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• 2001: Year of the "junkyard" virus

  As antivirus companies look back to log the year's busiest viruses, it seems virtuoso worm writing has gone out of style.

• Viruses: Is the worst yet to come?

  Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.

• The Year 2000 in review

  The new millennium was the year Microsoft was ordered to bifurcate, dot-coms tanked on Wall Street, WorldCom's Bernie Ebbers saw his merger mania capped and Napster scared the recording industry nearly to death. 2000 was a cascading waterfall of events that ended any doubts about the Net's ability to change the way we think, learn, play and do business.

• Vista struggling to match XP sales

  Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report.

• Windows Vista take-up slower than expected?

  Businesses are moving to Windows Vista less quickly than expected due to problems with application compatibility and clarity around the date of Service Pack 1, according to analysts Forrester.

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• Viruses: Is the worst yet to come?

  Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.

• Are PC makers poised for major hit?

  A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according to a new report.

• IBM exit a sign of times

  Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.

• Tech strategy for 2003

  Web services, wireless and PC platforms, TechRepublic takes a punt on 2003's most influential technologies.

• Office users at risk from 'critical' flaw

  Microsoft issues another herd of vulnerability reports, including a "critical" security hole in numerous Office applications that could let a hacker take control of a PC.

Reviews (72)

• Palm deal harks back, looks forward

  News analysis: Palm is hoping that lightning will strike twice with its acquisition of Handspring, but the reunion may not be an easy one.

• Intel touts extended uses for PC

  Chipmaker Intel not only wants to get inside the personal computer, it now wants to be outside, too, amid slumping demand for PCs that has Intel touting new consumer devices to change the way PCs are used.

• Bleak forecast for PC vendors

  Australian computer vendors can expect poor sales for the second quarter of 2001, according to forecasts outlined in a report on the PC market's performance, released by IT industry analysts International Data Corporation (IDC).

• PC-cillin Internet Security 2004

  With a firewall and an antispam tool built right in, PC-cillin gives you more for your money than other antivirus apps on the market do.

• Astro to propel Transmeta's comeback

  Transmeta, which has suffered through a difficult year and a half, is gearing up for a comeback with Astro, a newly designed microprocessor due out in 2003.

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