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• 14 August 2006

• News: Dell offers refunds to unhappy customers

  When a group of Chinese customers complained in June that their recently purchased Dell laptops did not ship with the right processor, they vented their displeasure publicly and began plans to bring a lawsuit against the company.

• News: Microsoft fixes Visual Basic 2005 compiler

  Issues with use of Microsoft's Visual Basic 2005 compiler in large projects have prompted the company to release a Quick Fix Engineering update to address major problems.

• News: Microsoft will not compensate for delays

  Microsoft has said reports that it secretly plans to offer 'reparations' to corporate customers hurt by delays in the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 are inaccurate.

• 13 August 2006

• News: Inside the Mac Pro's processor

  Although Intel has been using the Xeon name since 1998, the dual-core Xeon 5100 processors that power the Mac Pro and Xserve lines are entirely new chips, based on Intel's 64bit Core architecture platform.

• 12 August 2006

• News: What you need to know about the Mac Pro

  On Monday, Apple ended its transition to Intel-supplied chips with a bang, replacing its Power Mac desktops with the Mac Pro.

• 11 August 2006

• News: Intel requests AMD's ATI acquisition papers

  AMD sees its planned acquisition of ATI as a way to expand its ability to compete in the microprocessor industry. Intel sees it as a way to expand its defense in a microprocessor antitrust case it is fighting against AMD.

• News: Vista upgrade coupon rumour spreads

  Unusual patterns in demand for motherboards lend weight to reports that well-known PC vendors will ship computers with free upgrade coupons for the Windows Vista OS in the fourth quarter.

• News: More Leopard features revealed

  Unannounced extra features rumoured to be within Apple's forthcoming Leopard OS are causing a commotion among Windows developers.

• News: Apple laptops to get Merom upgrade?

  A report claims Apple is planning to introduce revised laptops as soon as September.

• News: Firefox flaws found by open-source system

  A software system for hunting down security flaws in open-source software is being used to iron out flaws in Mozilla's Firefox.

• News: Blogger unblocked in China – again

  Google's free weblog service, Blogger, is once again accessible from Beijing without the use of a proxy server, indicating that apparent government efforts to block the site have been lifted.

• News: Windows malware raises worm fears

  Attack code exploiting a recently patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system has been posted to the internet, prompting concerns of a widespread attack.

• 10 August 2006

• News: Vista weaknesses identified by Symantec

  A report describing weaknesses in a beta version of Windows Vista has been released by security vendor Symantec.

• News: Laptops, iPods must go in the hold

  Authorities have banned passengers from taking electronic items on board aeroplanes following the arrests of 21 people today in connection with an alleged plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight en route to the US.

• News: PC World selling FM transmitters

  Though they can't legally be used in the UK yet, PC World is selling FM transmitters for iPods across its stores.

• News: Free personalised email domains from AOL

  AOL will offer personalised email domains free to all web users starting in September, the company announced yesterday.

• News: Windows bug 'threatens national security'

  The US government warned yesterday that a recently patched Windows vulnerability could put the nation's critical infrastructure at risk.

• 09 August 2006

• News: Freespire OS released by Linspire

  Linspire has released Freespire 1.0, an open-source Debian version of the Linux OS, one month early, the company said today.

• News: Vista delays 'play into Apple's hands'

  According to an industry analyst, Apple seems set to add more unique features to Leopard, its next OS, exploiting the delay until Windows Vista hits the market.

• News: Microsoft may have multicore price edge

  Microsoft could have an early advantage over competitors IBM and Oracle as some software companies begin shifting prices to accommodate servers with multicore processors.

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