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- 09 June 2006
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News: Huge 16GB USB flash drives 'this year'
Users looking for pocket-sized storage devices for digital photos, files, songs and other data should see 16GB USB flash drives out by the end of the year.
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News: Google's search crushes Yahoo, MSN
Google held on to its commanding lead as the preferred search engine in the US in May, processing almost 60 percent of all queries filed, way ahead of its two closest competitors Yahoo and Microsoft.
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News: Vista promises second screen for laptops
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News: Microsoft readies massive Word, IE and ActiveX security patches
Windows administrators are going to be busy next week, as Microsoft plans to release a whopping 12 security patches for its products.
- 08 June 2006
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News: Apple's 'unhealthy' iTunes attacked in Europe
Pressure is mounting in Europe for Apple to loosen the ties between its iTunes music store and its iPod music players, with activity in Norway and the UK this week demonstrating opposition to Apple's policies. This follows legal moves in France that required Apple to allow iTunes songs to play on digital music players other than the iPod.
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News: Supply woes are over, Intel vows
Intel launched its latest family of chipsets amid high fives between workers and several whoops proclaiming "We're back", and promised the resources were aligned to make sure there wouldn't be a repeat of the shortages the company ran into last year.
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News: Mobile desktop PC unveiled
There are small computers, and then there's FIC's (First International Computer's) very-slim GE2, which is even smaller than Apple's miniscule Mac mini.
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News: AOL subscribers revolt over email ads
Millions have cancelled their AOL subscriptions in recent years, but Barbara Borchers has remained a loyal paying member of the internet service provider since 1997.
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News: Microsoft tweaks Vista security
Bowing to criticism, Microsoft plans to modify a key new security feature in its upcoming Windows Vista operating system to make it less cumbersome for users.
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News: HP recalls digital cameras for fire hazard
HP has recalled more than half a million digital cameras, citing the risk of a fire hazard from an overheated battery.
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News: Special in-flight Flybook laptop 'next month'
So you're two hours into a long-haul flight trying to watch a DVD on your laptop when the person in front of you decides to go to sleep, throws his seat back an obnoxious 30 degrees and shoves your tray table and notebook into your stomach.
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News: Greenpeace slams high-tech toxic waste
Members of the international environmental group Greenpeace have protested at the Computex trade show in Taipei. The group was seeking to bring to the attention of show-goers the issue of electronic waste, displaying shocking pictures of the consequences of high-tech pollution.
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News: Sophos upgrades security software
Sophos has incorporated several new features in a security software package that allows network administrators to manage security for thousands of computers from a single console.
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News: Intel: no support for DDR3 RAM until mid-2007
PC enthusiasts hoping to see faster memory chips in the near future will have to wait until around the middle of next year, because that's when Intel plans to add support for DDR3 to its chipsets.
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News: Microsoft releases Vista public beta
Microsoft has launched its widest release yet of the beta version of its troubled next-generation Windows Vista operating system.
- 07 June 2006
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News: Microsoft still working on tiny Haiku PC
The lacklustre reception of the ultramobile PC hasn't put Microsoft off the portable PC space. In fact, the company has continued to work on another mini-Tablet PC concept called the Haiku, and expects it on the market within the next few years.
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News: UK looks to get tough on cybercrime
Tightening up existing legislation will help UK authorities to prosecute hackers better and put them in prison longer – but analysts question whether the moves will constrict an explosive growth in costly cybercrime.
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News: No-show for Quad SLI at Computex
nVidia's Quad SLI graphics technology produces stunning images, but you won't see them displayed on the show floor at Computex.
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News: Communications blamed in London bomb response
The lack of a functioning radio communications system within the London Underground limited the response to the 7 July bombings last year, a new report has concluded.
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News: Via goes pret-a-porter with Vogue PCs
Via is going pret-a-porter with Vogue, its latest reference design for PC makers, announced today at the Computex exhibition in Taipei.
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