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  • 06 September 2007

  • News: Toshiba announces 80GB & 160GB 1.8in HDs

    Toshiba's Storage Device Division has introduced new 80GB and 160GB 1.8in hard disks - the same size disk drives as those in the iPod classic.

  • News: Windows Vista £300 cheaper than XP per year

    Microsoft has released details of a study it commissioned that found that total cost of ownership for Windows Vista on mobile PCs is $605 (£305) less annually than Windows XP.

  • News: Analyst says laptops are security weak link

    Laptops remain a weak link in the security of many organisations, according to an IDC analyst.

  • 05 September 2007

  • News: Firefox open to attack despite patches

    Firefox remains vulnerable to attacks exploiting protocol-handling bugs, even though it was patched twice in July, according to a pair of security researchers.

  • 04 September 2007

  • News: Evesham boss apologises to customers

    Evesham founder Richard Austin claims the PC maker is back on track after his company was rescued from administration in August.

  • News: Storage vendors plan 1TB 2.5in drives

    1Tbit/sq inch hard drives using perpendicular recording technology could be delivered by 2010, according to the world's top three hard drive manufacturers.

  • News: IBM develops 'atom processors'

    IBM has demonstrated how to perform certain computer functions on single atoms and molecules.

  • 03 September 2007

  • News: $100 laptop group denies new delay

    The company manufacturing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) notebook played down the impact of component shortages, rebutting local reports that the shortages will affect supplies of the computer when it ships in October.

  • 31 August 2007

  • News: Feature: Windows Vista SP1 explained

    After lots whispers, rumours from beta testers and confusing messages from Microsoft executives, Microsoft has finally revealed the full details about Windows Vista's first service pack. With that in mind, read our explainer to learn what's in the update, and find out whether now's the time to start planning your switch to Vista

  • News: HP delays Windows Home Server machine

    HP is pushing back the release date for its Windows Home Server-based HP MediaSmart Home Server by possibly months to give Microsoft more time to fix and make small improvements to its new operating system.

  • 30 August 2007

  • News: Microsoft kills Windows Update competitor

    A popular alternative to Windows Update has been killed by Microsoft, after Microsoft sent the maker of AutoPatcher a cease-and-desist email. The free utility has been removed from its download site.

  • News: Microsoft denies Windows WGA outage

    The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) error that locked Windows XP and Vista users out of the high-end features of their operating system last week has been blamed on "human error". Microsoft said the failure shouldn’t be called an "outage" since the servers didn't go offline and promised changes have been made to avoid a repeat.

  • News: Microsoft finally sets date for Vista SP1

    Microsoft has finally broken its silence on the timing of the release of the highly anticipated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), saying the software updates should be in final release in the first quarter of next year, with the company shipping off a beta next month to 10,000 to 15,000 testers.

  • 29 August 2007

  • News: TV downloads come to iTunes UK

    Apple has finally launched TV downloads on the UK version of iTunes.

  • News: Symantec takes aim at Microsoft security pricing

    Microsoft's entry into the security software market has ramped up the price competition between traditional security vendors such as McAfee and Symantec, according to Symantec's chairman and CEO John Thompson.

  • News: New Vista SP1 available on BitTorrent

    A new version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available on BitTorrent networks, after the Windows update was distributed to a select group of testers last week

  • 28 August 2007

  • News: Intel's vPro upgrade boosts business security

    Intel has released an upgrade to its vPro bundle of automated PC management features, claiming the new package delivers better IT security than the original product launched last year.

  • News: Windows hell as WGA blocks paying customers

    Windows XP and Vista users have been falsely accused of running pirate copies of the operating systems, with Microsoft's heavily criticised Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool preventing paying customers using features such as the Aero graphical interface.

  • News: Analysis: Acer-Gateway means 'end of Acer PCs'

    Industry experts suggest that the initial impact on consumers of the sale of Gateway to Taiwan PC giant Acer will be small.

  • 24 August 2007

  • News: Rambus in Europen 'patent ambush'

    Six months after US regulators capped royalties that vendors must pay to Rambus, the European Union (EU) is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM (dynamic RAM) chip market.

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