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  • News: The risks of the Second Life land rush

    Businesses should be cautious about joining the Second Life land rush and consider the protection of their brands and reputations before staking out territory in virtual worlds, says research firm Gartner.

  • News: IDC confirms plummeting PDA market

    Worldwide PDA shipments continued a steep decline in the second quarter, as struggling vendors sold 719,000 units worldwide, down from 1.26 million last year, according IDC.

  • News: UK public given data-sharing guidelines

    A new guide published by the Information Commissioner could help members of the public understand how their personal data can be shared between companies and organisations.

  • News: Windows Vista SP1 preview released

    Microsoft has released pre-beta code to two forthcoming Windows service packs to testers, but the company continues to remain vague about when the final code for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista SP1 will make it to end users

  • News: HTC & iAnywhere unveil Windows Mobile plan

    iAnywhere Solutions has announced a partnership with High Tech Computer (HTC) that could help smartphones based on Windows Mobile compete more effectively with the BlackBerry, according to an iAnywhere executive.

  • News: £350 premium for Sony Vaio with flash HD

    Sony is charging a $700 (£350) extra for a Vaio laptop with a flash memory-based hard-drive offering 68GB less storage than an alternative with a traditional hard-disk.

  • News: Analyst: Apple to launch new iMac today

    Speculation is mounting that Apple will today announce an updated iMac lineup, a move that could push sales of the company's computers to nearly 2 million for the current quarter.

  • News: Lenovo to sell Novell Linux laptop PCs

    Lenovo Group is to ship Thinkpad laptops preloaded with Linux. Lenovo will use Novell Linux in the Thinkpad laptops, due for release in the fourth quarter of this year, Novell and Lenovo announced yesterday.

  • News: Evesham Technology enters receivership

    UK computer manufacturer Evesham today officially declared that it has gone into receivership following several months of speculation.

  • News: HP rubbishes 'laser printer health risks'

    HP has robustly disputed research published last week that said some of its laser printers may be a health risk to office and home computer users.

  • News: The UK's 50 best free online tools

    The best of the internet's free websites and online services can help organise everything from your workload to your weekend. And we've collated the 50 best free tools on the web for UK users.

  • News: This week's best cool internet tools

    The internet isn't only for checking stock prices, keeping up with the cricket and wasting time at work (note: we did say only). Find the right tools, and you can send yourself notes, coordinate meetings, get invites and have your favourite blogs emailed to you.

  • News: Office 2008 for Mac release date slips

    The long-awaited Intel-native Office, featuring programs such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage (Outlook for Mac, in essence), was originally scheduled to be released later this year. But the first Intel-native version of Office has been delayed by what the head of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit calls "a perfect storm" of factors.

  • News: 25 new Apple iPhone features needed for the UK

    Two months to go until the iPhone's European release, we've put together a wish list of improvements Apple should make to the handset to ensure you'll buy one when it's released in the UK

  • News: iPhone security threats are 'overblown'

    Analysts are arguing over the suitability of Apple’s iPhone to the business sector, with some saying IT buyers should be wary of security issues, and other claiming the threat has been overblown.

  • News: Dell pays £340m for ASAP

    Dell has agreed to acquire ASAP Software in a move to meet demand from large customers for tools and services that help manage their software assets.

  • News: Mac Office now works with PowerPoint

    Mac Office users can now work with PowerPoint presentations after Microsoft’s Mac group refreshed its preview Office 2007 file converter.

  • News: Online Microsoft Works to take on Google Docs?

    Microsoft is preparing an update to the Microsoft Works productivity suite amid renewed speculation that the long-standing, low-end counterpart to Microsoft Office is also being groomed to take on Google Docs and Spreadsheets.

  • News: Google tackles Google Analytics woes

    Google has resolved the latest data outage to hit Google Analytics, and promises to cut down on the frequency of technical problems affecting the website traffic-monitoring service.

  • News: Sky buys cheap Amstrad

    Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar is to sell his Amstrad company to BSkyB for £125m