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Channel News

Intel adds 'Wolfdale', 'Yorkfield' to desktop roadmap

45nm 'Penryn'-based parts due late 2007/early 2008

AMD readies ATI Radeon X1950 GT?

Cut-down X1950 Pro in the works, moles claim
Hitachi hails 'industry first' 1TB desktop hard drive

Travelstar 7K1000 to ship this quarter
Computer 2000 fills board of directors

New Year appointments

Developer News

Extreme Programmers! Meet up in Leeds

Yes, Ermintrude, there is life up north...

90 Degree looks to corner BI with Radius

Opinion Sure to be attractive to potential users
Working in the COBOL mine

Developing with Legacy Systems – Part 2

Enterprise News

Gigabit audio to run on Ethernet

But who wants hundreds of simultaneous sound channels?

On-the-fly disk defragmenter claims a first

Automatic clean-up tool uses only spare cycles, says Diskeeper
Bandwidth bottlenecks are Flushed Away

Aardman broadens its transatlantic links.

Hardware News

Sony to bring Flash-only UMPC to US

Premium by name, premium by price

Samsung preps ultra-slim music player
Toshiba expands HD DVD player line-up

1080p added to entry-level spec
LG unwraps slick Blu-ray, HD DVD player

One for living room, another for PCs
Netgear brings media player into HD era

For EVA and EVA
Sony Vaio laptop to star in blue move

Spring collection unveiled
Reseller readies custom-made tablet Mac

ModBook successor to last year's iTabs
Toshiba unveils PC-friendly HD DVD drive

Shipping soon?
Game Boy child electrocuted in Thai hotel

Tragic accident, local police report
MP3 player maker sues Apple, demands $100m

Taiwanese court sides with Luxpro
Month of Apple Bugs scheme yields first fixes

Full disclosure

Internet and Law News

Google space weapon obliterates 50m insect

Rampaging earwig blown from Google Earth

16-year-old Norwegian filesharer charged

Parents may have to pay too

Management News

Broadcom, Bluetooth and that patent lawsuit

Analysis Who do you think you are fooling?

New fraud concerns over Dutch ballot computers

Good enough for local elections
Cisco, Darwin, Saddam and giant Bosnian pyramids

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E-vote systems certifier de-certified

We can't prove anything, so neither can the Feds
Moto earnings shockr

Volumes up, profits down
Northgate wins lucrative public sector contract

Hosting Hillingdon's financial systems
Analyst: Google to hit $630 a share in 07

Crazy times. Again.

Mobile News

Cellular network used as backhaul for in-car Wi-Fi hotspot

Not for the budget-conscious

Odds and Sods News

IT slave workers moan some more

Letters Porsche-sized salaries are a myth

A Brief History of Information

Part 2 From Shannon to Dar Interweb
BOFH plays Pass the Password

Episode 1 Resolution time
Our Saddam picture - too shocking?

Letters The case for the defence
Tales from the Google interview room

Letters "Do not remove the batteries from your interviewer.."
French critics roast Crowe

Ridley Scott's A Good Year fails to impress