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• 18 April 2006

• News: Burst.com sues Apple for patent infringement

  Apple is facing a lawsuit over technology within its popular iPod digital music player and two related applications.

• News: Apple offers most secure Windows platform

  Apple isn't just integrating Windows XP into the future Mac experience - it plans to offer the best Windows hardware in the world

• News: Seagate announces 15,000rpm hard disk

  Seagate is planning to release a 300GB Cheetah 3.5in drive rotating at 15,000rpm.

• News: Microsoft initiates programme for healthcare

  Microsoft has initiated a programme to push its software into the healthcare industry, the company announced at the World Health Care Congress, which began yesterday in Washington DC.

• News: AMD seeks Microsoft evidence in Intel case

  AMD took another step forward in its antitrust suit against Intel last week by filing a subpoena in US courts for documents held by Microsoft.

• 17 April 2006

• News: Project targets avian influenza

  A research institute is harnessing the power of thousands of computers over the internet to investigate potential drug treatments for deadly avian influenza.

• 13 April 2006

• News: Glitzy Vista barred to pirates

  Microsoft is planning to tie Windows Vista's premium graphics system, Aero, to its antipiracy Genuine Advantage programme, according to a preliminary Vista guide posted online this week.

• News: Boot Camp flaws turn Macs into PCs

  Mac users are reporting serious problems with Apple's Boot Camp, the software that lets Intel-based Macs run Windows.

• News: Mac Windows security concerns dismissed

  Gartner analyst Michael Silver has dismissed concerns that running Windows XP on a Mac will open up the Mac OS to viruses.

• News: Terror test shakes London's banks

  UK banks need to think ahead and communicate more when faced with a terrorist attack, according to the results of a drill carried out across the City of London.

• News: Samsung to launch ultra-mobile PC

  Samsung is planning to put its Q1 ultra-mobile PC on sale worldwide in May, the company said today.

• News: Sony reveals more details of Blu-ray Disc PC

  Sony has released a few details about what is expected to be its first desktop PC to include a Blu-ray Disc drive.

• 12 April 2006

• News: Service deletes files on stolen laptops

  Everdream has launched a service to delete or encrypt files on stolen PCs and laptops.

• News: Sony unveils Vaio L series desktop PCs

  Sony yesterday unveiled its mid-year PC line-up for Japan, including the Vaio L desktop series.

• News: Microsoft releases critical IE patch

  Microsoft has released its security software patches for April, addressing an unpatched bug in the Internet Explorer browser that hackers had been exploiting for several weeks.

• News: China to toughen stance on software piracy

  Chinese government officials yesterday committed to increased protection for intellectual property such as software.

• News: Fujitsu to launch Blu-ray, HD-DVD PCs

  Fujitsu hasn't taken sides in the next-generation DVD format battle, planning to launch a desktop PC with a Blu-ray Disc drive and a laptop PC with an HD-DVD drive.

• 11 April 2006

• News: Second-hand Microsoft licences fuel startup

  A company that came up with the idea of selling second-hand Microsoft software licences said it has sold thousands of them in its first few months of operation.

• News: MS develops entry-level music-making app

  Microsoft is developing a product to compete with Apple's GarageBand, code-named 'Monaco'.

• News: McAfee unveils threat centre portal

  McAfee has jazzed up its website with an online portal designed to help users research a wide range of security problems.

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