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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • News: CES: HP announces Pavilion tx2000 tablet PC

    Hewlett Packard (HP) yesterday introduced the Pavilion tx2000 tablet PC, a portable laptop targeted at students and professionals. Users can rotate the screen 180 degrees and use a stylus to capture handwriting or surf the internet, according to HP.

  • News: Intel won't kill Classmate PC, quits OLPC

    Intel has resigned from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's board of directors. Intel was asked to abandon its Classmate PC program, which was seen as being too similar to the OLPC mission, but refused to do so - according to a source familiar with the situation.

  • News: Microsoft to issue two Windows patches next week

    Microsoft will issue just two security updates next week, the company said yesterday.

  • News: CES: Dell revamps Inspiron laptop, launches crystal display

    Dell yesterday unveiled a crystal LCD monitor and revamped its 15.4in Inspiron laptop.

  • News: Interview: McAfee & Symantec CEOs talk security

    PC Advisor's US-based sister titleInfoWorld got the chance to speak to two of the IT security industry's most senior executives last month, with John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec, and David DeWalt, chief executive of McAfee revealing their thoughts on the changing face of the market in 2008.

  • News: Google 'pleased' at court ruling

    Following news that Google has lost part of an appeal case regarding patent infringement yesterday, the search and advertising company has issued a statement saying it was "very pleased" that the court decided AdSense did not infringe any Hyperphrase patents.

  • News: China targets 3G mobile market in IBM deal

    SMIC, China's largest chip maker, has signed a deal to license a 45-nanometer manufacturing process from IBM.

  • News: Anti-malware vendors to merge PC scans

    The rise of customized malware is forcing security software vendors to change their tactics quickly and begin using customers' machines as their initial line of threat detection intelligence, according to a new report from Yankee Group.