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October 2012

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October 31
- Apple asks for hi-res music files for iTunes
- Humax launches 1TB Freesat Free Time box
- Aves Digital launches Bluetooth wireless speaker range
- Panasonic predicts £5.9bn loss as sales fall
October 30
- Disney to buy Lucasfilm and release new Star Wars film in 2015
- Gold-plated hi-fi, Sir? No problem
- Are we heading for an all-out tablet war?
October 29
- Google Nexus 10 launches as 'highest resolution tablet on the market'
- Google Nexus 4 by LG is official
- Google Nexus launch postponed due to Hurricane Sandy
October 27
- UPDATE: £200 32GB Google Nexus 7 confirmed, £150 less than iPad Mini
October 26
- Clearaudio launches high-end Ovation turntable
- Microsoft Surface RT tablet UK prices confirmed
October 25
- EE confirms 4G details and prices for Apple iPad Mini and iPad 4
- Parasound high-end hi-fi comes to Z Custom Series compact separates
October 24
- iPad Mini: hands-on review round-up
- HiFi Lounge promises "something different" and 10% discounts
- Well, would you Adam an' Eve it?
October 23
- Apple launches new iPad 4 - iPad 3 removed from Apple store
- Apple iPad Mini launches with 7.9in screen, prices from £269
- Live blog from Apple's iPad Mini event
- Microsoft launches Xbox Music and Xbox SmartGlass second screen app
- The end of 90 years of TV history as the last analogue transmitters go dark
- Marantz Consolette docking station on sale in November
- Digital switchover is complete
- Apple iPad Mini event confirmed for October 23rd – live from 6pm tonight
- Rara music streaming service updates apps and expands
- EE announces 4G phone plans
October 22
- Google Android event set to reveal Nexus tablets and phones
October 19
- Awards 2012 issue on sale now!
October 18
- Neil Young's hi-res audio service will lead to "ridicule and failure"
- LG and Samsung put OLED TVs on hold
- Supertooth launches aptX Bluetooth speaker and wireless headset
- 4G won't affect Freeview TV promise phone companies
- Sevenoaks Oxford store opens with special offers
October 17
- Digital radio report shows DAB uptake is growing slowly
- Beats by Dre launches Executive headphones and Beats Pill wireless speaker
October 16
- JAPAN: Panasonic's loss-making TV division to cut production of LCD and plasma panels
- Wilson Audio shrinks its huge Alexandria XLF speakers to create the (slightly less huge) Alexia
- NuForce adds upgradable Bluetooth speakers
- Sonos launches Play:3 bundle deal
October 15
- Cabasse launches stylish Alcyone 2 cinema system
- Xbox Music to take on iTunes and Spotify
October 12
- Arcam Q&A: Your questions answered
- EXCLUSIVE: Arcam unveils feature-packed A19 amplifier and rBlink Bluetooth receiver
- Monitor Audio launches WS100 wireless desktop speakers
- Online retailers failing to comply with consumer protection law, says OFT
October 11
- Bang & Olufsen launches first BeoVision Smart TV
- Deezer launches free version of music streaming service
October 10
- AQ SmartSpeaker streams from AirPlay, Android or Windows devices
- Google working with Samsung on a 10in Nexus tablet?
- 4K TV may be the Next Big Thing. Eventually. Or maybe not.
- Pure launches 'Jongo' multiroom audio range
- Samsung adds Spotify to its Smart TVs
October 9
- Sonus Faber parent Fine Sounds acquires McIntosh Laboratory
- KOREA: Smartphone success drives Samsung to record sales and profits
October 8
- Hands on: Sony KD-84X9005 4K TV review
October 5
- Chord Electronics' Reference power amps upgraded to MkII status
- Bang & Olufsen launches extraordinary new wireless speaker: the BeoPlay A9
- Sky Movies 007 HD channel to show full James Bond catalogue from today
- Radioplayer launches mobile app
October 4
- Apple one year after Jobs
October 3
- B&W gives its Panorama soundbar a makeover
- BBC Playlister to be iPlayer for music
October 2
- Rdio to pay artists for introducing new users
October 1
- The CD is 30 years old today