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Gartner has published a new report predicting that PC shipments will finally bottom out in 2016 but smartphone market will increase only by 7%, its first single-digit growth up till now.

Apple has significantly increased prices on its products in countries like Canada, New Zealand and the EU. But while it may appear greedy, the price increases reflect changes in global currency rates.

BT is increasing its broadband and home phone prices by up to 6.5% - almost four times the rate of inflation - from December, but its CEO says the company is "sensitive to the tough economic times".

Amazon's chief financial officer says the company is considering increasing the cost of its Prime subscriptions by up to 50%, with prices potentially rising from $79 per year to as much as $119.

Virgin Media has announced free broadband speed upgrades of "at least 20Mbps" more for everyone, while its top tariff will now max out at 152Mbps - but prices for all of its services are going up too.

Netflix, one of the largest online DVD rental companies in the United States with over 10 million subscribers, today announced a disappointing 20% rate increase for Blu-ray subscribers. In the announcement Jessie Becker, VP...

Google Incorporated's Gmail Web-based e-mail service may have an incrementing storage space counter, but apparently it's not going fast enough – and so the search giant has announced plans to speed it up. "A few...

After Apple's iPhone, what about the Googlephone? The search engine company has been secretly developing prototype mobile phones and testing a host of new software and mobile services, with some estimates putting its investment in...

This third quarter, Intel Corporation plans to boost its orders to Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation, which will decrease Intel's chipset market share but will also maximize Intel's profit margins, as the company will not have...

The recent price drop in Europe for the PSP has seen a 60% increase in sales according to Sony, who declined to reveal actual sales of its handheld console. The price of the PSP dropped...

Permanent IT salaries in the UK have risen by 5.5 per cent in the past 12 months, according to research published by UK-based IT recruitment agency CV Screen. The study of 30,000 advertised positions in...

Illinois Republican Don Manzullo and Washington Democrat Jay Inslee have introduced a bill to overturn a Copyright Royalty Board decision to increase royalty rates for Webcast music, setting a retroactive rate of $0.0008 per song...

In its annual report, British-based Internet monitoring group Internet Watch Foundation found that in the last three years there has been a four-fold increase in the number of child pornography images involving severe abuse such...

Before Intel will start gearing up to push its new Bearlake-series chipsets in the second quarter of 2007, the US chipmaking giant plans to increase shipments of 965-series chipsets by 50% in the first quarter...

In light of recent security concerns and a lawsuit, the popular social networking site, MySpace, announced it would be increasing it's efforts to protect younger users. While MySpace already prevents children under the age of...

One of the world's most commercial record labels has today given the digital downloads market a friendly jolt by announcing that the surge in demand will account for a 12% rise in its annual profit...

Animal lovers and Nintendo fans in Japan are proving that it's almost impossible to say no to a puppy. Nintendogs(TM), the new puppy simulator for Nintendo DS(TM), hit Japanese stores April 21. In its first...