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  • Encyclopedia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Edition

    Focus Software has launched the 2009 version of the Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Edition. The £39.99 program contains more than 100,000 separate articles on a diverse range of subjects.

  • Antec Skeleton open-frame PC case

    Antec has launched the Skeleton, an open-frame PC case it claims is the first to be available to consumers. The open structure of the case is designed to maximise airflow and cooling while also offering a high level of flexibility.

  • Opinion: Microsoft goes back to basics with Windows 7

    New versions of Windows are subject to enough analysis, hype and speculation without reading too much into Microsoft's thought process when deciding upon official brand names. So forgive me for doing exactly that following the company's decision to reveal the official branding of Windows Vista's successor.

  • Opinion: Microsoft goes back to basics with Windows 7

    New versions of Windows are subject to enough analysis, hype and speculation without reading too much into Microsoft's thought process when deciding upon official brand names. So forgive me for doing exactly that following the company's decision to reveal the official branding of Windows Vista's successor.

  • News: Microsoft officially names Windows 7

    Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will retain its name when it is made publicly available.

  • News: BT names '40Mbps' fibre broadband exchanges

    BT has announced that residents of Muswell Hill in London, and Whitchurch in South Glamorgan will be the first to receive its next generation broadband service in a new trial.

  • News: Happy birthday, mobile phone!

    The first US commercial cellular call was placed on October 13, 1983 from the president of Ameritech Mobile Communications in Chicago to the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell in Germany - using Motorola's DynaTAC 8000X portable cellular phone.

  • News: Microsoft makes Silverlight 2 available

    Microsoft has made its Silverlight 2 technology for rich internet applications available to the public

  • News: Hoax M&S voucher email returns

    A fake email that claims to be from Marks and Spencer offering recipients up to £500 in vouchers has resurfaced again, over a year after its first appearance.

  • News: Norton, BitDefender & McAfee slammed in study

    Security software suites are doing a poor job of detecting when a PC's software is under attack, according to Danish vendor Secunia.

  • News: MySpaceMyAds offers DIY marketing platform

    MySpace has launched a beta version of its DIY advertising platform. The new MySpaceMyAds allows individuals and small businesses to create their own ads that can be customised to specific users of the social network.

  • News: Warning over fake Windows security alert

    Microsoft has warned that scammers are sending out fake emails that claim to include critical Windows security alerts.

  • News: Mandriva Linux 2009 available in three editions

    Mandriva has released the 2009 update to its flagship Linux distribution, Mandriva Linux.

  • News: Sarah Palin ordered to freeze Yahoo Mail records

    Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been ordered to preserve email messages in her personal email accounts that relate to state business, according to an Anchorage newspaper.

  • News: IT industry to avoid second dotcom bust

    Research firm Gartner said the IT industry will have to cope with decreasing budgets as a result of the current economic uncertainty, but tech firms are unlikely to face the extreme cuts seen following the dotcom bust in 2001.

  • News: Download problems after OpenOffice 3.0 launches

    The release of a new version of the OpenOffice 3.0 productivity suite hit a snag on Monday when the community experienced website problems that made downloading the suite extremely slow and at times impossible for users.

  • News: AMD: no DoJ court case over ATI strategies

    The DoJ has ended an investigation into the pricing and marketing strategies of AMD-owned graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies.

  • News: Orange ditches BlackBerry Bold after 3G woes

    Orange UK has stopped selling RIM's BlackBerry Bold mobile phone handset. Orange took the decision to ditch the BlackBerry Bold smartphone after concerns were raised over potential software problems with the snazzy-looking device.

  • News: Analyst: Microsoft to buy BlackBerry

    Microsoft may have its eye on Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the Blackberry range of handsets, says one analyst.

  • News: Play.com offers DRM-free MP3s

    PlayDigital, the MP3 download service from etailer Play.com is now offering DRM-free music.