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• 13 April 2006

• 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.

• 10 April 2006

• News: Windows ups appeal of Macs

  Apple's development of software that lets Intel-based Macintosh systems run Windows XP natively has met with the approval of several Mac-friendly IT managers. They said last week that Apple's embrace of Microsoft's operating system should make it easier to deploy the company's hardware.

• News: IBM adds encryption to new CPU

  IBM has stolen a lead on its chip rivals with a microprocessor that has encryption hardwired into its core circuitry.

• News: Service offers unconnected browsing

  A Seattle company has introduced a service today that allows people with laptops or handheld computers to surf through a range of web content while they're offline.

• News: Windows Vista beta runs on Intel Mac

  Developers have managed to get a beta version of Windows Vista working on an Intel-based Mac.

• News: Virus threatens PCs running Linux or Windows

  Hackers have released a sample code for a virus that could infect both Linux and Windows PCs.

• News: Intel reveals LCD TV laptop concept

  Intel today revealed a laptop PC concept design in which the machine folds up with the screen facing away from the keypad and then slips into a docking station for use as an LCD (liquid crystal display) TV.

• News: Toshiba HD-DVD laptop hits Japan in May

  Toshiba plans to put on sale in Japan in May its first laptop computer with a built-in HD-DVD drive, the company said today.

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