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    Computer security giant Symantec this week said it would not integrate the software of recent acquisition PC Tools into its mainstream Norton suite, instead using the products as its low-cost option for countries such as India and China.

  • Microsoft to expand low-cost Windows to Brazil

    Microsoft plans to expand its low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition program to Brazil, the company confirmed on Monday.

  • Brazil's dance with the Internet

    Want to hear a real Internet success story? The fact that the Internet is no longer a big deal for many Brazilians is a big deal indeed.

  • Developing markets to get low-power PCs

    VIA Technologies, manufacturer of chipsets, low-power processors and small-form factor motherboards, is ramping up plans to develop a platform for computing in the developing world.

  • Lenovo looking for acquisitions

    China-based PC and gadget manufacturer Lenovo on Thursday confirmed that it was talking to "independent third parties" about potential acquisitions and investments.

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    Can virtual worlds make a meaningful contribution to business -- and if so, how can they be protected from invasions of privacy and flying genitalia? ZDNet Australia gets the lowdown from Chris Collins, technical assistant to the CEO at Second Life developer Linden Lab.

  • A billion PC users on the way

    By the end of the decade, a billion people will be clicking away at computers, but generating a profit out of newly wired portions of the world is going to take a lot of work.

  • Microsoft wants another billion users

    Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got Microsoft its first billion customers. It's Will Poole's job to get the next billion.

  • Negroponte's laptop plan moves closer to reality

    Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.

  • MIT's open communications campaigner

    Andrew Lippman thinks communities will be key to the future of communications tech.

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