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Channel News

US flight authorities tighten rules on gadget battery storage

Regulations cover what you pack and where you pack it

Consumers binged on chips in November

But late rush still needed to make full year forecast
Nvidia's AMD-aimed nForce, GeForce chipsets due this month

Hybrid SLI, three-way SLI and more

Comms News

Motorola and Metrologic lay down arms

Season of goodwill to all IT companies

California judge says Californian company can infringe patents

At least until 2009

Hardware News

Microsoft scoffs at antitrust extension seekers

With a little kick to Netscape's corpse

Hitachi, Fujitsu spurn miniature HDDs

Firms left unsatisfied with disks under two inches
IBM swallows Tel Aviv storage firm

Buys privately-held XIV
China link puts 3Com takeover in doubt

US government extends investigation

Management News

Shell expected to slash 3,200 IT jobs

Oil firm 'loath' to confirm number

Information security breaches quadrupled in 2007

Slippy fingers and leaky servers
Burma hits satellite TV where it hurts

Hikes licence fee to 'three times the average annual salary'
FBI's 'idiot dude' fails to boost US Navy terror emails

Wiretap excerpts hint at rich vein of pointless tedium
German privacy activists cry foul over data retention law

Data logging? Nein danke
World outlook worst since dot-com crash

And a very happy new year to you too...
Saudis cuff 'outspoken' blogger

Held for 'purposes of interrogation'

Music and Media News

Music industry hails China deep-linking victory

Never mind Baidu, look at Yahoo!

Google to reinvent UK newspaper biz

You knew it was coming
Thom Yorke dismisses net-only album paradigm

Idea 'stark raving mad', says Radiohead frontman

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