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But Mr Concierge, step outside and it's free!
Blogs weekly roundup This week, ZDNet Asia's sister site, Silicon.com, kicked off a campaign in the U.K. to lobby for the hote...
Tags: Service level management, Mobile/Wireless, Pricing strategy
Another champion for Linux found in China
Blogs Beijing Linux User Group had a great meeting tonight. We were introduced to Dr. Zhang Fu Xin, Vice Researcher for the In...
Dixons outsources IT to India in US$263M deal
News Electrical retailer Dixons Group International is to outsource IT infrastructure support and software development to Indian IT company HCL Technologies, in a deal believed to be worth US$263.5 million.
Tags: Service level management, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Summertime in the age of Facebook
Blogs For Filipinos, the arrival of summer means going on a vacation, usually to the beach. As a kid, I always looked forward ...
Bluetooth vulnerability reported in HTC phones
News Report says Bluetooth driver in the manufacturer's Windows Mobile devices could expose user contact details and other data, but HTC has not confirmed flaw.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Mobile, PC World, phone, Bluetooth, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
Third-generation Classmate PC on its way
News Intel is readying a refreshed low-cost laptop that will be revealed in the next few months.
Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Processors, Mobile processors, Intel Corp., Europe, PC World, Hardware, software, processor
Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over preview icons
News Michigan-based networking company sues the tech giants for allegedly infringing on a patent related to document thumbnails used in operating systems.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Web sites, Web browsers, Apple Inc., Cygnus Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Google Inc., PC World
WPA wireless encryption cracked
News At upcoming conference, researchers will detail how key encryption feature used in securing wireless systems can be cracked.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WEP, Encryption, Wireless, PC World, TKIP, cash register, WPA, Wi-Fi
IDG reinvents print media with online ad network
Insight
news analysis Publisher breaks fresh ground by selling ads for other new media properties.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Online Advertising, Survey, International Data Group, ad network, Web Site, Web
Opera, Firefox squabble over best-browser claim
News Employees at Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software wrangle over who won a magazine's best-browser award.
Tags: Web browsers, Open source, Browser
'Carbon neutral' PC uses more wood, fewer watts
News The buying and selling of shark fins on the partially Yahoo-controlled e-commerce site angers activists, who say the harvest is brutal.
Tags: Desktops, Product development and design
Floppy disks to disappear from PC World
News The U.K. computing retailer will stop selling floppy disks when the current stock runs out.
Tags: Personal storage, Storage
Y2K concerns cause drop in U.K. business PC sales
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Apple shines up Emmy for FireWire
News Move over "Sopranos". Apple's high-speed connection has become a key technology in the television industry for moving video on and off computers.
Pure-play online retailers top customer survey
News Pure-play online retailers scored more highly on customer satisfaction than the Web counterparts of traditional high-street brands over the Christmas shopping period.
Tags: Business applications, Business development/management, Web sites, Internet advertising
