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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.

According to GfK’s IT Barometer released today, the UK IT market was worth nearly £9 billion in 2006 – a five per cent year-on-year increase on 2005’s figures.

With the launch of the iPhone imminent, Apple is set to open a retail store in Kingston Upon Thames on February 17th.

FSC is set to inject £1 million into the channel to bolster indirect server sales.

The computing giant has launched its first iPAQ branded smart phone loaded with push email, GSM and VoIP capabilities.

Steve Jobs has called to music labels to license their music out free of Digital Rights Management (DRM) to Apple iTunes and other legal download services, following a ruling by the European Commission that states the current system is unfair.

Following the success of a similar scheme by sister firm Entanet, Entatech is giving away free VoIP to its customers.