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Article | 29/02/2008 UK gov't laptop with confidential disc sold on eBay
The UK Home Office has launched an investigation after a buyer acquired a laptop on eBay that contained a disc with confidential information.
Article | 29/02/2008 Microsoft: Windows XP faster than Vista SP1 in some cases
Windows XP is faster than the new Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) in completing common consumer and business tasks on PCs coming out of sleep mode,...
Article | 28/02/2008 Lenovo set to take on Apple's MacBook Air
Watch out, Apple. The MacBook Air now has some serious company.
Article | 28/02/2008 Vista starts spotting activation cracks
As it promised, Microsoft Tuesday started sending Windows Vista users an update that identifies illegal copies of the OS installed with cracks that th...
Article | 27/02/2008 Toshiba squeezes 5,400 rpm from 1.8-in. hard disk drive
Toshiba is set to unveil a line of micro-Serial ATA 1.8-in. disk drives that can operate at spin speeds of 5,400 rpm.
Article | 27/02/2008 Apple unveils pumped-up MacBooks, MacBook Pros
After several weeks of speculation, Apple Tuesday refreshed its laptop lines by shifting to faster, more power-efficient 45-nanometer Penryn processor...
Article | 27/02/2008 Move over MacBook Air, Lenovo unveils ultrathin ThinkPad X300 laptop
Lenovo on Monday launched the much-anticipated ThinkPad X300 ultraportable, challenging Apple's MacBook Air as the lightest and thinnest notebook avai...
Article | 26/02/2008 MacBook Air not living up to its expectations?
MacBook Air is stylish, ultra slim, and seems to have it all, but does it actually compete with other notebooks? We compare it with three Windows comp...
Article | 26/02/2008 Disk encryption easily cracked, researchers find
The disk encryption technology used to secure the data in your Windows, Apple and Linux laptops can be easily circumvented, according to new research ...
Article | 26/02/2008 Judge makes 'Vista Capable' lawsuit a class action affair
A US federal judge in Seattle last week granted class-action status to a 2007 lawsuit that claimed Microsoft defrauded consumers by promoting PCs as "...
Article | 25/02/2008 Blu-ray Disc faces fight against downloads
Blu-ray Disc may have beaten out HD DVD as the high-definition optical disc format to replace DVDs, but it now faces a new test against Internet downl...
Article | 25/02/2008 Microsoft: Here's how to stop Vista update's endless reboot
Although Microsoft has yet to fix an update that sent some Windows Vista machines into endless reboots, on Friday it spelled out several workarounds u...
Article | 25/02/2008 Microsoft SkyDrive service finally takes flight
Microsoft launched the first non-test version of its Windows Live SkyDrive, which provides up to 5GB of free storage capacity, Microsoft officials co...
Article | 22/02/2008 Aussie scientists unveil 5Gps turbocharged wireless chip
The world's first transceiver integrated on a single chip that operates at 60GHz on the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) process, which ...
Article | 22/02/2008 Hard drive encryption has Achilles heel
If you think that encrypting your laptop's hard drive will keep your data safe from prying eyes, you may want to think again, according to researchers...
Article | 22/02/2008 Microsoft to crack down on Vista cracks
Microsoft will feed Windows Vista users an update in the next week to finger illegal copies installed with cracks that the company will bust when it r...
Article | 22/02/2008 AOL really kills Netscape this time
Several weeks after AOL gave Netscape Navigator a one-month reprieve, the company this week released the last update for the browser and prodded users...
Article | 21/02/2008 HD-DVD fallout: No cooling off, returns or refunds
Australian's who jumped in early with Toshiba's HD-DVD technology are left with an expensive upscaling device, CD/DVD burner and no future movies.
Article | 21/02/2008 Microsoft: HD DVD demise won't hurt Xbox 360
Toshiba's announcement to end production of HD DVD players and recorders will not affect the Xbox 360, even though Microsoft offers an optional stand-...
Article | 20/02/2008 Firm launches laptop tracking software to prevent data theft
A British company has developed an intelligent security technology that can wipe data if a laptop is moved from its designated space.

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