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14 January 2008
News: Microsoft unveils Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft has announced pricing and availability of its latest Mac-compatible version of its Office suite of business tools.
News: Microsoft backtracks on public Vista SP1 release

Microsoft made the newest tweak to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) available to the public on Friday, just two days after the company said the update was "not available for public download".
News: Phenom chips delayed as AMD goes green

AMD has delayed the release of its Phenom 970 and 990 chips as it focuses on speeding up the release of an energy-efficient quad-core chip.
News: Nirvanix takes on Amazon's S3 storage

An Intel-backed startup hopes to challenge the likes of Amazon in the emerging online storage market. Nirvanix was founded one year ago and made its Storage Delivery Service generally available in October.
12 January 2008
News: The UMPC: cute, clever, pointless

Among the eight zillion products here at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas are some new iterations of the ultramobile PC (UMPC), devices the size of a paperback book that have touchscreens and run Windows Vista.
11 January 2008
News: Botnets make 2007 a bumper year for spam

Global spam reached rates as high as 96 percent of all email traffic during 2007. And, according to a report from Commtouch, botnets helped keep spam output at consistently high levels throughout the year.
News: Microsoft Office 2007 guru Jeff Raikes to retire

Microsoft yesterday announced that Jeff Raikes, the president of the company's Business Division, plans to retire in September.
News: IBM pushes to ban Asustek from the US

IBM's patent complaint against Taiwanese computer vendor Asustek Computer took a step forward recently. Last week the US International Trade Commission voted to investigate IBM's claim that Asustek Computer violated three patents and should be barred from importing equipment into the US.
09 January 2008
News: RM develops Windows-based RM Asus miniBook

RM today announced two additions to its range of RM Asus miniBooks. RM will now sell a a 1GB RAM model, with an 8GB hard drive and a choice of either Windows XP or the Linux operating system currently used.
News: Evesham still trading amid rumours of liquidation

Rumours that Evesham Technology has gone into liquidation have been denied by the company, after the remaining staff members were called into an extraordinary meeting by the troubled PC maker.
News: OLPC: come back Intel, all is forgiven

The head of the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) said yesterday that it would welcome Intel back if the chip maker returned to the group.
08 January 2008
News: Windows Home Server slated for feature boost

Microsoft yesterday unveiled details of Windows Home Server's first feature update, dubbed Power Pack 1. Microsoft said it does not know when it will finish a patch for a data corruption bug that has been scrambling files on Windows Home Server.
News: Wikia Search gets a frosty reception

Yesterday Wikipedia's creator Jimmy Wales officially released the alpha version of Wikia Search, an open-source Google killer. But members of the blogosphere seem underwhelmed by Search Wikia.
News: Boom time for online storage market

IDC research suggests that global online backup services are poised for major growth.
News: Firefox gets a new chief executive

John Lilly, Mozilla's chief operating officer, has replaced Mitchell Baker as the CEO of Mozilla Corporation. Baker helped make the Firefox web browser a potent rival to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
News: Intel to upgrade low-cost Classmate laptop

Intel updating its Classmate PC designed for schoolchildren in developing countries. Intel's work forms part of a wider effort to spur demand for low-cost laptops.
News: iTunes sales up 50% over Christmas

Music downloads were up 50 percent year-on-year across Christmas 2007, according to the BPI - the UK record label trade group.
07 January 2008
News: CES: Intel shows Penryn dual-core laptop chips

Intel has warned laptop users they may have to wait for the release of mobile quad-core chips, despite launching Penryn-based dual-core processors for laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show today.
News: Search Wikia 'Google killer' goes live

The much-vaunted search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Search Wikia, makes its official debut today. Many commentators believe that the open-source, community-driven search engine can disrupt and reshape the Google-dominated search market.
News: OLPC to extend 'give one, get one' deal to UK

People in the UK and mainland Europe may soon have the chance to purchase a One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO £100 laptop through a "give one, get one" offer similar to that offered in the US and Canada last year.