3rd January 2008 Archive

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Code

• Emacs diet for Visual Studio? A whole .Net less

Hardware

• Hitachi hypes 'world's most capacious' laptop hard drive 500GB drive coming to Asus laptops
• LCD monitor biz squeezed at both ends Demand for TVs and laptops to blame
• Nigerian firm demands $20m from OLPC Non-profit org slapped with infringement suit

Lifecycle

• Telltale signs your model is stuck Analysis paralysis: part two

Market News

• IBM chases the little people with hardware re-org Division of labour

News

• Lenovo readies IdeaPad laptop line ThinkPads for consumers

Reseller

• Dixons shares spanked after profit warning Share price down a fifth

Security

• Ransomware Trojan locks up infected PCs UK regulator probes pay-by-phone extortion
• RealPlayer users warned over unpatched vuln Proof of concept exploit sparks full disclosure row

Servers/Storage

• Microsoft scoffs at antitrust extension seekers With a little kick to Netscape's corpse
• Novell congratulates itself for snogging Microsoft Dowry for Linux-Windows nuptials tops $350m

Software

• Debian update addresses multiple flaws Back from the holidays
• Microsoft patents Wish Lists Just what you always wanted
• Microsoft readies Hal 9000 The corporate lie detector