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Entanet is a top 100 hit Wholesale voice and data communications provider Entanet has made the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for the third year running, securing 89th place in the list of the UK’s fastest growing privately-owned tech, telecoms and digital media companies. Entanet is one of only 31 companies outside of London and the South East to 3D glasses put off US viewers have made the list. The firm was US consumers are attracted to the also named for the second year immersive quality of 3D TV but are running in The Guardian’s 2010 putt off buying one by both the cost Tech Media Invest Top 100, which and the need to wear special glasses, awards innovation and creativite according to a study by Nielsen. 57 firms in the technology market. per cent said 3D TV made them feel ‘part of the action’, while 48 per cent Two thirds have experienced said they felt more engaged with cybercrime what they were watching. However, Around 65 per cent of adults have 57 per cent said they were put off by been a victim of cybercrime, having to wear 3D glasses. 68 per security vendor Symantec has cent said the cost of the device was found. The latest Norton an issue, while 44 per cent were Cybercrime Report said that just concerned by the lack of 3D content. nine per cent of people feel "very safe" online while only three per HP settles Mark Hurd lawsuit cent of internet users think Hewlett-Packard has settled a lawsuit cybercrime won’t happen to them. filed against former CEO Mark Hurd, Symantec said that 51 per cent of after he took a job at Oracle weeks users had experienced viruses or after stepping down at HP. Hurd was malware, ten per cent had fallen appointed president of Oracle after foul of online scams while nine per leaving his former role amid cent had experienced phishing allegations he had a relationship with attacks. Seven per cent had also an employee and filed improper experienced social network profile expense claims. Oracle chief exec hacking and a similar number had Larry Ellison, who initially described been struck by credit card fraud. the lawsuit as “vindictive”, said the two firms would continue to work with each other.

Digital games overtake boxed The value of the digital PC games market is now far greater than the boxed sector, analysis group NPD has found. According to the report, 11.2 million PC games were Now PC Answers closes purchased in North America between January and June 2010. In FUTURE HAS closed popular the same period just 8.2 million consumer mag PC Answers, after a boxed PC games were bought at retail. However, physical products review of its entire PC business. generated better revenues, holding The news follows the closure of on to 57 per cent of the market. legendary gaming title PC Zone, which Kindle beats iPad as an e- published its last issue in September. VIP signs Mobilis reader The specialist publisher insisted it VIP Computers has signed an The majority of people prefer exclusive UK distribution deal with reading e-books on Amazon’s would continue to support the mobile IT accessory firm Mobilis. It Kindle over Apple’s iPad, a remaining titles in its PC portfolio. will see the distie launching the survey of 1,000 UK and US “Following a strategic review of our Mobilis Bump range into the UK users by news navigator PC portfolio, we’re sorry to announce market. The notebook and netbook OneNewsPage.com has found. bags in the range use the vendor’s 65 per cent said they would that we've taken the difficult decision to patented ‘dynamic spring system’ choose Amazon’s device, close PC Answers,” said publisher to absorb shocks and impacts. despite the iPad’s ‘compelling’ Charlotte Morgan. The magazine on sale PC Plus, PC Format, What Laptop and Dejan Draguljevic, Mobilis’ UK and multi-functionality. The study North America sales director, said: also found that just over half – in October will be the final issue. the continued growth of our bookazine “Within a very competitive market, 53 per cent – would rather read “The team have done an excellent job roster. We’re actively seeking other not only for products but also e-books on holiday than in creating a compelling, well-followed opportunities for the four members of distributors, Mobilis felt the VIP paperbacks. Of those surveyed, magazine, which makes this decision staff affected by PC Answer’s closure. I’d Computers offering mirrored its 16 per cent said they owned own when looking to take products both a Kindle and an iPad. even harder. We are focusing our print like to thank them for their great work to market.” efforts on Official Windows Magazine, over a number of years.”

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