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The £1,200 server was returned but police found insufficient evidence to find the thief

The citizens of Milan – which, like other Italian cities, faces surging unemployment and a vicious recession – wrestled at the weekend with the additional prospect of being unable to buy Dolce & Gabbana’s highly priced clothes for a few days.

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Price cut likely in anticipation of a refresh of the Surface range

New handset set to be unveiled on July 11 with a rumoured 41-megapixel camera

Do we still have the bug for the retro Beetle cabriolet?

With no hint of compromise between army and Islamists and violence spreading, few are inclined to see this as a 'benign coup'

There have long been promises for Microsoft to become a "devices and services company", but just how this will look remains unclear

Nicky Philipps is not happy when she admits me to her small though perfectly-formed studio bang in the heart of Kensington. She has just been sent the Royal Mail image of the stamp with her painting of the Queen, and is disappointed that they cropped her full-length image to a head shot, although she confesses that it was her choice to paint the Queen full length, complete with a complement of dogs — corgis and dorgis around her feet.

Stamping on Cole and biting allegation on Lions tour have put softly-spoken prop in spotlight

11-inch and 13-inch models are lighter than the MacBook Air, but build quality suffers

It also has a split personality on operating systems - running Windows 8 and Android Jelly Bean

Although most of the anger directed at the new Xbox One has focused on Microsoft’s policies regarding second-hand games, the actual look of the new console has also been met with confusion.