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Dell to blog in English
Blog Dell almost made it into the good books of Linux users this week, when it acknowledged the contribution the open source community has made to its new Idea Storm user forum. 83,000 users had, at...
Lenovo recalls 205,000 ThinkPad batteries
News Global recall launched after customers report overheating incidents
EC threatens Microsoft with more fines
News Antitrust case rumbles on, with the EC claiming that Microsoft's interoperability protocols 'lack significant innovation'
Linux is Dell's big chance
Leader Dell's users want Linux, but the company's being cautious. Time for a change of heart
Oracle buys Hyperion for $3.3bn
News Company plans to team up Hyperion's EPM software with its own business intelligence tools and analytic applications
HP denies spying on former employee
News Computing giant admits firing former ethics attorney Kevin Hunsaker amid fallout of pretexting scandal
Symantec mistakenly warns of Yahoo Mail virus
News Symantec incorrectly warns users of a 'Feebs' worm infection
PC World justifies environmental Vista claims
Blog We were surprised by PC World's decision. to build an environmentally sustainable PC around Microsoft's Vista OS – an operating system that has been widely derided for how power hungry it is. Also...
IBM and Google to bring 'gadgets' to enterprise
News The companies will bring mini applications called gadgets from the consumer web to corporate networks
Ad industry edges into internet age
News Ad agencies to launch electronic buying and selling of ads across media, in an industry ripe for modernisation
Get your ZDNet blog indexed by Technorati
Blog Former tech supremo at ZDNet Towers, Mike Barrett, has an explanation on his blog of how to get your ZDNet blog indexed by Technorati. As Mike rightly notes, we've made a small change to the...
Dell on the road to change
Analysis Analysis: After years at the top, the PC giant is now learning how to adapt to a more difficult environment
Compare research cuts with the NHS mega project
Talkback The carefully designed cuts (£29 million for EPSRC) compare with what is described in a 5 page report in Private Eye (1179, 2 March to 15 March) as `blowing £12.4 billion on useless IT for the...
Acer p610 Portable Navigator
Review Acer's p610 Portable Navigator is a competent enough GPS device, but there are a few areas where it could provide a better user experience.
Biscit - Is the end nigh?
Blog This is starting to be a bit like watching a car crash in slow motion. I'm not even going to retread the long, increasingly ugly saga that surrounds Biscit, but you can catch up if necessary by...
California eyes OpenDocument
News State may follow Massachusetts in making the OpenDocument Format the required standard for state agencies
Adobe to take Photoshop online
News The online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement Adobe's existing products and reach more consumers
AMD and Intel battle for next-gen servers
News AMD's focus is on its first quad-core Opteron processor, due to ship later this year, while Intel hawks a quad-core Xeon already on the market
Patents are no place for secrets
Leader A company has stifled reports of security vulnerabilities though patent threats. Time for fair use in patent law
Nokia-Qualcomm patent probe put on hold
News The mobile phone maker and Qualcomm have been locked in a fight over intellectual property since negotiations to renew a licensing deal broke down
Worm exploits Solaris hole
News Worm attempts to log into systems running Solaris 10, execute a number of commands to plant itself and then spread to other vulnerable computers
Google to offer click-fraud protection
News New service will allow advertisers to choose who can and can't see their ads
