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Users sabotage work PCs to force upgrades 
Hardware
Users sabotage work PCs to force upgrades
By Stewart Mitchell | Apr 13, 2011 | 2 Comments 
Ageing workplace machines force employees to take control
 
Google takes wraps off first Chrome PCs 
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Google takes wraps off first Chrome PCs
Dec 8, 2010 | Comment Now 
First support from Samsung and Acer.
 
Dell scraps online sales of Ubuntu PC and laptops 
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Dell scraps online sales of Ubuntu PC and laptops
By Miya Knights | Jul 27, 2010 | Comment Now 
Cites lack of demand.
 
Microsoft data suggests 64-bit coming of age 
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Microsoft data suggests 64-bit coming of age
By Iain Thomson | Jul 12, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Windows 7 shows the upgrade is gaining ground.
 
Windows 7 set for success 
Software
Windows 7 set for success
By Rosalie Marshall | Jul 14, 2009 | Comment Now 
To account for half of all new PCs shipped from next year.
 
Microsoft lays out plans for servers and netbooks 
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Microsoft lays out plans for servers and netbooks
By Iain Thomson | Jun 4, 2009 | Comment Now 
Microsoft OEM head Steve Guggenheimer used his keynote address at Computex in Taiwan today to outline Microsoft’s plans for servers and netbooks.
 
USB device lets PCs run tasks in sleep mode 
Hardware
USB device lets PCs run tasks in sleep mode
By David Neal | May 2, 2009 | Comment Now 
Researchers from the University of California and Microsoft have demonstrated a new USB device that will let the user perform basic computing tasks even while their machine is ...
 
Massive Chinese cyber hack revealed 
Security
Massive Chinese cyber hack revealed
By Phil Muncaster | Mar 30, 2009 | Comment Now 
Canadian researchers have revealed an alleged extensive Chinese spying operation, which involved the hacking of over 1000 computers in 103 countries, according to reports.
 
IT admins need to power down PCs 
Hardware
IT admins need to power down PCs
By Iain Thomson | Dec 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
A report by analyst house Forrester has concluded that IT managers are going to have to manage PCs differently if they are to cut power usage and hit green targets.
 
Microsoft: the number of compromised PCs in Australia surged this year 
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Microsoft: the number of compromised PCs in Australia surged this year
Dec 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
The total amount of malware removed from Australian PCs grew by over 55 percent in the first half of 2008, Microsoft has reported.
 
Apple twice the price of PCs 
Hardware
Apple twice the price of PCs
By Iain Thomson | Aug 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
Research by analyst house NPD has shown that on average Apple users pay twice as much in the shops as PC users..
 
Portugal buys 500,000 Intel Classmate PCs 
Hardware
Portugal buys 500,000 Intel Classmate PCs
By Iain Thomson | Aug 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Portuguese government has announced that it is buying half a million Intel Classmate laptops to give to children starting in school.
 
310 million PCs to ship this year 
Hardware
310 million PCs to ship this year
By Robert Jaques | Jun 13, 2008 | Comment Now 
Worldwide PC shipments are projected to grow by 15.2 percent in 2008 to reach 310 million units fuelled by demand from emerging regions, new research predicts..
 
Fake MP3 attack hits 360,000 PCs 
Security
Fake MP3 attack hits 360,000 PCs
By Shaun Nichols | May 9, 2008 | Comment Now 
Attackers are using fake MP3 files to launch one of the largest malware attacks in recent years, experts warned today..
 
Red Hat scraps plans for Linux PCs 
Software
Red Hat scraps plans for Linux PCs
By Mitchell Bingemann | Apr 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
Hopes of Red Hat releasing a desktop version of Linux for consumers were scratched today as the company announced no such plans would eventuate in the foreseeable future. ...
 
CES - Intel aims to push PCs out of the office 
Hardware
CES - Intel aims to push PCs out of the office
By Shaun Nichols | Jan 9, 2008 | Comment Now 
Intel has announced at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it wants to push computers away from office desks..
 
41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure 
Hardware
41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure
By Simon Burns | Oct 9, 2007 | Comment Now 
An international grid of more than 41,000 computers is offering new hope in the search for treatments for the deadly avian influenza virus.
 
Second-hand PCs still full of sensitive data 
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Second-hand PCs still full of sensitive data
By Robert Jaques | Jul 19, 2007 | Comment Now 
Despite recent high-profile data breaches and heightened awareness of the need to delete data prior to selling a PC, many second-hand computers contain highly sensitive ...
 
Worm 'proves' Macs as vulnerable as PCs 
Security
Worm 'proves' Macs as vulnerable as PCs
By Shaun Nichols | Jul 19, 2007 | Comment Now 
Anonymous hacker boasts of attack that can penetrate fully-patched Macs. An anonymous security researcher claims to have developed a worm capable of delivering a malicious ...
 
Home PCs still wide open 
Security
Home PCs still wide open
Jul 4, 2007 | Comment Now 
New targeted attacks also on the rise.
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