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Apple Legal Gets Tough on x86 Hackers

malebolgia — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:45:25 +0000

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Apple legal has slammed a cease and desist order against the OSx86 Project - a gathering of developers working to port Mac OS X to work on Intel processor-powered PCs. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright... Read more...

Longhorn could be tough sell for Microsoft

jerry — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:53:34 +0100

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Longhorn has already survived several major delays, intense scrutiny from the industry and a radical redesign of its features. But the toughest test for Microsoft's next release of Windows is still to come: Will anyone... Read more...

Tough times for hard-drive companies, report says

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 28 May 2004 12:53:27 +0100

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The disk drive industry is spinning its wheels, according to a new report. The industry, a notoriously difficult one in which to succeed, is stuck in a rut of cutthroat pricing and grim profit prospects,... Read more...

Microsoft Talks Tough About Open Source

malebolgia — Tue, 25 May 2004 21:06:13 +0100

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A top official of Microsoft last week claimed that governments that support open source software are not helping build a viable software ecosystem in their communities. Chris Sharp, director for platform strategy for Microsoft in... Read more...

Intel faces tough 2004 DDR-2 challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:37:13 +0000

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SENIOR MEMORY analyst Nam Hyung Kim at iSuppli said in a weekly report that in his view it's unlikely Intel will succeed in shifting the market to DDR-2 during 2004. According to Kim, the major... Read more...

UK PayPal users face tough rules with spin-off from US

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:36:22 +0000

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New PayPal users in the UK will face fresh restrictions from next month, when the company launches its full European service. At the moment, the firm's non-US customer accounts are held with... Read more...

MySQL : one tough open source cookie

Mr magoo — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:17:12 +0000

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MySQL AB on Monday released Version 4.0.17 of its MySQL open-source database software. The update features a number of cleaned up code defects that were recently sniffed out by an independent inspection company. ... Read more...

Intel's Xeon MP faces tough Opteron competion

NTUsEr — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:40:19 +0100

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The AMD Opteron may hit Intel where it hurts, in its pocket. That's the message editor Kevin Krewell is promoting in the latest edition of the Microprocessor Report. Krewell says in the article... Read more...

Windows gets tough on spam, viruses

sphere — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:21:41 +0100

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Microsoft on Monday will detail a future version of Windows that will make it easier to detect and isolate viruses. Additionally, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer will show off new features in Microsoft Word... Read more...

FTC gets tough on telemarketers

Keldyn — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:31:53 +0000

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Federal regulators are creating new protections for people plagued by unwanted telemarketing calls, establishing a national "do-not-call" list that consumers can use to keep their phones from ringing with sales pitches. FEDERAL... Read more...

Microsoft Gets Tough On WindowsXP.nu

Ross Dundas — Mon, 09 Dec 2002 23:53:04 +0000

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Microsoft continues to use its weight to muscle Windows Enthusiasts which are liberal in there content in terms of downloads and software covered by non-disclosure agreements. In the latest incident of Microsoft muscling sites which... Read more...

Microsoft Windows XP SP1 to be tough on Warez!

me101 — Fri, 24 May 2002 14:06:23 +0100

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With all the news at the moment on Windows XP's soon to be beta tested/released/leaked (whatever!) Service Pack 1 (SP1), I read this interesting snippet on The Register.And one last thing readers who're no better... Read more...