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Intel US retail desktop market share plummets

Swaps places with AMD, says researcher

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/amd_intel_us_desktop_marketshare/
Cybercrooks spur anti-virus market growth

Fear of a black hat

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/av_market_fands/

Enterprise

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AMD kicks Opterons up a notch

A wee notch

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/opteron_boost/
PathScale takes Infiniband cluster booster to Xeon

Out of the Opteron HTX shadow

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/pathscale_pci_express/
Cassatt calls for shift from Java manual to an automatic

Give us your tired, muddled J2EE masses

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/cassatt_wam/
Brocade copies HP and Veritas by buying NuView

Same name, new global namespace

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/07/brocade_buys_nuview/

Hardware

Next-gen video iPod spotted on web

If they're fakes, they're good ones

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/06/apple_video_ipod_images/
Sony Ericsson reveals Walkman phone speaker

Dock holiday

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/06/se_walkman_speakers/
Samsung to demo 8GB HDD handset

Windows Mobile 5.0, too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/06/samsung_sgh-i310/
LG Blu-ray Disc player to support HD DVD too?

Ditched single-format product, apparently

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/06/lg_blu-ray_hd-dvd_plans/
Sony beefs up Bravia LCD TV line

Seventh-generation panels

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/06/sony_beefs_up_bravia/
Olympus E-500/EVOLT E-500 8mp digital SLR

Review Anti-dust vs anti-shake

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/06/review_olympus_e-500/
Don't wait for Apple - upgrade your Intel Mac

DIY a Duo

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/07/apple_mac_mini_duo_hack/

Internet and Law

MSN promises Google-beating search

Holy Grail and moon on a stick, coming soon too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/ms_promises_google_beater/
eBay wins against opticians

Blind leading the blind...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/ebay_lense_sales/
Wild ride over for Google?

TechScape Gates says so, but is he right?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/google_stock_value/
Lords fights back on compulsory IDs

Tells Blair to back manifesto pledge

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/lords_fights_on_id/

Management

Profits and revenues drop at Novell

But results 'solid', firm says

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/novell_profits_slump/
Vodafone shares up on Japan sale

Markets welcome confirmation

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/vodafone_confirms_japan_exit/
Yahoo! boosts Freedom of Information awareness

Pay-per-click adverts promoting FoI

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/directogov_uses_sponsored_links/
Reg readers: 'Amazon in Ireland? More like Amazon in liarland!'

Speaking in forked tongues?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/amazon_ireland_scornfest/

Mobile

Orange puts the squeeze on customers

Unleashes ludicrous marketing menagerie

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/orange_animals/

Odds and Sods

Oscar winner Clooney takes control of Hamas

A busy boy, our George

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/clooney_hamas/
Pope plugs in to iPod Nano

'Computer technology is the future' says 2-gig Pontiff

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/pope_ipod/
I can't use an iPod, admits Blair

Would you trust this man?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/blair_ipod/
Cruise and Hilton triumph at Razzies

I'd like to thank...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/razzies/
Couple microwave urine-filled fake penis

Attempted drugs test fraud ends in court

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/drug_test_fraud/

Science

Beer fights heart disease: official

Excellent news

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/beer_effects/
Flypast honours Spitfire maiden flight

Classic aircraft marks 70 years

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/spitfire_flypast/
China delays space walk for six months

Shenzhou VII launch off until 2008

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/china_launch_delay/

Security

Anti-virus groups fight over Crossover sharing

MARA's 'membership' ruling has industry up in arms

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/crossover_ruling_angers_industry/
Microsoft versus EC

Comment Adequate response - but who remembers the question?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/microsoft_versus_ec/
AOL's email tax - charities get reprieve

Not-for-profits, not charged

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/no_charges_for_charities/
Email worm threatens lawsuit against victims

Tort-uous

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/bagle_worm_lawsuit_threat/
US man faces IRC Trojan charges

Dark dealings on DarkMyst

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/irc_trojan_charges/
No backdoor for Vista - MS

'Nonsense', scoffs developer

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/06/nada_vista_backdoor/

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