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  • News: Hard drive works without booting Windows

    New FlashMate hybrid hard drive technology allows data to be read, even when the computer is switched off.

  • News: Toshiba: sub-£500 HD DVD notebook coming soon

    Two high-definition disc formats may be slugging it out for dominance, but Toshiba sees HD DVD adoption following a trajectory similar to other optical disc formats before it.

  • News: RM, Asus launch £169 ultraportable PC

    RM has launched the RM Asus miniBook - a tiny PC pitched at students that weighs less than 1kg and, at only £169, costs less than an iPod.

  • News: Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' nears release

    The online rumour mill suggests Apple's Mac OS X 10.5, 'Leopard' is set for release on 26 October.

  • News: Feature: The 8 biggest consumer IT threats

    High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smartphones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call - and in fact can't imagine functioning without it - the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring.

  • News: Microsoft & Toshiba plan advanced HD-DVD

    Toshiba and Microsoft have announced plans to launch the Advanced Interactivity Consortium to extend interactive features in HD DVD, a high-definition format, in an effort to attract more users.

  • News: Critical Windows & Word patches on the way

    Critical flaws in Windows and Word are to be patched next week in Microsoft's monthly release of security updates.

  • News: Year-old Quicktime threat finally patched

    Apple has updated the Windows version of QuickTime to fix a 13-month-old bug that critics say it overlooked when it patched the media player in March.

  • News: MacBook Pro battery updated by Apple

    Apple has released new battery update software designed for the MacBook Pro.

  • News: Toshiba demos laptop with PS3 chip

    Toshiba is demonstrating several prototype Qosmio notebooks at the Ceatec exhibition in Japan that include a multimedia co-processor, called SpursEngine, based on the Cell Broadband Engine processor core.

  • News: Microsoft boosts Vista's speed & reliability

    Microsoft has released another two updates to improve Windows Vista's speed and reliability.

  • News: Strong chip sales suggest more PC growth

    Global chip sales soared in August, indicating that makers of electronic devices such as PCs, iPods and mobile phones expect a strong holiday season this year.

  • News: Wireless USB 1.1 impresses in Amsterdam

    Some exciting advancements in the Wireless USB 1.1 specification were revealed at the USB Developers Conference in Amsterdam yesterday. The wire-free approach for connecting devices and peripherals is backwards compatible with wired USB, allows first time association of devices and is now being put into practice in consumer products.

  • News: First look: Windows Vista SP1

    Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) has just been delivered to a group of beta testers and brings improvements in performance, reliability and application compatibility. Read on to find out our first impressions

  • News: Windows Vista SP1: New search tool reviewed

    Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) is designed to improve Vista's performance, reliability and security. And even though Microsoft hasn't publicised the change it also alters the way Vista's search works, allowing you to substitute an alternate search tool of your own for the one built into Windows.

  • News: Warning over Apple Boot Camp expiration date

    Users of Apple's Boot Camp beta have been warned the trial version of the software is on track to expire this month.

  • News: Apple updates Intel Mac firmware

    Apple has issued a range of firmware updates for all current Intel Mac models, barring Mac mini.

  • News: Hynix pushes PRAM as DRAM replacement

    Memory-maker Hynix has signed a long-term licensing agreement with phase-change memory technology developer Ovonyx, joining a list of rivals trying to develop products out of the technology.

  • News: Dell shows off flashing multi-coloured gaming laptop

    Dell has updated its gaming notebook line with a new XPS m1730 model which adds a host of new game-centric aesthetic and hardware features.

  • News: Microsoft caves in to Windows XP demands

    Microsoft is extending the time it will allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retail outlets to sell PCs with Windows XP as customers continue to balk on upgrading to Windows Vista.