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Figures increase for eight week in a row

Group aims to finish new outlets by Christmas

Year-on-year direct shipments decline by six per cent

Protectors will no longer be available in Apple stores

Home technology and online sales helps boost overall growth

Apple gains desktop share as netbooks and laptops account for 90% of total market growth

Other dishes include iPad Thai and Spicy Steve Nachos Supreme

Multiple store closures possible as entertainment chain faces up to troubled times

Microsoft's Windows update allows users to choose competitors to Internet Explorer

Enquiry 'shocked' by lack of international cooperation, warns of 'catastrophic' consequences of cyber attack

Vendors work on a new class of internet-enabled televisions

MIT researching techniques that could reduce manufacturing costs