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The story of the company's rise from a minority player in an overlooked market to a behemoth turning over nearly Â£2 billion at its peak in 2009 is only topped by the meteoric rate at which it fell into financial non-viability. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/in-depth/it-business/3349224/game-of-two-halves/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3348503/game-group-sold-comet-owner-for-1/" title="GAME Group sold to Comet owner for Â£1">GAME Group sold to Comet owner for Â£1</a></h3> <p>Beleaguered high street video game retailer GAME Group has been sold to OpCapita for a nominal Â£1 fee, taking the company out of administration. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3348503/game-group-sold-comet-owner-for-1/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/video/it-business/3348195/webcast-trailer-maximising-business-efficiency--flexibility-with-virtualisation/" title="Webcast trailer: Maximising business efficiency & flexibility with virtualisation">Webcast trailer: Maximising business efficiency & flexibility with virtualisation</a></h3> <p>Watch this webcast and join our panel of experts to discuss the rapidly changing virtualisation landscape and the technologies, tools and services available to deliver efficient, flexible, secure and cost-effective virtualisation from your server deployments. We hope this webcast and the resources available will help you take virtualisation to the next level. Register for the full webcast here. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/video/it-business/3348195/webcast-trailer-maximising-business-efficiency--flexibility-with-virtualisation/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3346021/video-game-retailer-game-group-goes-into-administration/" title="Video game retailer Game Group goes into administration">Video game retailer Game Group goes into administration</a></h3> <p>The executive board of UK specialist video game retailer GAME Group have announced their intention to appoint an administrator to oversee drastic measures designed to cover the companyâ€™s liabilities to lenders and creditors. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3346021/video-game-retailer-game-group-goes-into-administration/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3339022/mobile-network-3-calls-on-government-lower-europe-data-roaming-charges/" title="Mobile network 3 calls on government to lower Europe data roaming charges">Mobile network 3 calls on government to lower Europe data roaming charges</a></h3> <p>UK mobile network 3 has launched a campaign to lower mobile roaming charges in Europe with an open letter to the government minister responsible for telecoms regulation, Ed Vaizey MP. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3339022/mobile-network-3-calls-on-government-lower-europe-data-roaming-charges/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3329014/game-retailer-fears-lender-trouble-after-slow-christmas/" title="Game retailer fears lender trouble after slow Christmas">Game retailer fears lender trouble after slow Christmas</a></h3> <p>Specialist video games retailer Game Group, which owns the high street chains Game and Gamestation, has seen shares tumble after announcing dire financial results today. It warned that continued poor results could mean it breaches its loan covenants. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3329014/game-retailer-fears-lender-trouble-after-slow-christmas/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/12/open-source-offers-an-answer-to-the-carrieriq-spying-controversy/index.htm" title="Open source offers an answer to the CarrierIQ spying controversy">Open source offers an answer to the CarrierIQ spying controversy</a></h3> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/12/open-source-offers-an-answer-to-the-carrieriq-spying-controversy/index.htm" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/video/it-business/3312963/the-third-platform-of-it-unified-communications-and-social-media/" title="The third platform of IT: Unified communications and social media">The third platform of IT: Unified communications and social media</a></h3> <p>Leo King talks to IDC's associate vice president of telecommunications and networking, Chris Barnard, about the challenges businesses face when re-orienting their IT structure to cope with new social and communication opportunities. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/video/it-business/3312963/the-third-platform-of-it-unified-communications-and-social-media/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/09/it-came-from-outer-space/index.htm" title="It came from outer space">It came from outer space</a></h3> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/09/it-came-from-outer-space/index.htm" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3295333/swedish-man-arrested-for-building-nuclear-reactor-in-kitchen/" title="Swedish man arrested for building nuclear reactor in kitchen">Swedish man arrested for building nuclear reactor in kitchen</a></h3> <p>A Swedish man who kept a blog chronicling his attempts to build a homemade nuclear reactor in his apartment has shut down the project after being arrested by police and held under suspicion of breaching radioactive material safety laws. If convicted of an offence, he faces heavy fines or up to two years in jail. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3295333/swedish-man-arrested-for-building-nuclear-reactor-in-kitchen/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> </div> <div class="contentColumn last"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/08/euclideon-promises-ten-thousand-times-more-detailed-graphics/index.htm" title="Euclideon promises ten thousand times more detailed graphics">Euclideon promises ten thousand times more detailed graphics</a></h3> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/08/euclideon-promises-ten-thousand-times-more-detailed-graphics/index.htm" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/07/the-suns-password-policy-sucks/index.htm" title="The Sun's password policy sucks">The Sun's password policy sucks</a></h3> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/07/the-suns-password-policy-sucks/index.htm" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/advice/infrastructure/3290210/vmware-tell-us-how-to-maximise-cost-savings-with-virtualisation/" title="VMware tell us how to maximise cost savings with virtualisation">VMware tell us how to maximise cost savings with virtualisation</a></h3> <p>Experts from virtual infrastructure specialists VMWare and Dell are set to share their knowledge on how to successfully pilot a virtualisation project from inception to completion, while maximising the return on investment and innovation in service delivery and application agility. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/advice/infrastructure/3290210/vmware-tell-us-how-to-maximise-cost-savings-with-virtualisation/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/in-depth/public-sector/3280595/a-guide-to-the-crisis-in-the-nhs-national-it-programme/" title="A guide to the crisis in the NHS national IT programme">A guide to the crisis in the NHS national IT programme</a></h3> <p>With the publication of the National Audit Office report into the performance of the national IT modernisation programme undertaken by senior health service officials and contractors CSC and BT, it has become clear that the project's goal of instituting a single electronic health record for every NHS patient in Britain is not going to be achieved, at least without some extraoridinary measures. <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/windows-watch/2011/03/watch-one-chat-bot-turing-test-another/index.htm" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3263133/crown-prosecution-service-drops-charges-in-bittorrent-piracy-case/" title="Crown Prosecution Service drops charges in BitTorrent piracy case">Crown Prosecution Service drops charges in BitTorrent piracy case</a></h3> <p>Officials for the Crown Prosecution Service have dropped all conspiracy to infringe copyright charges against two administrators of the FileSoup BitTorrent tracker. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003358/http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3263133/crown-prosecution-service-drops-charges-in-bittorrent-piracy-case/" class="readMore">read more »</a></p> <h3><a 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