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May 13 08 HP buys EDS for $13.9 billion
May 12 08 Eurocom launches server notebook with Intel quad-core Xeon
May 8 08 Webroot report reveals e-mail security threats still growing
May 4 08 Microsoft withdraws proposal to acquire Yahoo!
Apr 17 08 Corel launches WordPerfect Office X4
Apr 10 08 Yahoo! to test Google's AdSense
Apr 2 08 Adware biggest offender in Q1
Mar 19 08 Microsoft releases Vista SP1
Mar 13 08 AMD ships triple-core Phenom chips
Mar 10 08 Why document standards matter
Feb 25 08 Hybrid Hard Drives stalled by software
Feb 4 08 Microsoft RTMs Vista SP1
Feb 1 08 Microsoft proposes to buy Yahoo!
Jan 30 08 Partners seeing higher Vista adoption rates
Jan 10 08 Is Microsoft hot for Logitech?
Jan 02 08 Battle of the hypervisors heating up
Dec 14 07 Despite red ink, Novell remains upbeat
Dec 11 07 One-fourth of SMBs not worried about data security
Dec 6 07 Vista SP1 release candidate now available
Nov 28 07 Identify theft legislation lacks teeth
Nov 25 07 Symantec names top threats for 2008
Nov 1 07 Lenovo must maintain product quality while increasing SMB focus
Oct 23 07 Microsoft server product to accelerate business smartphone adoption
Oct 16 07 Microsoft launches suite of unified communication products
Oct 9 07 Softchoice buys up NexInnovations assets
Sep 19 07 Intel demos 32nm chip and next-generation Nehalem architecture
Aug 29 07 Disaster recovery spending flat
Aug 27 07 Acer buys Gateway for $710 million
Jul 19 07 Notebooks exceed PC forecasts
Jun 14 07 Laptop users taking more security risks than desktop users
May 23 07 Global HDD storage to quadruple capacity shipped by 2011
Apr 16 07 Crimeware: How to protect yourself
Apr 9 07 AMD warns of less than rosy revenues for 1Q07
Mar 6 07 Malware hitting the kernel level of the OS
Feb 28 07 Office Live vs. Apps Premier: It's all about the business philosophy
Jan 11 07 CRT death coming faster than forecast
Dec 21 06 Vista putting pressure on Windows developers
Nov 26 06 Newly discovered Trojan threatens cell phone privacy
Oct 22 06 HP tops Dell in worldwide PC shipments
Sep 12 06 Password overload creating problems
Sept 5 06 Another 10,500 to go at Intel
Aug 16 IT vendors draft common terminology
Aug 7 Both Wireless USB and UWB Bluetooth to flourish
Jul 24 AMD buys ATI Technologies for $5.4 billion (U.S.)
Jul 20 Intel unveils improved Itanium processor line
Jul 17 Eighty-seven per cent of mid-market IT staff forced to work nights, weekends and holidays
Jul 13 Intel fires 1,000 executives
Jun 27 Marvell to acquire Intel's communications and application processor business
Jun 15 Gates leaving day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft
Jun 11 Seagate introduces new 2.5-inch notebook drives with 160GB of capacity
Jun 4 Is Microsoft Vista on track
May 22 Microsoft sued by Symantec over alleged patent infringement
May 15 IT consultant tops most stressful profession list
May 7 Microsoft invests long term in TV/PC marriage
Apr 23 UHF RFID growing because of retailer pressure and standardization: Symbol
Apr 17 The future of malicious code
Apr 10 Businesses are slow to deploy mobile security
Apr 5 Apple introduces public beta software to run Windows
Mar 30 OpenSky Research says businesses are unprepared
Mar 27 Gates weighs in on software as a service
Mar 16 Itanium bandwagon stuck in neutral?
Mar 9 Novell unveils next-generation enterprise Linux desktop
Mar 6 AMD unveils three new dual-core Opteron chips
Mar 1 Corel joins Lenovo to woo consumers, very small businesses
Feb 23 Virtualization moves down market
Feb 22 RIM gains market share despite legal troubles
Feb 16 Security vendors answer Microsoft
Feb 15 Threat protection: the human component
Feb 12 Desktop PCs alive and still necessary
Feb 7 Tested Technologies makes networks invisible
Feb 5 Panda Software reports 175 per cent increase in new bots in 2005
Feb 1 IM viruses increase 1,700 per cent in 2005
Jan 23 Viruses mark 20th anniversary
Jan 12 Mobile data protection a work-in-progress
Jan 4 06 Key trends in server market
Dec 21 Seagate acquires Maxtor
Dec 20 HP Canada to offer printer trade-in program in new year
Nov 27 Panda: Mitglieder trojan overtakes Sober
Nov 7 Low-tech causes for high-tech security breaches
Nov 2 Red Hat evolves in the name of reducing infrastructure costs
Oct 24 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Oct 17 Spyware encounters at work on the rise, says Trend Micro
Oct 15 Corporate security demand to fuel growth of Web Application Firewall market
Oct 11 Microsoft moves on virtualization initiative
Sep 26 Palm introduces first Windows-based smartphone
Sep 15 'Sinful seven' online activities employees find hard to resist
Sep 15 Stealth introduces high brightness sunlight readable LCD monitors
Sept 7 Microsoft announces availability of two new Office offerings
Sep 1 Surprise! Malware makers exploit Hurricane Katrina
Aug 25 Fujitsu advances 2.5" SATA technology
Aug 17 IRCbot worm wreaks havoc
Aug 8 SCO's McBride lashes out against Linux
Jul 28 Tatung blade supports 200 AMD Opterons
Jun 26 Made-to-measure attacks delivered in a Word document
Jun 26 Chief Security Officers acknowledge problems in network access control
Jun 23 Reducing ID theft by 80 per cent
Jun 19 Internet security threats increasing in maliciousness and criminal intent:
May 30 Extortion attempts from hackers on the increase
May 25 Number of IT staff in the profession will shrink by 15 per cent: Gartner
May 25 Tape a viable storage medium for years to come: IDC
May 4 IBM restructuring to slash up to 13,000 staff
May 4 Wireless pact sets stage for higher speeds
Apr 27 Spyware problem to get worse: IT Manager poll
Mar 28 Microsoft renames stripped-down Windows for Europe
Mar 15 NEC-Mitsubishi to split, quick transition from CRT to LCD named as reason
Mar 13 PCs in use worldwide will top 1 billion by 2007
Mar 13 Canada's leading woman high-tech entrepreneur
Feb 21 SymbOSCabir mobile phone worm appears in the wild in the US
Feb 6 Microsoft tweaking Windows Genuine Advantage to boost anti-piracy
Jan 9 05 McAfee warns of changing online threat patterns
Dec 22 Microsoft loses European Union appeal
Dec 16 Symantec to buy Veritas for US$135 billion
Dec 8 Big Blue waves bye-bye to PCs
Dec 6 SpyWare creates explosive new market opportunities
Dec 5 IBM to sell its PC business
Nov 25 Dangerous new trends emerge in phishing
Nov 21 Channel can help in protecting end users against zero-day attacks
Nov 8 2 Microsoft suits settled, 1 Pending
Nov 2 ScanSoft improves accuracy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8
Oct 19 Intel shifts to multicore strategy for 2005
Oct 11 Palm OS Cobalt now has integrated wireless support
Oct 11 Nortel falling further behind
Oct 11 Sun shells out US$92 million to settle Eastman Kodak litigation
Sept 28 Amazoncom and Microsoft team up against online fraud
Sept 28 Caast launches friendly anti-piracy program
Sept 2 Many companies aren't getting expected IT leasing benefits
Sept 2 Scansoft fires Dragon NaturallySpeaking out to the system integrators
Sept 20 Symantec releases Internet Security Threat Report Vol 6 Part 2
Sept 19 Symantec releases Internet Security Threat Report Vol 6 Part 1
Aug 4 Spammers continue to beat filters with new URLS
Jul 20, 04 Windows and Lindows make up
 
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