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Windows 7
"Windows 7 is what Vista should have been" |
Early tech reviews around the world for Windows 7 have been positive and there is a good chance many individual consumers will feel the same. But Microsoft will find it more challenging with businesses, which favour XP's stability and convenience over cool looks and features.
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Apple bucks the recession
"New products to follow the most profitable quarter, ever"
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Apple has once again run the recession's undershorts up the flagpole during its fiscal fourth quarter 2009, with profits soaring 46% compared to the same time last year.
"We are thrilled to have sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter," said Apple boss Steve Jobs in a statement. "We've got a very strong lineup for the holiday season and some really great new products in the pipeline for 2010."
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Sorting late payments
Small and medium enterprises(SMEs) in the UK are owed a total of £30.4bn.
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British small and medium businesses are still struggling with late payments despite government promises to sort the issue out.
The average figure owed to small firms has actually fallen, but the number of firms suffering from late payments is up from 684,000 in 2008 to 1.085m this year. Whilst some are undoubtedly struggling, others are thought to be playing the system.
To prevent this, businesses have been snapping up new credit checking software (such as CreditGuardian) whilst others have been changing payment terms and credit agreements.
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TV licences for the PC
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TV Licensing is reminding firms that they need a licence if machines are
plugged in - someone watching live broadcasts via a mobile or laptop is
covered by their own home licence as long as they don't plug the
machine into a power socket. Once it's plugged in it is considered
"installed", and therefore becomes the responsibility of the company.
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Licensing caught 214,000 people without licences in the first six
months of 2009 - 5,000 more than in the same period of 2008.
Rumours that telly licensing's famous detector vans contain nothing more than a man, his sandwiches and a Thermos are strongly disputed on its website.
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