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Tablets and smartphones: Why PC vendors should panic
The PC industry has very little going for it right now, with slow PC sales, rising component prices, government and businesses slashing IT spending leaving the end user to pick up the slack – right in the middle of a recession. This is why PC vendors should panic.
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Cabbies protest Big Brother CCTV Oxford scheme
I arrive at McCarran airport and join the line for taxis – the cabbie picks me up and I give my destination, the Golden Nugget in “Old” Las Vegas. -
Amazon continues to erode book publishers' businesses
I really like bookshops – fortunately the city where I live, Oxford, has some really good ones - from the Tardis-like Blackwells to four storeys of Waterstones. -
Megaupload case marks death of the cloud
This Thursday, gigabytes of personal data which was stored on the servers of Megaupload will be deleted. -
Google ramps up assault on your private life
Google has hardly been a champion of personal privacy in the past, but everyone’s favourite search engine may have finally overstepped the mark with its new all encompassing 'services