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  • Hurd back in spotlight after Fisher letter emerges

    The reasons Mark Hurd was ousted from his position as CEO of Hewlett-Packard back in the summer of 2012 became a bit clearer over the New Year break with a letter that contained some serious allegations of misconduct becoming public. Hurd, who is no... 

  • Apple's designer Ive awarded knighthood

    The New Year's Honour list had a touch of technology about it with Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive being awarded a knighthood. The British designer is credited with influencing the appearance of some of Apple's most i... 

  • News review of the year Q4

    Cisco was slamming its rival HP as the fallout from its CEO changes continued, the Thailand floods caused havoc in the hard disk drive market and December started with some distribution veterans returning to the fold and getting promoted. October ... 

  • News review of the year Q3

    A quarter including the cloud, the BSA cracking down on licensed software and some sobering thoughts about the state of the economy from some of the major players in distribution. July The Business Software Alliance (BSA) caught out another busine... 

  • News review of the year Q2

    The second quarter saw the consequences of the Japanese quake continue to impact the industry and MicroScope get new owners. Elsewhere in the channel there were signs that the public sector cuts were starting to bite. April The prospect of componen... 

  • News review of the year Q1

    What will people say when they look back over 2011? It's been a tough year economically as the world continues to try to recover from the global crisis of 2008 triggered by the banks. On the technology front its been a moment when consumerisation wen... 

  • Fall-out from Thai floods set to run into first quarter

    As manufacturer inventories run dry and prices start to climb further the impact of the Thailand floods on the hard disc drive market is likely to make it a difficult period from the start of next year. The floods devastated large parts of the count... 

  • MicroScope's top stories, week ending 16 December 2011

    Unlicensed software costs grandstand seating firm £11K A grandstand seating company hasbeen forced to settle and shell out£11,000 afterbeing caught using unlicensed software by the Business Software Alliance. As a result of an anonymous w... 

  • HDD shortages hit Intel forecasts

    Intel has cut its Q4 forecasts because of the ongoing shortages of hard disc drives (HDD) caused by the Thai floods warning investors it will miss the numbers it had previously been aiming for. The impact of the floods is now expected to take revenue... 

  • MicroScope's top stories, week ending 09 December 2011

    It could have been very easy this week to forget that there was a world outside of Brussels as Europe's leaders converged on the City to try and save the Euro. But in the tech world there were some interesting thoughts about the spread of consumerisa...