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Two accused of selling counterfeit Cisco kit

Sell it to the Marines boys

Compaq returns to Germany - as brand for bottom-feeders

Faded glory
One in five apps are insecure

Survey exposes patching woes
Tesco to start flogging Dell computers

Pile-high sell-cheap squared
Private equity firm snaps up Northgate

Shares surge, investors line pockets
Sun gets EMEA boss at last

Early Christmas present

Comms News

Man uses mobe as modem, rings up £27k phone bill

Stop the mobile data madness

Nokia and InterDigital both win patent case

The spirit of Christmas enters UK court
Tesco Mobile complains to Ofcom

Virtual operator, real complaint
Wishing you an EMF-free Christmas

Christmas gifts for the truly paranoid
Ofcom, US senators turn on to cognitive radio

You are entering the white space
Third round of consultations on 2.6GHz auctions

Get your spectrum here, lovely spectrum, we got all sorts

Hardware News

MasterCard's Maestro struggles to cope with Xmas

As website wobbles too

Intel and STMicro Flash venture delayed by cash problems

Loan cutbacks put dent in Numonyx
BitTorrenters seek sanctuary in Pirate Bay

Legal takedowns boost traffic
Dell's laptop customisation options not very customisable

Memory, all alone in the moonlight
Click here to turn your HP laptop into a brick

More bundled software madness
Dell buys UK storage networking consultancy

Methodist hymn
Samba shakes hands with Microsoft

No royalties to pay in interop deal?

Management News

New Jersey bans sex offenders from the web

Stay offline or face 18 months in jail, $10,000 fine

Byrne puts fake ID frighteners on illegal employers

Analysis Another no-change rule change?
Capgemini ‘not talking to Wipro’

Shares take a tumble
Google suffers patent blow

Hyperphrase case rumbles on
Tote to punt online casino from the Channel

Government bookie doesn't want to pay government tax
UK charity backs tags for dementia sufferers

Keeping tabs on granny
Outsourcing overruns cost UK taxpayers £9bn

No surprise, there
Wipro seeks firepower for Capgemini bid

'Hectic negotiations' with bankers
Rendition lawsuit targets aerospace giant Boeing

Should the state secrets doctrine be used to protect government contractors?
FBI preps $1bn biometric database

'Next Generation Identification' awaits you
Tories offer NHS IT rescue plan after major patient data losses

Propose switch to decentralised, interoperable databases
Media convergence think tank seeks its inner Womble

Culture minister announces mystery strategisers
US TKOs Antigua in bizarre WTO arbitration decision

Dispute strangely reaches climax

Music and Media News

Wal-Mart cans video download service

Quiet death

Rent Fox films via iTunes

Blockbuster for your iPod
Radiohead prep New Year's Eve net gig

Whole of In Rainbows plus 'other bits'
Amazon claims amazing Christmas

Credit crunched
Apple and Fox to offer rental downloads

Brief iTunes 'limited time' deal
How to copyright Michelangelo

From the Borgias to Bill Gates
How to be a failure at Guitar Hero III

Review Game over
Queen's Speech hits YouTube

One would like to wish you all a Happy 2.0 Christmas

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