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Talkback When I find that I am being 'overcharged' for products, primarily software, I tend not to buy them and usually seek alternatives. I would, for instance, have purchased Vista by now if it had been...
Microsoft loosens Vista licence terms
News Microsoft is loosening the reins on Vista licensing in an effort to let businesses try out some new computing possibilities, including 'diskless' PCs
Apple, EMI strip DRM from music — for a price
News DRM-free EMI tracks will sell for a premium on iTunes, in a move that may force other big labels to follow suit
eEye issues temporary patch for Windows cursor flaw
News Stop-gap fix arrives as hackers spread cursor exploit
Oracle Linux customer undergoes trial by fire
News One of Oracle's first Linux customers faces the wrath of Red Hat supporters
ICANN derails latest .xxx plan
News Latest proposal for a porn-site domain suffix gets some support from ICANN committee, but still meets with rejection
Venture-capital firms oppose US patent changes
News The US Congress and large IT companies say patent reform is necessary in the US, but some start-ups beg to differ
Windows cursor exploit spreads
News As Microsoft readies a patch, hackers launch a Trojan exploiting Windows cursor flaw
Microsoft starts testing new Office for Mac
News Office 2008 for Mac, as the product is known, will bring the desktop suite into compatibility with XML formats and Intel chips
Suse's Geck joins Exchange competitor
News Open-Xchange announces two new top executives, including its first US-based chief
InfiniBand chips add Ethernet support
News Mellanox chips support both Ethernet and InfiniBand, an approach that could help InfiniBand catch on
NEC shifts resilient servers to quad-core chips
News NEC's fault-tolerant line of servers move to Intel's new quad-core processors — a major shift to a more competitive processor family
Microsoft rushes out fix for cursor flaw
News Microsoft is issuing an early patch for a flaw that emerged late last week, and was exploited almost immediately
Microsoft zooms in on mobile browsing
News Deepfish gives Windows Mobile the latest hot technology in mobile-phone browsers - a zoomable interface
