Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Analyst: Apple's Black Friday sales look strong
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
If the business Apple did on Black Friday is any indication, the holiday season could be a very happy one indeed for the computer maker. That's according to research from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who's been tracking Apple sales leading up to holiday season.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
New Microsoft Cashback deal follows outage
Nancy Gohring
Microsoft is offering a new instant Cashback feature to Live Search after the service had problems on Friday.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Microsoft and Yahoo dismiss report of search deal
Jeremy Kirk
Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Argos buys budget brands Alba and Bush
Macworld staff
High-street catalogue-store Argos has bought the intellectual property rights to the Alba and Bush consumer electronics trademarks.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Prosecutors investigate BT over online ad system
Jeremy Kirk
Prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users' consent.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Anti-virus no defence against botnets, says vendor
John E. Dunn Techworld.com
A new analysis of botnets has come up with a possible reason for their prodigious ability to infect PCs - many anti-virus programs are near to useless in blocking the binaries used to spread them.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Acer plans 10.2-inch netbook, Apple iMac style desktop
Dan Nystedt
Acer plans netbook with 10.2-inch screen and a possible all-in-one iMac rival.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Black Friday sales hold steady, but signs US shoppers are cutting back
Sumner Lemon
Online spending in the US held steady on Friday, despite fears of a slowdown in spending by consumers amid the worsening economic outlook.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Microsoft Vista SP2 due next April, says report
Gregg Keizer Computerworld
Microsoft will deliver Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to manufacturing in April 2009, two months after it issues a final test version to users, according to a Web site that accurately predicted several Windows ship dates in 2008.
Monday, 01 December 2008
Intel calls EU antitrust probe 'discriminatory and partial'
Sumner Lemon
Intel said the EU's antitrust investigation of its business activities is 'discriminatory and partial.'
Monday, 01 December 2008
EU telecoms ministers back watered-down legal reforms
Paul Meller
Plans to reform Europe's legal landscape for the telecoms industry remain on track, after nearly being derailed at a meeting of government ministers.
Friday, 28 November 2008
Europe to cap prices for roaming text messages and data
Paul Meller
European telecommunications ministers gave their backing to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.
Friday, 28 November 2008
VAT rates explained on Apple Store
Macworld Staff
With the VAT rate changing on Monday, what rate are shopping being charged at? 17.5 per cent is the answer, or 15 per cent? Depending on what you order
Friday, 28 November 2008
Apple "Black Friday" UK sale: £60 slashed from MacBook
Mark Hattersley
Apple's one-day "Black Friday" sale is now on, with a wide range of cuts across the store. Macworld takes a look at some of the offers available to UK customers.
Friday, 28 November 2008
Acclivity acquires MYOB US Mac business management software
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Acclivity has announced the acquisition of MYOB US and its Mac and PC development team from MYOB Limited of Australia.
Friday, 28 November 2008
Estonian ISP cuts off control servers for Srizbi botnet
Jeremy Kirk
An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the control servers for a botnet responsible for a large portion of the world's spam has cut off those servers.
Friday, 28 November 2008
Asustek to unveil £130 netbook
Dan Nystedt
Asustek Computer plans to unveil a new Eee PC netbook that costs just $200 (around £130) in the first quarter of next year, a company representative said on Thursday.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Microsoft faces antitrust complaint from software trader
Peter Olsthoorn Webwereld
Dutch software trader Samir Abdalla has filed a broad antitrust complaint against Microsoft's pricing policies with the European Commission.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Panasonic forecasts 90 percent drop in profits this year
Martyn Williams
Citing "deteriorating sharply" business conditions, Panasonic has slashed its full-year sales and profits forecasts.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Nokia to pull out of Japanese handset market
Martyn Williams
Nokia is to stop developing handsets for Japanese carriers and pull out of the Japanese market.
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