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- 09 November 2009
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News: Govt to plough £200m into fast rural broadband
The government is planning to spend £200m on providing web users in rural areas with super-fast broadband.
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News: Intel Atom helps microprocessor sales hit record high
Intel's Atom processor, which is used in netbooks, helped PC microprocessor makers sell record numbers of chips during the third quarter, although the overall value of the market fell, according to market researcher IDC.
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News: Despite Google Android, HTC revenue declines
High Tech Computer (HTC), which developed the first smartphone based on Google's Android mobile operating system, saw revenue decline in the third quarter due to increased competition and weak sales in Europe.
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News: Intel Kilmer Peak offers 2.3GHz, 3.5GHz WiMax
After keeping operators and users alike waiting for nearly a year, Intel has begun production of a wireless chipset, called Kilmer Peak, that will support three versions of WiMax, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz.
- 07 November 2009
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News: The 12 best advanced science projects
Thinking about mad science projects usually involves imaging a nutty professor tucked away in his lab.
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News: Six great tech ideas that failed to take off
IT history is fraught with 'transformational' sales pitches that fall far short. We look at the six technologies that dramatically failed to take take-off and live up to the promise.
- 06 November 2009
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News: Microsoft asked to tweak IE 'ballot screen'
Opera, Mozilla and other browser developers are calling for Microsoft to tweak its antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission in a bid to restore fair competition to the internet browser market.
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News: Universities to study video games' affect on health
Nine research teams from universities across the US will study how interactive video games such as the Wii Active could help fight childhood obesity and how mobile phone games could help smokers quit or reduce tobacco use.
- 05 November 2009
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News: China bans solitary confinement for web addicts
China on Wednesday banned the use of physical punishment to treat Internet addiction after reports of beatings and at least one death in recent months at clinics for the condition around the country.
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News: Microsoft lays off 800 staff
Microsoft is laying off another 800 people, adding to the 5,000 the company has already let go this year
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News: New Intel antitrust lawsuit gets mixed reviews
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's decision to file an antitrust lawsuit against Intel doesn't make sense, with prices for microprocessors falling sharply in recent years, said some critics.
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News: Microsoft Yahoo search deal could hit Europe
Microsoft's deal with Yahoo under which the software maker's new Bing search engine will be used to power Yahoo searches and Yahoo will sell premium advertising for both companies could be expanded overseas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
- 04 November 2009
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News: Touchscreen mobiles see 159% growth
Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009. Apple's iPhone is the number one touchscreen smartphone by a long way.
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News: 35m netbooks to ship in 2009
Almost 35 million netbooks will be shipped by manufacturers in 2009. UMDs (Ultra-mobile Devices: the combination of Netbooks, MIDs and UMPCs) will top 124 million systems shipped in 2011.
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News: Intel expands chip lead over AMD
Intel expanded its chip shipment lead over Advanced Micro Devices during the third quarter as the rivals battle for larger market share, according to a survey released by Mercury Research on Tuesday.
- 03 November 2009
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News: Case study: Vodafone and Pioneer
Property consultancy drives success by predicting mobile costs more accurately thanks to Vodafone Total Business
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News: Personal robot sales to exceed $5 billion by 2015
Advances in military and commercial robots will continue to trickle down to the consumer market, and components will see price declines driven by their use in other markets.
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News: Amazon launches Frustration-Free Packaging
Online retailer Amazon has pledged to help the environment and end "wrap rage" with its new Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging initiative.
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News: Case study: Vodafone and Admiral
Admiral Taverns relies on open communication between field-based business development managers (BDMs) and the licensees to whom they provide practical and strategic support.
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News: Google Chrome growing faster than Firefox
Google's Chrome boosted its share of the browser market by a bigger margin than did Mozilla's Firefox in October
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