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Smart Cards: The Future Gate

Smart Cards: The Future Gate

...computers today, it is presumed that smart cards, which in fact contain tiny computers, will be used extensively in future for a variety of purposes... Read more

20 October, 2010

Dot-com rebranding makes a Tiny comeback

Tiny Computers has rebranded itself Tiny.com, which makes it one of the... Read more

6 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Tiny's big plans won't fall into Escom trap

UK PC maker and retailer Tiny Computers plans to double its number of UK stores to around 50... Read more

20 June, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones

Low-price PC king Tiny cuts again

...showrooms from which buyers can make next-day dispatch mail-order purchases. Tiny Computers can be contacted by telephone on 01293-821555 Read more

2 April, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Time Computers back in business

...shooting off all over the place". Another asset of GTG was the Tiny Computers name, which was sold to Watford Electronics in November. Tiny Computers... Read more

23 January, 2006 by Colin Barker

Time collapse: Debts could hit £70m

...was reported this week that the administrators had sold the assets of Tiny Computers and Tiny.com to Watford Electronics for an undisclosed sum. With... Read more

29 September, 2005 by Colin Barker

Tiny ray of hope for UK's high-tech sector

British PC builder bucks the trend by creating new jobs in Scotland, but denies rumours that the government gave it a grant in return Read more

14 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Tiny MediaBook Extreme

Despite its 933MHz desktop CPU, the MediaBook Extreme fails to outshine current 750MHz SpeedStep notebooks. Read more

13 October, 2000 by Charles McLellan

Olympians tracked by tiny computers

Skiers have a chip strapped to their ankles... Read more

11 February, 2002 by Pia Heikkila

Asset sale brings some hope to Tiny customers

Watford Electronics said on Tuesday that it had bought the assets of Tiny Computers, following the collapse of Granville Technology. However, there was no word... Read more

27 September, 2005 by Colin Barker

Unravelling the mystery of Time Computers

Administrators are searching for the owners of Time and Tiny Computers as they try to unravel the secrets of a complex company... Read more

1 August, 2005 by Colin Barker

Honey, I shrank the PC

IBM makes tiny computers... IBM's research division has shrunk the desktop computer into a... Read more

6 February, 2002 by Heather McLean

Microsoft tries again with ultramobile PCs

...month, at CES, Microsoft will be back with another round of the tiny computers. The latest tablets, code-named Vistagami because of their Windows Vista... Read more

22 December, 2006 by Ina Fried

Administrators still baffled over Time ownership

...When ZDNet UK called P400's support line, it was answered by Tiny Computers. A spokesman for Grant Thornton confirmed on Wednesday that P400 is... Read more

10 August, 2005 by Colin Barker

MP demands inquiry into Time Computers collapse

...into the collapse of Granville Technology Group, the owners of Time and Tiny Computers. Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, urged the Department of... Read more

4 August, 2005 by Colin Barker

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

2 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

8 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

9 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

10 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

14 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

14 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

15 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

18 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

18 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

18 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

21 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

24 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street