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  • News: New OQO ultramobile PC launches in the UK

    The OQO ultramobile PC (UMPC) is launching in the UK, with the company also dropping hints about an additional version that will handle cellular data.

  • News: 13-year-old floppy disk virus returns

    A 13—year-old virus not seen since the heyday of the floppy disk drive is believed to returned, infecting up to 100,000 laptops during manufacture by German vendor Medion.

  • News: New price hike for $100 XO laptop

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has raised the price of its '$100' XO laptop to $188, according to the Associated Press.

  • News: Microsoft loses historic EU antitrust appeal

    A European court this morning upheld the bulk of an antitrust ruling against Microsoft made by the European Commission in 2004.

  • News: Dell blames laptop delays on poor forecasts

    Dell CEO Michael Dell this week blamed downbeat sales forecasting for the long delays in getting new notebooks to consumers. Dell said nothing about problems in painting the laptops, the main reason other executives have been giving customers.

  • News: Intel chip backed for $100 laptop

    Discussions are under way to put an Intel processor inside a version of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's '$100 laptop' for children in developing countries, according to representatives from both parties.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • News: TV downloads come to iTunes UK

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