20th June 2007 Archive

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Distribution

• Rivals torture consumers via Microsoft Comment Talk about unfair competition

Hardware

• Albatron brings Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS in on a budget DirectX 10 for the masses?
• Apple buyout rumours circulate as iPhone launch nears Can St. Steve move up a plane?
• Gateway recalls 14,000 batteries Is that a barbecue in your lap or...
• Quick-charging electric cars could be round the corner Updated Main problem of battery vehicles potentially fixed
• Samsung spins up 1TB desktop HDD

Market News

• Google calls for greater Windows Vista openness Friends in government
• Post Office loses Amazon contract Last cheque's in the post

PC Builder

• Nota bene: World goes notebook crazy Can't get enough of 'em

Reseller

• Circuit City has outstandingly awful Q1 Withdraws guidance for 2007
• Consumers happy to pay 'green premium' Give thumbs up to price hikes for enviro-friendly kit
• DSG computing sales up, profits down Downers include laptops, France

Security

• Brits to US tech firms: we need you! ...to catch our criminals
• Harry Potter transcript claim doesn't convince Meddling muggles boast of last book transcript attack
• Phishermen, not zombies, causing biggest security woes McAfee issues revised forecast
• Police officer arrested over IT abuse "Very serious allegations"

Servers/Storage

• HP and Novell double team Sun Technology Forum Torched by Transitive
• HP's storage gets a case of the greens Technology Forum Think disk made out of trees
• Operating systems are old and busted USENIX VMware founder wants data center coup
• Opteron darling Newisys lives! Just a flesh wound
• Pillar packs more storage in Axiom boxes Going green, crowded, but green
• Sun appears to own part of Java server start-up Azul As the settlement turns

Software

• Google takes aim at Microsoft, carbon, China Zentering on PowerPoint competitor