Alex fails to scrub up as apprentices get soapy November 10, 2010 THIS week Christopher finally burst into life. Who? Well, it’s hard to say. You might have spotted him in the background but so far his input has been negligible. Last night was his moment to shine. So what was it that coaxed him into action? Was he biding his time all the while, observing and [...]
Embattled Symbian boosted by 11 new Japanese handsets November 9, 2010 IN A rare show of support for Nokia’s embattled smartphone operating system Symbian, Japan’s Fujitsu and Sharp yesterday unveiled 11 new handsets powered by the software. Though Symbian is the most popular smartphone operating system, activated on more than 400m phones since 2000, it has lost ground since the introduction of Apple’s iPhone in 2007, [...]
Shoppers drawn to Covent Garden by new Apple store November 9, 2010 COVENT Garden is reclaiming its historic role as London’s shopping hub after the opening of the new Apple store in August attracted tens of thousands more shoppers to the area. Capital & Counties (C&C), one of the area’s biggest landlords, said that the area has seen an 11 per cent increase in the number of [...]
Wall Street falls as banks and strong dollar weigh November 8, 2010 WALL Street retreated from a two-year high yesterday, weighed down by financial stocks and a stronger dollar. The broad S&P 500 has risen five straight weeks, supported by the Federal Reserve’s plan to buy $600bn of treasuries to lower interest rates and reinvigorate a sluggish economy. With those gains, traders said most S&P sectors were [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 5, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES NEW HOLE IN CONNAUGHT DEBT The scale of debt at Connaught, the collapsed property services group, will be greater than previously thought after administrators found 50,000 invoices that the company had not accounted for. Management accounts had led administrators from KPMG to believe that the social housing maintenance arm of Connaught owed £46m [...]
APPLE DOMINATES TABLET MARKET November 2, 2010 APPLE dominated the global market for tablets in the third quarter amid limited competition for its iPad device. Almost 95 per cent of all tablet computer shipments in the quarter were of Apple’s iPad tablet, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. The research firm said the tablet computer shipments rose 26 per cent from [...]
Intel on track to launch new tablet chips November 1, 2010 Intel is on track to launch an improved chip platform aimed at the fast-expanding tablet market, where so far it has trailed nimble competitors that specialise in cheap low-power processors. Code-named Oak Trail and due to begin shipping in early 2011, the chips have much-improved energy efficiency and hold their own compared to processors made [...]
Apple under pressure to make a big money deal November 1, 2010 APPLE has $51bn (£32bn) burning a hole in its very deep pockets. This has led to rumours it is about to buy anything from a small European nation (possibly Belgium) to a terracotta army fashioned in the image of its iconic leader Steve Jobs. Most persistent, though are the whispers that it is fallen Japanese [...]
Apple sues Motorola October 31, 2010 Apple yesterday launched legal action against rival Motorola, claiming the Droid smartphone maker infringes on three iPhone patents. Cupertino, California-based Apple says Motorola is purposefully using its touchscreen software, as well as other display technologies. The suit comes after Motorola sued Apple in Delaware court earlier this month, asking a judge to declare it is [...]
Microsoft sees its profits double as Xbox sales rise October 28, 2010 MICROSOFT reported a higher-than-expected jump in first quarter profits of 51 per cent yesterday, helped by increased sales of its flagship Windows and Office software and the launch of the latest blockbuster Halo video game. The world’s largest software company posted profits of $5.41bn (£3.4bn), or 62 cents per share, in the three months to [...]