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Loss Of Momentum For Feisty AMD
News While it appears to have had a strong first two months of the fourth quarter, when PC makers were gearing up for the holiday season, it could have seen weaker sales in December. The company finally broke into Dell computers during the second half...
[January 15, 2007, 8:38]
Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
Talkback I Just had a call from the same number but they did not say win but they did say that i had a holiday for £49.50 pp for upto 4 people and £50 worth of vouchers, just for going and listening for a couple of hours.
[August 25, 2006, 17:37]
Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
Talkback Then this morning another call from Sunshine Travel saying I was one of 50 pulled out of the hat to win 1 week holiday in Canaries or Spain to be taken over the next 18months. I had a call from someone doing a survey a week or so ago.
[February 3, 2006, 12:14]
Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
Talkback ST said my name was one of the first to be drawn out of a hat this morning and that I had won a 7 day holiday for 4 that I could take any time within the next 18 months. They asked me to claim my holiday by calling 'freephone' number 0800 652 65 66...
[October 3, 2005, 13:48]
UK Government Rejects Key-escrow Resurrection
Talkback The scam behind that one, like all US con companies, it is for 1 person only, you have to purchase other holiday places for at least 1 other adult at an inflated price and they insist on their holiday insurance.
[August 12, 2005, 13:23]
You've Got Mail! Portals Hungry For Piece Of E-commerce Pie
News This holiday season, users will spend $2.3 billion (£1.3 billion) on the Internet, compared to $1.1 billion (£0.6 billion) last year, according to Jupiter Communications. But while the mall might be the destination of choice for busy holiday...
[November 16, 1998, 14:53]
Programming Geeks Fight To The Finish
News While the rest of the nation lounges on the beach and bids farewell to summer, some computer programmers will spend the US Labor Day holiday weekend creating software robots that will deliver virtual packages while shoving each other into lethal...
[September 2, 2002, 7:53]
Are Web Broker Stocks Ready To Run?
News Like the glut of holiday advertising, .coms managed to go overboard with the bowl season. After a very active November, December is shaping up to be our busiest month ever, with customer daily average revenue trades of 236,000 through the 27th...
[January 6, 2000, 13:10]
0800 0191905 - Not The Magic Number - I Guess
Talkback This bird asks me for my details etc.and tells me that I could win a free holiday. So I thought I'd google the 0800 number - glad I did 'caused I'm dead easy to sell to and I'd probably end up paying them £10k a year for a holiday that I did not want.
[March 14, 2007, 13:56]
Nuggets: Sony DV Camera Ain't Cheap - But Oh So Cool...
News Holiday memories will never look the same Lots of ways to make your holiday video slightly more interesting. This time Sony want you to use Memory Stick to transfer digital images from the camcorder to your PC -- the connection kit includes a...
[June 18, 1999, 10:13]
AMD Edges Ahead Of Intel
News Continuing to hold this lead in the holiday season would be a colossal win for the company," Matt Sargent, Current Analysis research director, said in a statement. October, according to a report released on Tuesday by market researcher, Current...
[November 8, 2005, 17:00]
Lastminute.com Overwhelmed By Demand
News A spokeswoman for Lastminute.com told The Guardian that the combined effect of a competition to win a free holiday, a free book offer and the recent launch of the company's biggest ever television and online advertising campaign had caused the...
[January 3, 2006, 16:30]
Virus Alerts: One Sublime, One Ridiculous
News Seperately, ZDNet offices received yet another hoax email claiming a virus is embedded in an email with the subject line "Win a Holiday". Running a program on a infected computer on any day other than the 26th will cause that program to be infected.
[November 11, 1998, 13:00]
Creative To Develop Media2Go Device
News Riseland would not discuss an official launch date for Media2Go devices or pricing, although Microsoft has set a target of holiday availability. Brian Riseland, product manager for Microsoft's Embedded and Appliance Platforms group, also regarded...
[March 13, 2003, 12:46]
Munich's Linux Plans Attract International Attention
News The local government in Munich initially decided to move to Linux in May 2003, despite Microsoft's best efforts to dissuade them -- chief executive Steve Ballmer reportedly interrupted a ski holiday in Switzerland to pay a personal visit to Munich...
[October 26, 2004, 14:50]
Nintendo Readies Console Counterpunch
News Haddrell added that he expects sales of Metal Gear Solid 2, a highly anticipated new action game for PlayStation2, to dwarf game sales for both of the new consoles during the holiday season. That's unlikely to be enough to satisfy holiday demand...
[November 16, 2001, 12:31]
Leader: No Guts, Little Glory For Amazon.com Pundits
News Why are these analysts changing their tune heading into what promises to be the most prolific holiday shopping season in the online world's brief history? We continue to believe that Amazon will win the eCommerce game, one day becoming a huge...
[November 1, 1999, 11:53]
Panasonic Promises Longer DVD-DVR Recording
News In the future, however, most of the worldwide volume will come from the US market, which manufacturers are expected to aggressively target in the holiday season. The consumer-electronics maker said on Monday that its Panasonic DMR-E100H device will...
[July 15, 2003, 9:59]
TechXNY Refocuses On Corporate IT
News HP will also announce several HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario desktops, set to be released in time for the holiday season. HP will use PC Expo to unveil its latest consumer PCs and update its line of HP Compaq thin clients, basic computer terminals...
[September 15, 2003, 11:00]
Gates Looks Beyond IE 5 Release
News The company will offer Win 98 2E on new holiday PCs as a preload and at retail for the same price that Windows 98 sells today. Gates called the IE 5.0 launch "a big milestone" for the company. Still, there were a couple of surprise announcements at...
[March 19, 1999, 9:05]
