If Clive Sinclair’s genius in consumer electronics was in using ingenious hacks to make cheaper parts do greater things, then his Amstrad competitor Alan Sugar’s was in selling decade-old technology ...
If you were a computer-mad teen in the late 1980s, you were probably in the process of graduating from an 8-bit machine to a 16-bit one, maybe an Amiga, or an Atari ST. For the first time though you ...
The Amstrad CPC has turned 40. If you were ‘there at the time’, we can only apologise for making you feel ancient. Or, you know, spend some time celebrating a British classic – the home micro that ...
The tycoon, who fronts BBC One reality series The Apprentice, bought back the rights to the household brand name for new agency Amstrad Digital. Lord Sugar criticised the 'belligerent' old management ...
Lord Sugar is bringing back his famous brand Amstrad with a new digital marketing company led by his grandson. The business mogul, who stars in BBC One's The Apprentice, bought back the rights to the ...
In 1989, UK computing icon Amstrad was poised for world domination and, if not for a product recall, it could be as big as Apple today, according to Nick Hewer, Countdown presenter and formerly Alan ...
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 ...
UK consumer electronics manufacturer Amstrad is halving the price of its e-m@iler Plus in an attempt to boost uptake of the device. Amstrad announced on Thursday that it has cut the cost of an ...
Lord Alan Sugar has bought back the rights to the name Amstrad, 17 years after selling it to Sky, for a new digital marketing firm led by his grandson. The business magnate and TV personality, best ...
Broadcaster BSkyB has struck a deal to buy television set-top box maker Amstrad for about £125m. Amstrad, which was founded by the star of BBC One's The Apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar, supplies about 30% ...
During my 15 years as a video games journalist, I have repeatedly been accused of nicking my writing style straight from the pages of classic computing mags Zzap! and Crash. I wholeheartedly refute ...
RJ "Bob" Watkins, the chief executive of UK consumer electronics firm Amstrad, has resigned after the company's profits slumped. Chairman Sir Alan Sugar will replace Mr Watkins who was with the ...