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October 29, 2012
29
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 October 2012
Our regular look back at the most popular ICT channel news stories from the past week
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October 26, 2012
26
Oct'12
Apple sets sights on strong end to the year
Apple has delivered a solid set of numbers for its fourth fiscal quarter but is looking forward to a busy Christmas time with its iPad mini and iPhone 5 to put in shop windows
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October 19, 2012
19
Oct'12
PC market suffers Q3 pre-Windows 8 dip
As the world gets ready for Windows 8 the PC market across EMEA has seen a decline in the third quarter according to the latest figures from IDC
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October 18, 2012
18
Oct'12
C2000 bolsters public sector team
Computer 2000 has hired a special bids and pricing specialist as part of its public sector team to keep growing that side of its business
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October 18, 2012
18
Oct'12
VIP Computers pulls Realtime into single entity
VIP Computers is merging Realtime Distribution into a single entity as it looks to solidify the business in the current tough economic conditions
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October 17, 2012
17
Oct'12
Intel hurt by lack of tablet action
Intel's lack of involvement in the tablet market and the ongoing depression in the corporate PC business have led to a gloomy third quarter
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October 12, 2012
12
Oct'12
Summer lull in tech M&A continues into autumn
The latest survey of the technology M&A market from Regent Partners indicates that a summer lull which was in evidence in August has lingered into September
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October 11, 2012
11
Oct'12
Avnet looks for further cost savings after weak Q1
Avnet has blamed a weak European economy and a dip in revenues for a poor first quarter performance and reacted with a pledge to cut costs by a further $50m
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October 11, 2012
11
Oct'12
Lenovo usurps global PC crown in pyrrhic victory
Lenovo has become the world’s largest PC builder for the first time in history, but the impact of its achievement will be lessened by the fact that the market's relentless downward spiral continued
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October 09, 2012
09
Oct'12
HP: lack of innovation holding back PC market
A lack of innovation in PC hardware is none of the reasons why the market is currently struggling to grow according to one of the largest players in the market
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October 08, 2012
08
Oct'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 5 October 2012
Our regular look back at the most read content on MicroScope.co.uk from the past week
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October 04, 2012
04
Oct'12
HP boss stresses love for channel
Meg Whitman has talked of reconnecting with the channel and devising consistent programmes that it will not change that often to make life easier for partners
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October 04, 2012
04
Oct'12
HP shares slide after Whitman talks of recovery in 2014
HP saw its biggest share slide for nine years in reaction to comments made by the CEO Meg Whitman at an analyst meeting which painted a bleak picture of 2013
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October 03, 2012
03
Oct'12
Public sector fails to open up to SMEs
The government might have talked about making it easier for smaller suppliers to win public sector IT contracts but the UK IT Association has found it is not happening
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October 02, 2012
02
Oct'12
PC sales continue to tumble across Europe
PC sales across Western Europe fell by 10% in the first couple of months in the third quarter as economic conditions and a preference for more mobile options took their toll on volumes shipped through distribution