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One fifth of uni students have hacked, says survey

22 September 2010, 11:48

28 percent said it was easy and one third think it’s cool.

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RIM smashes profit expectations

17 September 2010, 14:01

...despite a slow Torch launch and international troubles.

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Peddie: IGPs to disappear by 2015

13 September 2010, 17:09

Hybrid CPU/GPUs from Intel and AMD will completely phase-out the beloved IGP within five years.

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Dell retakes place as second largest PC manufacturer

3 September 2010, 17:48

Company manages to hold steady as Acer suffers from poor notebook sales.

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iOS more popular than Linux

2 September 2010, 10:25

Latest stats show Apple overtake open-source OS in August

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Gartner reduces forecast for PC market

31 August 2010, 15:46

The market researcher confirms what the channel has known for a while – a second half slowdown.

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Apple iPad predicted to dominate tablet market for years

25 August 2010, 16:42

A new report from iSuppli says the iPad will hold onto the majority of the market even after 2011.

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Western Europe PC market experiences strong Q2 growth

25 August 2010, 16:08

The latest Gartner figures reveal almost 20 percent annual growth, but the UK is lagging behind.

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Smartphones boost multitasking Brits’ media consumption

19 August 2010, 15:24

Brits spend nearly half their day on the phone or net plus watching TV.

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AMD loses share to Intel in server CPUs but gains in mobile

19 August 2010, 10:07

The latest IDC figures for the chip market reveal a strong first half of the year but concerns for the second half.

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Gartner: Android overtakes iOS as third biggest smartphone OS

12 August 2010, 10:31

Mobile devices sales continue to grow rapidly, but stiff competition is driving margins down.

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Consumers demand Flash support over camera for new iPad

11 August 2010, 17:29

Flash for new iPad plus hoovers and cars on shoppers’ Apple wish-list.

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Bank of England expects UK recovery to continue, just

11 August 2010, 12:31

In his quarterly inflation report, Governor Mervyn King warned of a “choppy recovery”.

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Gartner lowers enterprise IT spending forecast

10 August 2010, 16:51

We’ll still get growth this year, but less than hoped, while the picture for next year remains unclear.

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Apple is most popular laptop maker among students

10 August 2010, 08:49

Overtakes Dell for the first time to nab top spot.

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AMD beats NVIDIA in GPU shipments

29 July 2010, 10:12

The king is dead. Long live the king.

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Apple iPad to ship almost 13m units this year?

22 July 2010, 11:27

Over 50m predicted by 2012.

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Dollar sinks on Fed caution

16 July 2010, 12:11

The minutes of the latest US Federal Reserve meeting suggest the US recovery may be running out of steam.

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Good quarters for AMD, Google and Sony Ericsson

16 July 2010, 10:32

The tech sector continues to deliver in Q2.

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Global PC shipments get Q2 boost

15 July 2010, 14:40

Reports show strong growth in the PC industry, with Asus and Lenovo extending their market share.

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Intel’s best ever quarter points to renewed corporate spend

14 July 2010, 09:40

The chip giant’s Q2 profit nears $3 billion as server processor takings jump 13 percent sequentially.

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500,000 new users embrace 4G in 2010

13 July 2010, 14:17

4G adoption is concentrated in Northern America and Western Europe, while 3G take-up continues to soar.

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Global mobile connections pass the five billion mark

9 July 2010, 16:09

There are now five billion active mobile phones in the world and growth doesn’t look like slowing.

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PC and Internet now considered essential

7 July 2010, 09:57

A new study into the price of a minimum standard of living in the UK reveals getting online is now vital.

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Mobile devices drive continued semiconductor sector growth

6 July 2010, 15:05

IDC is forecasting continued strong growth for the sector, but warns of short-term macroeconomic challenges.

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HTC revenues hit record highs

6 July 2010, 12:54

The Taiwanese smartphone maker reports Q2 revenues are up 58 percent year-on-year.

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Nokia rapidly losing Western European market share

5 July 2010, 12:11

IDC reports Nokia’s troubles in its strongest market extend beyond just smartphones.

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UK mobile app use surges

25 June 2010, 16:49

British mobile users are increasingly insatiable application consumers, with many prepared to pay for the perfect app

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RIM growth lags behind expectations

25 June 2010, 16:33

BlackBerry maker posts pleasing sales growth but fierce competition in the smart phone market damages its market share

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A quarter of iPhones fail within two years

24 June 2010, 09:42

A recent report has found this actually represents an improvement on a year ago, when a third of them were failing.

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Chancellor Osborne increases VAT to 20 per cent

22 June 2010, 16:15

To come into effect on January 4, 2011.

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Tablets to ‘cannibalize’ netbook market

18 June 2010, 12:52

Tablets will ‘cannibalize’ netbooks, outselling the portable PCs by 2012, according to research firm Forrester.

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PC market set to enjoy 20 per cent growth in 2010

16 June 2010, 16:23

According to the latest figures from IDC.

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