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All Desktop Computing News - January 2009

IBM cleans up in Whirlpool global IT contract

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 29 January 2009

Appliance manufacturer Whirlpool has signed a multi-year IT services agreement with IBM to provide global infrastructure services in more than 40 countries.

Unite protests against HP job cuts

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 29 January 2009

Hewlett-Packard staff have held a protest outside the company's City of London headquarters in Wood Street today. Organised by the Unite union, the demonstration follows HP's decision to cull 3,400 jobs.

Credit crunch hits chip makers

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Author: Warwick Ashford
Date: 23 January 2009

Falling demand for PCs has hit chip manufacturers Intel, AMD and Samsung.

Obama aids find White House in IT "dark ages"

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 22 January 2009

The Obama administration found the White House in the "technological dark ages" during its first day at work, reports...

AMD sells handheld chip business to Qualcomm for £47m

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 22 January 2009

Qualcomm has acquired AMD's handheld chip business for around $65m to enhance its multimedia chip capabilities. "This acquisition of assets from AMD's...

Apple posts healthy profit growth

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 21 January 2009

Apple revenue grew 35% year-over-year to $9.6bn, an increase of almost $2.5bn, according to its first quarter 2009 results posted today. The Company...

Seagate admits faulty disk drives have reached customers

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 20 January 2009

Seagate has admitted failures in a range of its disk drives, which...

Data security compromised as 9,000 USB sticks taken to the cleaners

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 19 January 2009

An estimated 9,000 USB sticks have been left in people's pockets when they take their clothes to the dry cleaner. This is according to a UK survey...

Business as usual at Apple without Steve Jobs, analysts say

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Author: Warwick Ashford
Date: 16 January 2009

Apple's business operations are unlikely to be affected by the fact that chief executive Steve...

PC shipments down for first time since 2001

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 16 January 2009

PC shipments worldwide in the fourth quarter dropped for the first time since 2001, says analyst IDC. Shipments were down 0.4% to 77.3 million. The...

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