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Article | 4/06/2008 Gates promises IE8 Beta 2 in August
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has narrowed the release window for the second beta version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to sometime in August.
Article | 4/06/2008 Microsoft turnabout on XP follows user demands
Microsoft's decision Tuesday to allow low-cost desktop makers to install Windows XP Home on their hardware until June 2010 reverses a move it rejected...
Article | 4/06/2008 Shareholder lawsuit claims Yahoo derailed Microsoft bid
Yahoo has lost a battle to keep information about its operations confidential after a judge decided to unseal documents filed by shareholders suing th...
Article | 4/06/2008 Gates bids adieu to developers
It's fitting that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivered his final publicly scheduled speech as a full-time Microsoft employee on Tuesday to a roomfu...
Article | 4/06/2008 Microsoft extends XP deadline for low-cost PCs
Microsoft has further extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating system on low-cost desktop PCs, the company an...
Article | 4/06/2008 Acer sets bold target for sales of new mini-laptop
Coming to the market late with a new product doesn't phase Acer. The world's third largest PC vendor launched its new Aspire one mini-laptop on Tuesda...
Article | 3/06/2008 FAQ: XP deathwatch, T-minus 4 weeks
The march toward Windows XP's retail and OEM June 30 retirement party continues. Four weeks from today is Microsoft's deadline for mainstream computer...
Article | 3/06/2008 Guitar Hero: Metallica confirmed for early 2009
According to a recent SEC filing obtained by GameSpot, Activision said it plans "to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, ...
Article | 3/06/2008 COMPUTEX: New Sony ultraportable?
Quanta demonstrates a new mini laptop that appears to be destined for sale by Sony
Article | 3/06/2008 Former ACCC commissioner joins ACMA
A former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) staffer and an ex-radiocommunications regulator have been appointed to the Australian C...
Article | 3/06/2008 Ambos get world first mobile data app
Ambulance services across Australia are rolling out a new laptop data application to store clinical information on thousands of patients to improve pa...
Article | 30/05/2008 IDC: US Internet ad spending to boom
Online advertising will balloon in the coming years, becoming bigger than all advertising media except direct marketing by 2012, according to IDC.
Article | 3/06/2008 Qualcomm says Windows Mobile 7 key for mini-laptops
Mobile phone chip giant Qualcomm on Monday showed off a mini-laptop that could cost around US$299 and offer quick wireless access to the Internet via ...
Article | 3/06/2008 COMPUTEX: Nvidia launches its all-in-one Tegra chipset
Nvidia is jumping into the market for mini laptops with the introduction of the Tegra family based of chips that are based on the Arm processor core.
Article | 3/06/2008 COMPUTEX: Asus launches new Eee PC
The Eee PC 901 is based on a 1.6GHz version of Intel's new Atom processor. It has an 8-9-inch screen, 1G byte of memory, a memory-card slot, and will ...
Article | 2/06/2008 GSM technology to help tame marauding elephants
For the farmers living around Mount Kenya Forest, every day is a struggle, wondering whether the 5,000 elephants from the forest will "visit" and leav...
Article | 3/06/2008 Hackers hit Mars lander's Web site
The Web site for the Phoenix Mars Mission, NASA's most recent arrival on the Red Planet, was hacked over the weekend by a Turkish crew, according to a...
Article | 3/06/2008 Firefox on track to crack 20% share in July
Mozilla's Firefox browser is on pace to hit the 20 percent market share mark next month, a Web metrics company said Monday.
Article | 3/06/2008 Nintendo says 100 WiiWare games in development
Senior project developer Tom Prata said 100 new WiiWare games are incoming, though Nintendo has no plans for demos or a long-term Wii storage solution...
Article | 3/06/2008 UK: Apple/O2 to sell 3G iPhone for just £100
O2 could make Apple's 3G iPhones available for just £100 each in the UK, according to a report in The Times.

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