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Games Industry Records 38 Percent Increase In Sales

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

Sales of computer and console games have been growing significantly in 2008 according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) despite the current economic climate and the loss of the industry's biggest player, Entertainment UK.

Rumour Mill : Microsoft To Dish Out Free Windows 7 Upgrades?

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

Rumours on the blogosphere indicate that Microsoft will provide free Windows 7 upgrades to those users, who purchase Windows Vista PCs after July 2009 (ed : just like they provide free Windows XP for those purchasing Windows Vista.

HP Wants To Produce Big Netbooks; Appeals To Intel

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

HP is urging Intel to relax its limitations for screen-size the chip giant puts on systems that can employ the Atom processors for netbooks, according to sources.

5 Reasons Why Downloads Won't Kill CD and DVD Sales

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

Latest figures have shown that sales of DVDs and CDs are still strong despite the growing challenges posed by online piracy, music downloads and the current economic conditions

Best Buy Now Selling Second Hand iPhones

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

In order to lure cost-conscious users, Best Buy Co. on Tuesday announced that it is offering cheaper refurbished iPhone 3G devices, at nearly $50 less than the new models.

LG To Launch LCD Television With Integrated Freesat

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

LG has penned a contract with Freesat, the free-to-air-satellite broadcasting company, to launch products integrated with Freesat functionality, sometime this year.

UK Crime Maps Now Available Online

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

In a bid to enhance public’s awareness on criminal activities, police forces across England and Wales will begin offering online maps which will portray details about crime patterns prevalent in any particular area.

UIQ/Motorola slow motion car crash continues

Tim Belfall — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

There will be a point in time I don’t have to concern myself with UIQ, especially as UIQ Tech has gone into administration

Podcast : See What It Takes To Securely Process 1 Terabyte Worth Of Data Per Second Over The Web

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

Ravi Maira, Marketing Director at Akamai Technologies and Ben Chai of Incomingthought.com, discusse Worldwide online security and how Akamai deals with securing transactions online for the likes of Bestbuy, Amazon, Boots and BBC.

2009 ... Good Year or Bad Year For Tech?

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

Recession, unprecedented financial turmoil, unheard of levels of national debt, banks being propped up by us, the great British public, the car industry on the verge of collapse and even good old 'Woolies' failing - one could be forgiven for thinking that it’s all doom and gloom.