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October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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