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Vista P2P feature exposes beta machines

News The traffic was coming from computers on the Internet that, as far as the testers knew, were not supposed to be communicating with the beta machines. After installing the first beta release of the upcoming Windows client, some testers noticed...

19 August 2005, 10:32

Dusty fax machines are still getting some love

News Despite the rise of email and the internet, the good old fax still has an important part in business communications, according to recent research. A survey commissioned by business communications firm Equisys has revealed that faxing is still very...

10 July 2002, 14:20

Microsoft tries to breathe life into older PCs

News Microsoft is developing a new version of Windows aimed at companies that want better security for their older machines, the company confirmed on Thursday. In many cases, upgrading those machines to standard Windows XP just isn't an attractive...

16 May 2005, 12:08

Mac fans love Apple's quick delivery

News The new Intel Macs are faster than their predecessors, but what fans really appreciate is how quickly Apple raced the machines to market. During his Macworld keynote, Jobs whetted the audience's appetite for speedy machines by calling the new...

11 January 2006, 10:06

Windows-based cashpoints at risk of hijack

News Security experts have hacked cashpoints to show how easy it is to steal money and bank account details from modern cash machines.Cashpoints today face the Internet-born threat of worms and denial of service attacks, as well as being at risk from...

Tags: machines, cash, face, encrypted

5 March 2008, 9:16

Microsoft allows Vista 'downgrade'

News While Microsoft is still pushing Vista hard, the company is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a 'downgrade' option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Vista Ultimate Edition have always had the right to...

Tags: machines, windows xp, pcs, consumers

24 September 2007, 10:44

Nintendo: 'He with the best games wins'

News Thus, though the November launch of Microsoft's next-generation console, the Xbox 360, was considered a success, and it's still hard to find one of the machines, there's been a notable lack of excitement over any of the Xbox launch titles.

19 January 2006, 11:45

Green Party: Vista means more dead PCs

News The UK Green Party has claimed that Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista, could lead to a mass upgrade of PCs that will result in old machines being dumped in landfill sites. The BCS is advising companies to think about disposing of old PCs...

30 January 2007, 9:14

New worm spoofs Google, Yahoo and MSN sites

News People with infected machines who try to visit those popular search sites are redirected to spoof versions, antivirus company Panda Software said on Friday. Machines can become infected with the program, called PremiumSearch, when visiting Web...

3 October 2005, 9:39

Mac's sales boost heightens security fears

News Last week it was revealed that Apple's shipments of its Mac machines had shown double digit growth, year-on-year, with analysts suggesting the growth is set to continue with more PC switchers in the pipeline.

2 August 2006, 11:14

Vista to address PC power wastage

News For off, though, Windows XP machines offer several options -- including hibernate, stand by and shut down. For Vista notebooks, the plan is for the machines to go into a stand-by mode when the power button is turned off.

26 August 2005, 10:57

Apple offers Mac Mini 'lucky dip'

News The company confirmed to CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com that it has started offering machines that in some cases have improved processing powers and other enhancements. However, Apple is not labelling the new machines in any special way, so...

30 September 2005, 9:42

Dell's Linux PC launch hits rocky ground

News The PCs are Dell's first foray into offering Linux-based machines. Having fired up the chat facility on Dell's site to ask about the machines, it was told it was impossible to order one. When asked the nature of the problem, the employee said: "We...

9 August 2007, 9:52

Microsoft advises to Get Ready for Vista

News The 'Vista-capable' program allows machines that meet a minimum set of requirements to tout themselves as able to run the new Windows. Computer makers who meet higher requirements will be able to tout their machines as 'Premium Ready', indicating...

19 May 2006, 11:56

Single-chip Power Macs bite the dust

News On Monday, Apple said it was in the process of selling off the last of the machines. The company last upgraded the Power Mac G5 line in April, adding dual-processor machines ranging from 2GHz to 2.7GHz in clock speed.

21 June 2005, 9:49