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The parent company of PC World has opened the door to collaboration with the independent sector by partnering with IT skills marketplace Orderwork.

The beleaguered PC giant has added its Latitude laptop range to its open source n-series offering.

Dedicated case and PSU minisite CaseWorld cements Target’s position as Foxconn’s number one UK case distributor.

The average speed of broadband downloads in the UK is now 2MB per second, up from 512 KB per second three years ago.

Less than a month after the launch of Microsoft Office 2007, Tesco has already begun dramatically undercutting the competition.

The two technology giants have launched simultaneous initiatives in the battle for Web 2.0 supremacy.

Keen Computers beat Tiscali, Virgin.net and Tesco to win Best Consumer Host at the ISPA awards.

Nvidia and ATI/AMD are raising the stakes in an attempt to dominate the sub £100 graphics card market, according to technology website The Inquirer.

The two companies are jointly organising a kite flying fundraising event for Red Nose Day in March.

Business finance and PC magazine specialist Incisive Media has acquired the UK division of VNU.

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has told industry analysts they are forecasting too much growth for the firm in the wake of Vista's launch.

In the wake of a recent Apple advertising campaign highlighting the contrast between PCs and Macs, the firm’s public perception has suffered a drop in the UK.