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Ofcom reveals plans to auction off more 4G spectrum

7 November 2014, 13:15

As the UK's 4G connections are predicted to be as slow as 3G in a year's time.

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Nvidia achieves record revenue, up 16 per cent year on year

7 November 2014, 11:05

Thanks to company "focus on creating visual computing platforms," says CEO Huang.

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Microsoft teams up with Dropbox for Office integration

5 November 2014, 10:35

The surprise partnership will see Microsoft's own cloud service take a back seat.

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Windows 8.X market share finally surpasses 15 per cent

3 November 2014, 11:05

Windows 8.1 use grew dramatically as XP market share plunged below 20 per cent.

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EA Games Q2 earnings exceed Wall Street expectations

29 October 2014, 11:35

And we get Battlefield Hardline and Star Wars Battlefront release schedules.

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Apple Q4 earnings outshine estimates with record Q4 profits

21 October 2014, 11:35

The company's revenue surges to $42.1bn thanks to strong iPhone 6 smartphone sales.

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PC gaming company Razer is valued at over $1bn

16 October 2014, 13:35

Recent round of funding backed by Intel is based upon this valuation.

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Ordnance Survey maps Great Britain in Minecraft

25 September 2014, 12:05

The accurate geological map is free to download.

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Samsung to exit European PC market, for now

24 September 2014, 09:35

No more Samsung laptops to be sold in Europe, Chromebooks won't be sold either.

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Toshiba plans to scale back struggling consumer PC business

19 September 2014, 12:45

Will not abandon the division completely, but 900 jobs will be cut as a result.

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Adobe financials impacted by move to cloud subscription apps

18 September 2014, 13:00

Profit slips by 46% but company edges over analyst estimates for earnings.

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WorldView-3 satellite to deliver high-res images for online maps

11 August 2014, 13:00

The DigitalGlobe satellite is ready for launch and promises exceptional resolution.

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LibreOffice 4.3: "you can't own a better office suite"

31 July 2014, 14:00

The popular open source office suite now claims to have 80 million active users worldwide.

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Strong Apple iPhone, Mac sales precipitate record Q3 results

23 July 2014, 09:45

However its iPad tablet sales have slipped for the second consecutive quarter.

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Microsoft profits hurt by Nokia acquisition

23 July 2014, 09:00

Nokia's contribution to Microsoft profits was minus $692 million.

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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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Amazon hires Google Glass creator

15 July 2014, 10:40

Babak Parviz, director at Google X, announced his departure via his Google+ account.

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TSMC accelerates development of its 10nm process

9 July 2014, 11:45

And has just ordered TWD$526 million worth of semiconductor engineering machinery.

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Microsoft warns mainstream Windows 7 support ends Jan 2015

9 July 2014, 08:45

Also its Patch Tuesday updates fix two critical Remote Code Execution flaws in IE/Windows.

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Samsung predicts a 25 per cent drop in second quarter profits

8 July 2014, 11:00

It blames the fall on competition in the smartphone market and a strong Korean won.

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Analysts and industry insiders anticipate PC market upturn

4 July 2014, 13:36

Both Intel and AMD are aggressively preparing for H2 2014 demand.

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Surface Mini mass production plans canned

30 June 2014, 15:04

The Windows RT powered 7.5-incher was deemed uncompetitive.

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IDC PC monitor survey sees slight sales downturn in Q1 this year

20 June 2014, 11:59

When will cheaper 4K monitors and new powerful GPUs result in a market uplift?

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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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Intel's appeal over €1.06 billion EU court fine is rejected

13 June 2014, 13:45

The fine was levied back in 2009 for abuse of market dominance.

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Facebook says the Oculus Rift will be priced as low as possible

12 June 2014, 13:15

It is aiming for a 2015 consumer release and to possibly sell the headset at cost.

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Microsoft's software satisfaction score climbs, despite Windows 8

22 May 2014, 12:00

Results show that the highly criticised Windows 8 has caused little negative impact.

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Nvidia Q1 financials: double-digit revenue growth year on year

9 May 2014, 09:48

Also "High‐end GeForce GTX GPUs for desktops and notebooks grew 57 percent."

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Microsoft's quarterly results beat investor expectations

25 April 2014, 10:30

Devices and Consumer revenue; from Windows, Xbox and Surface, were up 12 per cent.

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Apple shares surge as it beats guidance and analyst estimates

24 April 2014, 10:30

Revenue for the quarter was $45.6 billion, during which it sold 60 million iOS devices.

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Computex to spotlight smart living and wearable tech

22 April 2014, 12:21

And piles of new PC kit, we hope.

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AMD Q1 2014 financial results beat expectations

18 April 2014, 09:55

PS4 sales totalling 7 million and Xbox One sales totalling 5 million have helped.

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Microsoft launches Office 365 Personal in the UK

16 April 2014, 17:16

The PC/Mac and tablet plan will be offered at £5.99 per month or £59.99 per year.

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