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Article | 29/02/2008 Intel plans dual-core version of Diamondville

Intel's low-power processor code-named Diamondville will initially be available as a single-core processor, but the company is planning a dual-core ve...

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 | 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 | 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 LinkedIn goes mobile

LinkedIn is taking its professional social networking site mobile. The company Monday is launching a beta version of a new site that will allow users ...

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 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 | 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 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 Oops! Microsoft posts 64-bit Vista SP1 to Windows Update

Microsoft accidentally added the final 64-bit version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows Update Thursday, even though it's repeatedly sa...

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 | 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 yanks Vista SP1 update causing endless reboots

Responding to reports of endlessly rebooting PCs that flooded support newsgroups last week, Microsoft said it had pulled an update designed to prep Wi...

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.

Article | 19/02/2008 Toshiba after HD DVD: What lies ahead?

By now Toshiba's decision to [[ArtId:1019495862 | no longer develop]], manufacture, or market HD DVD players and recorders is public knowledge. What'...

Article | 19/02/2008 Toshiba plans massive chip investment, JV with SanDisk

Toshiba and SanDisk will build a new state-of-the-art flash memory chip factory together starting in 2009, and will share the output from it, the comp...