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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Bill Gates backed Skype purchase

Microsoft founder Bill Gates confirms he backed the purchase of Skype at the boardroom level.

May 18, 2011 | 11:35

Microsoft buys Skype for £5.2 billion

Microsoft has bought popular VOIP service Skype, gaining access to its 600 million users.

May 11, 2011 | 11:35

Intel says WiMAX will reach a billion by 2012

IDF FALL 2008: Craig Barrett reckons that WiMAX will reach 50 million by the end of the year and a billion people by 2012.

August 22, 2008 | 04:49

Seagate ships billionth drive

Storage manufacturer Seagate is celebrating its one billionth hard drive, and reckons it'll be able to double that in just five years time.

April 24, 2008 | 08:29

EA tries to buy Take-Two

Over the weekend, mega-publisher tried to buy Take-Two for a rumour $2 Billion. Take-Two said no.

February 25, 2008 | 10:00

Intel introduces Silverthorne and Tukwila

On one hand Intel offers an ultra low power, ultra tiny 45nm single core processor, on the other a 2Bn transistor quad core behemoth with 30MB of on-die cache!

February 5, 2008 | 16:06

Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo! for £22.4bn

UPDATED: Microsoft has said that it has formally offered to buy Yahoo! for a massive £22.4 billion - if the deal goes through it'd be the biggest in Internet history.

February 1, 2008 | 13:37

iTunes breaks through 3 billion song barrier

Apple announced yesterday that its iTunes music store has now sold more than three billion songs since its launch four years ago.

August 1, 2007 | 13:46

Windows install base to top 1bn by end of 2008

At Microsoft's 2007 Analyst's Day, Steve Ballmer revealed that the Windows install base will go past the one billion mark in 2008.

July 29, 2007 | 11:49

Xbox division loses $1.9 billion this year

The Xbox division of Microsoft has announced that it lost $1.9 billion this year alone, thanks mainly to extended warranties.

July 20, 2007 | 16:33

1 billion points in Geometry Wars?

An Xbox Live God known as K4rn4ge is planning on breaking 1 billion points in addictive 2D shooter Geometry Wars. Can he do it?

December 8, 2006 | 09:23

Google in the market to buy Facebook

Not content with being the most popular search destination, Google wants to become the most popular social destination too. Is a $2.1bn buyout on the horizon?

March 31, 2006 | 11:00

iTunes tops 1 billion downloads

iTunes celebrated the downloading of it's one billionth song last night. The winner will receive a prize package that includes a new 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card.

February 24, 2006 | 10:46

Seagate to buy Maxtor in billion dollar swoop

Seagate, the world's leading hard drive manufacturer will buy Maxtor in a deal worth around $2 billion. It is said to save the two companies around $300 million in operating expenses after the first full year of integration.

December 21, 2005 | 12:01