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By Barry Collins

Posted on 10 Aug 2007 at 17:47

The turmoil at one the UK's few remaining PC manufacturers, Evesham Technology, has dominated the news this week.

On Monday, the company revealed it had entered administration, just three days after it sent out a press release proclaiming a multi-million pound rescue package.

A newly-formed company called Geemore Technology will keep trading under the Evesham name. And on Tuesday, Evesham's Managing Director, Richard Austin, told us what all this means for the company's customers.

In other news, the Lords Science and Technology Committee finally delivered its report on Personal Internet Security. Few were spared by the peers: the government was told its "laissez faire" attitude had led to the internet becoming the new "Wild West"; the police were told to stop ignoring e-crime; and Microsoft and other software makers were told that they should be legally liable for security flaws in their software. Patch Tuesday could turn into a national lottery if those proposals make it on to the statute book.

Here's our pick of the week's headlines:

FRIDAY 10 AUGUST

Comet hires Mesh for build-your-own PCs