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Gerald Ratner is the entrepreneur who infamously said in 1991 that, while it was true a pair of gold earrings sold at his Ratners store cost less than a prawn sandwich from Marks and Spencer, they would probably not last as long as the sandwich. His empire subsequently collapsed, but …

Dynabook Europe has announced two new laptops, the Portégé X30-F and the Tecra X40-F, to mark ‘dynabook Day’, which celebrates 30 years of dynabook heritage. The devices are the first to be dynabook-branded in Europe following the rebrand of Toshiba’s computer business in April of this year. The new laptops …

In amongst global concerns over CPU shortages, Britain’s Brexit-induced economic concerns, and the on-going challenges both online and high street retailers are facing, it would be easy to assume most tech manufacturers would be proceeding with caution when selling to consumers and businesses. Considering the numerous retail reports of late …

The benefits of the cloud are not living up to the expectations of UK businesses according to a new report from Advanced. Only 44% say the flexibility of the cloud has lived up to their expectations followed by efficiencies (31%), productivity (30%) and mobile (21%). Just 19% say it has …

A 23-year-old man from Utah, USA, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for a series of DoS attacks against a number of gaming companies. The attacks took place throughout December 2013 and January 2014 and were directed at online gaming companies. Targets included Blizzard’s Battle.net and League of …

The Synaxon UK Member Conference 2019 signalled a ‘new start’ for the channel service group – Mike Barron, Channel Director at Synaxon UK, told PCR about the conference and the investment that is being made to expand the team and deliver new service to its members. The Synaxon UK Member …

MMD has launched two new Philips LCD monitors – the  24” 241B7QUBHEB and the 27” 272B7QUBHEB. Both monitors come with a USB dock and are designed with today’s professionals in mind. These monitors bring together a host of time-saving, productivity-enhancing features to simplify and facilitate the workday. The 241B7QUBHEB and …

Sony has expanded its 1000X family with the addition of a new set of wireless headphones – the WF-1000XM3. The WF-1000XM3 headphones feature dual noise sensor technology that works with the new HD noise cancelling processor QN1e to catch and cancel noise respectively. One feed-forward microphone and one feed-back microphone …

WatchGuard Technologies has signed a UK distribution agreement with Oxfordshire-based Purdicom, which specialises in delivering networking, wireless and cloud-based solutions. WatchGuard’s security technology incorporates a full suite of services needed to provide enterprise-grade security to mid-sized organisations, including: advanced services for protecting against evolving malware, ransomware and data breaches, as …

British retailers are wasting on average £178,000 in failed e-commerce budget according to a study by Greenlight Commerce. The study, which questioned 100 UK-based e-commerce decision-makers within the retail sector, reveals that “an internal war is waging within retail businesses as IT and marketing teams blame each other”. More than …

Entanet has launched Ethernet Flex 1Gbps across the UK on its CityFibre full fibre infrastructure. With a guaranteed rate of 200Mbps both up and down and the provision to burst up to 1Gbps, it promises to serves businesses’ need for a “consistently reliable and fast connection for day-to-day operations”, as well …

With consumers now demanding an enhanced digital experience more than ever, Lynne Capozzi, CMO at Acquia, looks at how marketers can operate in the modern climate. One of the great things about technology is that it has raised all of our expectations. Once upon a time, people worried that controlling their …