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• 19 June 2008

• News: HP servers to get solid-state memory

  HP plans to put sold-state memory in its business servers, after announcing a partnership with startup Fusion-io that will allow a version of Fusion-io's ioDrive Nand product to be plugged into HP server PCI-express slots.

• 18 June 2008

• News: Dell charges extra to 'downgrade' to XP

  Dell is charging consumers up to £60 to install Windows XP on some of its PCs.

• News: Toshiba launches 'world's lightest laptop'

  The battle to produce the world's lightest laptop continues, with Toshiba launching a new ultraportable weighing just 1.08kg.

• News: Microsoft tackles patch-distribution bug

  Microsoft has released a fix for a bug in an enterprise patch-distribution tool that had blocked administrators from rolling out last week's 'Patch Tuesday' updates.

• 17 June 2008

• News: Apple iPhone 3G to cost €1 in Europe

  T-Mobile is to sell the iPhone 3G for as little as €1 to German, Dutch and Austrian customers who sign up for one of its more expensive service plans.

• News: HP offers fault-tolerant blade server

  HP is making its NonStop fault-tolerant technology available on a blade server.

• 16 June 2008

• News: eBay embraces third-party apps

  eBay will open a tool used by 700,000 of its merchants to external developers, the next step in an ongoing effort to promote the creation of applications for its online marketplace.

• News: Microsoft backs Open Source Census

  Microsoft has become a sponsor of The Open Source Census, a project started earlier this year that aims to track and catalogue the use of open-source software in enterprises worldwide.

• News: Insiders no longer biggest threat to businesses

  A new study from Verizon claims insiders are not the main threat to business networks, revealing that 73 percent of the breaches reported as part of its 'Data Breach Investigations Report' came from external agents.

• 13 June 2008

• News: iPhones present Wi-Fi risk to businesses

  iPhonesare creating an increased security threat to businesses, especially when used with Wi-Fi networks, an Australian expert has warned.

• News: Yahoo kills Microsoft deal, partners with Google

  Yahoo has ended talks with Microsoft over a possible investment from the Windows developer, and switched its attention to search giant Google, agreeing a deal to run some of Google's advertisements alongside Yahoo search results.

• News: EC commissioner criticises Microsoft 'closed shop'

  The European Commission's Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has given her strongest statement to date in favour of software based on open standards, in a speech that took Microsoft to task over its competition practices.

• 12 June 2008

• News: Analyst: Windows Vista failures costing Microsoft

  A financial analyst firm has lowered its revenue estimate for Microsoft's 2008 and 2009 fiscal years, citing a negative perception about Windows Vista that's slowing adoption by businesses.

• News: Symantec acquires backup firm SwapDrive

  Symantec has acquired online file backup and recovery vendor SwapDrive, in a move similar to EMC's acquisition of online backup provider Mozy last September.

• 11 June 2008

• News: HP launches touchscreen PCs and laptops

  HP has launched a range of laptops and displays, focusing on key trends such as touchscreen technology and compact laptops for consumers and business users

• News: Microsoft leak leads to Office 2009 speculation

  The next version of Microsoft Office – currently codenamed Office 14 - could be set to launch next year, according to a leak on a Microsoft website.

• News: Critical Internet Explorer and DirectX fixes released

  Microsoft has released security patches for a number of its products, fixing critical flaws in the Internet Explorer browser, DirectX and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows.

• 10 June 2008

• News: Google claims 90% of UK search market

  Over the past year Google increased its share of the UK's web search market by almost 10 points, claiming almost 90 percent of all UK web searches.

• How-Tos: How to beat printing costs

  In some cases, printer ink is five times as expensive per millilitre as vintage champagne. But we don't want to pay those prices.

• How-Tos: How to take infrared photographs

  Infrared photography is used in agriculture, mineral prospecting and ecology because it reveals hidden information. But it’s also fascinating for the rest of us because it produces such strange-looking results.

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