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  • News: No web access for UK small businesses

    Two thirds of UK small businesses are still working without any internet connection, email or website, new research has revealed.

  • News: Microsoft files 23 lawsuits against pirates

    Microsoft has filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software.

  • News: State drops HP spying scandal case

    A state judge in California has dismissed charges against the three remaining state criminal defendants in the HP spying case.

  • News: iPhone accessory buyers' guide

    With the hype surrounding the iPhone reaching critical mass on June 29 in the US, Apple wants to ensure third-party vendors sell accessories engineered to work properly with its multimedia mobile phone.

  • News: iPhone customer service already in spotlight

    The US publication that rates and evaluates everything from mattresses to cars to washing machines points out in a press release that for "several years running AT&T...has been among the least-satisfying service providers. This is according to Consumer Reports' annual customer satisfaction surveys.

  • News: Interview: AMD exec opens up on Barcelona

    AMD is getting ready to launch Barcelona, its first quad-core server chip. A successful Barcelona launch, expected to happen during the third quarter, is critical for AMD, which has seen its share of the server market battered in recent quarters by Intel. Those market-share losses came with a heavy price, dragging AMD's finances into the red. In April, the company announced a $611m loss, largely attributed to tougher competition and a price war with Intel.

  • News: US, EU close to signing passenger data accord

    The European Union has reached a preliminary agreement in the long-running dispute over the handling of personal data about EU’s citizens flying to the US, a European Commission spokesman said today.

  • News: 'Virtual GPS' uses Wi-Fi hotspots

    Geo-location specialist Quova is offering a service that lets wireless devices locate themselves by scanning for nearby Wi-Fi access points and GSM base-stations, and triangulating what they find against a master-list.

  • News: Windows Server 2008 already running 2,600 sites

    About 2,600 websites are already running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Server 2008, a small but increasing number that indicates rising interest in the OS, according to new statistics from Netcraft.

  • News: Asustek launches Windows Mobile 6 phone

    Taiwanese electronics maker Asustek has launched a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with a touch screen on Wednesday, just days ahead of the launch of Apple's iPhone.

  • News: Toshiba ditches 'Intel-only' laptop policy

    Toshiba has disclosed details of a new range of laptops based on processors from AMD - the first AMD-based machines the company has sold in about seven years.

  • News: Supercomputer survey rewards IBM & HP

    IBM still operates the fastest supercomputer in the industry, but rival HP has more of them in operation, according to a closely-watched global survey released today.

  • News: Windows Live gets free file-sharing tool

    Microsoft has started limited beta offerings of Windows Live file- and photo-sharing services. Along with others that have recently been rolled out, they will be part of a suite of services making up the second generation of Windows Live, said Brian Hall, general manager of Windows Live at Microsoft.

  • News: HP 'spying' probe could end tomorrow

    A criminal case against some of the people implicated in the HP pretexting scandal may wrap up tomorrow in a courtroom in San Jose, California.

  • News: Eight colours in Dell's new laptop range

    Dell today launched its brand new range of consumer laptops. The Dell Inspiron range of portables comes in two widescreen flavours - 15.4in and 17in - and eight colours. The eight different chassis tones range from shocking pink, through bright yellow to black.

  • News: iPhone prices finally announced

    Apple and AT&T have released details of the service plans for the iPhone in the US, which will be released later this week. The iPhone will have three available plans that will start at $59.99.

  • News: Businesses safe from Windows Vista SP1 delay

    Although Microsoft may not have the first service pack for Windows Vista ready at the end of this year as some expected, financial analysts say that a delay should not have a negative effect on enterprise adoption of the OS.

  • News: Sun v IBM in battle of the supercomputers

    As Sun Microsystems prepares to demonstrate a new high-performance computer today at a technology conference in Germany, it hopes that quad-core processors from AMD that will power the computer arrive on time to deliver one of the machines to its first customer.

  • News: Man arrested after 115,000 phones infected

    Spanish police have arrested a 28-year-old man and charged him with creating and distributing malware that infected an estimated 115,000 mobile phones, the French AFP news service has reported.

  • News: Gov't refuses to publish ID Card reviews

    The UK government's chief whip in the House of Lords has underlined ministers' refusal to publish ‘gateway reviews’ of its controversial £5.3bn ID cards scheme.