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Bank of England offers help for quarter-end

26 September 2008, 10:05

As talks on the big US bailout stall, UK, US and European banks move to inject liquidity into the financial system.

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Jon Peddie thinks Larrabee could boost PC gaming market by a third

8 August 2008, 10:36

In the second of his blog posts on Intel’s discrete graphics project, the graphics expert suggests it could benefit the whole market.

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Yahoo! board not out of the woods yet

6 August 2008, 11:54

A “tabulation error” means half the board received far fewer votes for their re-election than first thought.

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Jon Peddie asks: why not Larrabee?

5 August 2008, 11:22

Graphics guru Jon Peddie takes a look at Intel’s long-awaited entry into the discrete graphics market.

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Record oil prices lead to hike in British Airways surcharges

13 November 2007, 09:38

With the price of oil rising steadily, British Airways is set to raise its fuel surcharges once again by up to £15 from November 15th onward

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Sony warns of £225 million predicted profits fall

19 October 2006, 16:55

Sony is today warning of a 38 per cent reduction in its forecast profits for the year ending March 31, 2007

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HEXUS.sharewatch - 14th September 2006

15 September 2006, 16:41

Apple's up after launching new iPods. AMD's up as Dell introduce desktop PCs with Athlon Inside. And then there's NVIDIA, up because they launched a new GPU?

HEXUS.sharewatch - 7th September 2006

7 September 2006, 12:28

We look at the usual shares, along with a mention for Sony. Well, in light of this week's developments, it'd be rude not to, wouldn't it?