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  • News: Special in-flight Flybook laptop 'next month'

    So you're two hours into a long-haul flight trying to watch a DVD on your laptop when the person in front of you decides to go to sleep, throws his seat back an obnoxious 30 degrees and shoves your tray table and notebook into your stomach.

  • News: Greenpeace slams high-tech toxic waste

    Members of the international environmental group Greenpeace have protested at the Computex trade show in Taipei. The group was seeking to bring to the attention of show-goers the issue of electronic waste, displaying shocking pictures of the consequences of high-tech pollution.

  • News: Sophos upgrades security software

    Sophos has incorporated several new features in a security software package that allows network administrators to manage security for thousands of computers from a single console.

  • News: Intel: no support for DDR3 RAM until mid-2007

    PC enthusiasts hoping to see faster memory chips in the near future will have to wait until around the middle of next year, because that's when Intel plans to add support for DDR3 to its chipsets.

  • News: Microsoft releases Vista public beta

    Microsoft has launched its widest release yet of the beta version of its troubled next-generation Windows Vista operating system.

  • Opinion: Web spoils Brangelina baby pic exclusive

    After tabloid editors were locked in an office overnight and made to bid for snaps of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's newborn child, People was announced the winner, coughing up $4.1m for the spoils.

  • News: Microsoft still working on tiny Haiku PC

    The lacklustre reception of the ultramobile PC hasn't put Microsoft off the portable PC space. In fact, the company has continued to work on another mini-Tablet PC concept called the Haiku, and expects it on the market within the next few years.

  • News: UK looks to get tough on cybercrime

    Tightening up existing legislation will help UK authorities to prosecute hackers better and put them in prison longer – but analysts question whether the moves will constrict an explosive growth in costly cybercrime.

  • News: No-show for Quad SLI at Computex

    nVidia's Quad SLI graphics technology produces stunning images, but you won't see them displayed on the show floor at Computex.

  • News: Communications blamed in London bomb response

    The lack of a functioning radio communications system within the London Underground limited the response to the 7 July bombings last year, a new report has concluded.

  • News: Via goes pret-a-porter with Vogue PCs

    Via is going pret-a-porter with Vogue, its latest reference design for PC makers, announced today at the Computex exhibition in Taipei.

  • News: Google ads used to hock dodgy antispyware

    A man accused of using Microsoft's name on Google's AdWords system to trick consumers into buying ineffective antispyware software has agreed to pay $2,000 to settle the charges.

  • News: Microsoft takes aim at MySpace

    Microsoft is planning to incorporate social networking features into its MSN Spaces blog publishing and hosting service and build in support for Gadgets.

  • News: Russian extortion Trojan hits web

    A week after a woman from Rochdale was reported to have fallen victim to an encryption Trojan, Arhiveus-A, an older rival has reappeared on the internet.

  • Opinion: MacBooks getting hot and bothered

    Apple has acknowledged that some of its new MacBook laptops could be overheating due to a piece of clear plastic covering the vent.

  • News: Intel looks beyond entertainment with Viiv

    For the moment, Intel's Viiv platform is all about digital entertainment, but that might not always be the case.

  • News: Acer to launch HD-DVD laptop this month

    Acer will launch a laptop computer with an HD-DVD drive later this month, it said today at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.

  • News: Intel chipset marks start of offensive

    Intel launched a chipset for desktop computers today and vowed to take back market share lost to its main rival AMD by the end of this year.

  • News: AMD/Dell deal 'surprised' Intel

    A top Intel executive today admitted that the company was surprised by Dell's decision to use AMD processors in some of its high-end servers.

  • News: Web-based spreadsheet offered by Google?

    Google will launch a web-based spreadsheet program today, as it continues building a suite of office applications to rival those offered by Microsoft, according to reports.