Growth in the numbers of UK digital TV users has helped set-top box maker Amstrad to an interim £7.1m pre-tax profit. UK regulator Ofcom says more than half of UK households have digital TV. In a ...

One of the joys of the UK’s Electromagnetic Field hacker camp lies in the junk table, where trash turns to treasure in the blink of an eye. This year I returned relatively unscathed from my few days ...

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Anyone out there with an old forgotten Amstrad computer in their attic – you’re about to have an 8-bit of luck. Because the man who sold it to you might be offering to buy it back. Amstrad founder ...

Lord Alan Sugar is set to revive his famous brand Amstrad with the launch of a new digital marketing company led by his grandson, 17 years after selling the business to Sky. The business mogul, who ...

IBM and Compaq may be winning the war for corporate domination, but Amstrad is the second most common desktop PC, installed in more UK companies than Compaq. IBM dominates the PC server and desktop ...

In a move that will delight anyone who grew up in the Eighties, Amstrad is planning a spectacular relaunch of the old ZX Spectrum brand. The scheme will play directly into the new craze called ...

Sir Alan Sugar has agreed to sell his Amstrad electronics business to broadcaster BSkyB for #125 million. Star of TV’s The Apprentice, Sir Alan founded Amstrad in 1968, supplying computers and other ...

The £234 million UK mega-merger was called off Friday about 3pm after a month of discussion when Psion chiefs said they had decided not to go ahead. Both parties said they didn't expect the deal to be ...

Amstrad is appealing against a UK High Court decision to award it #27.9 million on top of damages it had previously won from Seagate Technology on the grounds that the payment is ?insufficient?. In ...

Amstrad, the electronics group chaired by Sir Alan Sugar, has halved the price of its "emailer-plus" phone to £49.99 to boost sluggish sales. Shares in the lossmaking company rose 1.5 to 24.5p on talk ...