The PC Pro weekly news round-up
By Alun Williams
Posted on 8 Jun 2007 at 14:55
Computex 2007 dominates the news this week, along with Microsoft signing up companies for Linux-related patent protection plans.
From Taiwan we reported on Intel developments - the $200 Asus laptop making waves, the arrival of the 3-Series chipset, and the chip giant claiming 45nm Core 2 Duo processors are ready to enter production. We also reported on a range of tiny Via-powered UMPCs, next-gen motherboards from Foxconn and the brain-controlled PC device.
Meanwhile, Microsoft started the week signing up Xandros for a Linux patent protection agreement, and ended it with LG also cutting an intellectual property deal. For LG, it was to cover its Linux-based embedded devices.
'We believe in the importance of respecting the IP rights of others and that patent collaboration and protection is a best business practice the whole industry should be engaged in,' the consumer electronics giant declared.
Here's our pick of the week's headlines:
Friday 8 June
Lenovo gears up for consumer markets
AMD redesigns the PC and launches new CPUs
Netscape Navigator 9 taps into Web 2.0
Thursday 7 June
Microsoft signs up LG for Linux patent protection
Majority of phishing websites 'assembled from kits'
Ofcom clamps down on rogue broadband charges
Wednesday 6 June
David Bowie and BBC scoop Webby awards
Next generation Core 2 Duo 'ready to roll'
Asus stuns Computex with £100 laptop
Tuesday 5 June
Apple unveils faster MacBook Pro line-up
HP heralds green PC with five-year lifecycle
Ask gives more answers to Web queries
Monday 4 June
From around the web
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- Chrome's shine getting lost in translation
- BytePac: the cardboard hard disk enclosure
- How tech loosens our grip on reality
- Hokum watch: Safer Internet Day
- Why I'm deleting Adobe from my PC
- Prepare to be patronised: it's Safer Internet Day
- Dear Sony, Samsung and every other tech company in the world: stop trying to be Apple
- Will Apple's Final Cut Pro X update placate the pros?
- Smartr Contacts for iPhone review
- Switching to Office 365's Outlook Web App
- Why virtualisation hasn't slowed the growth of data
- How to make Google AdWords work for your business
- The curse of sloppily written software
- Paying for your crimes with Bitcoin
- Behind the scenes: tech support for Formula 1
- The security risk of fat fingers
- Why Windows Phone 7 isn't quite ready for business
- When will Microsoft stop fiddling with Windows 8?
- Flash down the pan?
- Metro Style apps vs desktop applications
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