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20 January 2011
News: Amazon buys movie rental service LoveFilm

Amazon has purchased movie and game rental service LoveFilm.
19 January 2011
News: Macworld iOS conference to be held during Mobile World Congress

PC Advisor's sister title Macworld is giving iOS developers the chance to gain business development advice and technical training along with networking opportunities at a one-day conference to be held during Mobile World Congress.
News: IBM and ARM extend relationship to build 14nm chips

IBM and ARM today announced that they are to continue to work together in order to jointly produce 14nm (nanometre) processors.
News: Apple stays quiet about Steve Jobs' future

Apple executives answered questions about the company's products and the state of the Korean technology market Tuesday, but they offered no insight into the most pressing issue before the world's most valuable technology company: Is Steve Jobs coming back?
18 January 2011
News: Jobs' absence leaves many questions, few answers

With Steve Jobs taking another medical leave of absence, Apple customers, investors, partners and employees are again left to wonder what implications this will have for the company.
17 January 2011
Video: Computer History Museum opens doors

Permanent exhibit took eight years to create
Video: Intel CFO talks about record results

Stacy Smith discusses firm's $43bn year
News: Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take a leave of absence from the company for medical reasons, but will remain involved in major strategic decisions, Apple said today.
News: Poll: 30 percent already own 3D TV

A survey of 1,541 visitors to PC Advisor's website has found that an astonishing 31.1 percent say they've already bought a 3D TV.
14 January 2011
News: iPad and rival tablets blunt PC shipments

Tablets PCs, including Apple's iPad, are taking a toll on an already battered PC market.
News: Windows on verge of dipping below 90% share

Windows is on the verge of dropping below 90 percent market share, with smartphones and tablets posing an increasingly serious threat to Microsoft's dominance of the operating system market.
News: Intel celebrates best year in its history

Intel has announced it finished fiscal 2010 with profit and revenue gains in the fourth quarter, and predicted a strong fiscal year 2011.
News: Hannstar president indicted over LCD price fixing

The US Department of Justice indicted the president of Taiwanese display maker HannStar, making him the 22nd executive to be charged in an ongoing investigation into price fixing in the LCD industry.
13 January 2011
News: India gets access to consumer BlackBerry messages

Research In Motion has given mobile carriers in India the ability to intercept email and instant messages from BlackBerry consumer services if requested by the government, according to a customer update from the company.
News: News Corp considering options for MySpace

News Corp, which owns MySpace, has revealed it is considering a sale, merger or even spinoff of the social network.
News: Video highlights from CES 2011: Tablet PCs, 3D TVs and celebrities

CES 2011 in Las Vegas has just finished in a flurry of 3D TVs, Tablet PCs and celebrity endorsements. Here we bring you video highlights of the best of this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
12 January 2011
News: T-Mobile: 'data cap applies only to new customers'

After this week angering customers by slashing smartphone data limits, T-Mobile today backed off saying the lower limit of 500MB per month will apply only to new mobile phone customers and those who upgrade. There's still no word as to what action will be taken when those users break the 500MB cap.
News: Microsoft fights Apple trademark on 'App Store'

Microsoft is asking the US Patent and Trademark Office to deny Apple a trademark on the name "App Store," saying the term is generic and competitors should be able to use it.
11 January 2011
News: Despite hoax email, Facebook will not be shutting down

Facebook quickly moved to dispel any thoughts that it plans to shut down in March.
News: Facebook to make $1bn in 2011, worth $50bn

Facebook reportedly generated $1.2 billion in revenue in the first nine months of 2010, according to a document distributed by Goldman Sachs that leaked today.