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OLPC to ship with Windows XP

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Yahoo board fights back at Icahn

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Woman charged over MySpace suicide

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Attack of the ants

17 May 2008The security of your IT systems has got to be one of the most high priority issues on the CIO’s growing to-do-list....   More...

Mac Inspector

New iPhone to come before WWDC?

16 May 2008It appears to to just be a matter of time. A new iPhone is all but imminent at this point....   More...

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Piracy

Software piracy drops in the UK

But global losses rise   More...

UK cuts software piracy for first time in three years

Most nations have improved their markets, yet the global figure for offences has grown   More...

US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

Microsoft millionaire funds replica of Babbage's computer   More...

Internet World show heralds evolution of social networking

User-generated tools may soon outstrip those generated by professional companies   More...

MPAA wins $110m from TorrentSpy

Unlikely to see any money from bankrupt concern   More...

IT giants battle for mid-market lead

SAP and Microsoft are two of the suppliers targeting firms through software as a service   More...

Microsoft steps up piracy crackdown

Eight vendors targeted in raids and legal action   More...

Police raid Bradford computer fair

Two arrested for software and mod-chip offences   More...

Radiohead scraps free downloads

Unpriced album was a 'one-off', says Yorke   More...

SAP delays web hosted software rollout

SME targeted SaaS product delayed over poor sales projections   More...

EFF blasts Microsoft over DRM validation

Server shutdown leaves users in the cold, claims Electronic Frontier Foundation   More...

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