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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson | November 17, 2008

This week, we examine the executives who made technologies the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.

By Egan Orion | November 17, 2008

Numerous emails exchanged by Microsoft and Intel executives have revealed that Microsoft knowingly cut its 'Vista Capable' PC specifications to help Intel sell large volumes of cheap kit.

By Sylvie Barak | November 17, 2008

A couple of days ago we were alerted to what we were told was a Shanghai SAP score for an eight-socket machine, which looked to come in a full 30 per cent lower than the highest score, which incidentally seemed to be Intel's Dunington.

By Emma Hughes | November 17, 2008

AVG announced yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware.

By Shaun Nichols | November 17, 2008

A new virus is relying on some old tricks to infect Windows Mobile users. The so-called 'companion virus' attack uses a method of assuming the identity of an existing file and moving the old file to a different location.

By Shaun Nichols | November 17, 2008

IBM is once again planning to set up a broadband over power line (BPL) system in the US.

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