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• 26 January 2010

• News: AMD takes share from Intel in chip market

  Advanced Micro Devices gained share in worldwide processor shipments at the expense of rival Intel during the fourth quarter of 2009, IDC said in a study released on Tuesday.

• 25 January 2010

• News: MacSaga.com online store alert - potential fraud

  A online store called MacSaga is pretending to be "owned and operated by IDG Communications", the company behind Macworld UK and PC Advisor, but there is no link between the two companies leading us to view the online store as suspicious.

• News: MusicDNA file format offers audio, video and pictures

  A new file format that not only offers audio but can also include lyrics, video and artwork, has been created by a Norwegian developer.

• News: Wi-Fi IC shipments grew 28% in 2009

  In recent years almost all laptops, netbooks, MIDs and smartbooks have shipped with Wi-Fi embedded, a trend that will continue for some time to come.

• News: DDoS attacks hit Chinese human rights websites

  Five Web sites run by Chinese human rights activists were attacked by hackers over the weekend, as a separate row continued between Google and China over political cyberattack

• News: Gates: More investment needed in green energy

  Bill Gates marked his first-full year at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with his second annual letter, fretting over possible cuts in foreign aid by rich governments and noting that research into renewable energy will be critical to resolving the global climate debate.

• 23 January 2010

• News: 5 Web 2.0 startups that will make a splash in 2010

  Keep an eye on these five businesses bringing fresh ideas to the Web 2.0 arena. From search to microblogging, these tools deserve your attention.

• News: What to expect from desktop and mobile processors in 2010

  From mighty six-core desktop chips to miniscule smartbook processors, here's a look at what's on the cards for CPUs this year.

• News: 10 product patents we want to see made

  They're clever. They're creative. And some of them are just plain bizarre. How come we can't yet buy products based on these patents?

• 22 January 2010

• News: Music industry to continue fight with Oink

  The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) yesterday said it would continue it's battle with UK BitTorrent tracker Oink, despite the recent acquittal of its creator and administrator, Alan Ellis, in a UK court.

• News: 1,000 UK HP workers on strike

  More than 1,000 HP staff are on strike today after talks to resolve a dispute over pay and job cuts broke down.

• News: BT launches 40Mbps broadband package

  BT has unveiled its first super-fast broadband connection for UK residents.

• News: Google revenue and profit up in Q4

  Google has revealed its revenue and profits grew in Q4 of 2009, and exceeded Wall Street's expectations for the search engine.

• News: AMD reaches profitability for the first time in years

  AMD reached profitability for the first time in three years during the fourth quarter of 2009, benefiting from a legal settlement with Intel and a change in its business model, the company said on Thursday.

• 21 January 2010

• News: Emergency Internet Explorer patch available from 6pm

  Microsoft's emergency Internet Explorer 6 patch will be available from 6pm UK time. Facebook has begun warning members logging in to its social network site using Internet Explorer to update to the latest version of the web browser.

• News: Netbooks, not iPhone to blame for 3G overload

  Laptops and netbooks with embedded or attached modems contribute a significantly greater amount of traffic to 3G networks than smartphones do, says industry analyst.

• News: ARM chips to rule ultra-mobile by 2013

  While an estimated 90 percent of UMDs shipped in 2009 were based on an x86 processor architecture, analysts forecast that annual UMD shipments of netbooks, MIDs, smartbooks and UMPCs based on ARM instruction sets will overtake x86-based UMDs in 2013.

• News: EU gives Oracle-Sun deal go-ahead

  The EU has given the go-head to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

• News: Microsoft wants privacy code of conduct for the cloud

  Microsoft wants cloud computing vendors need to join forces to create a privacy and security code of coduct.

• 20 January 2010

• News: Opera buys AdMarvel for $8 million

  Web browser developer Opera has acquired AdMarvel, which has developed a product suite that manages how ads are delivered to mobile phones.

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