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  • AMD goes quad-core with Phenom

    Advanced Micro Devices says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name.

  • Intel touts security with second-gen vPro PCs

    Chipmaker will release its "LaGrande" security technology in the second half of the year with the launch of its second-generation vPro business desktop technology.

  • Google updates desktop search tools

    Google is adding new features to its Desktop search program, including further customisation of the Sidebar and the ability to send information directly to a friend's desktop, search on multiple computers at once and lock the search function with a password.

  • Federal family dept eyes Vista

    The federal department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has gone to market for a new PC supplier for the next three years, specifying any new hardware it buys must be ready for Windows Vista.

  • Red Hat's Fedora 5 boosts desktop features

    Red Hat released its Fedora Core 5 version of Linux on Monday, giving enthusiasts new graphics and virtualisation abilities, as well as some desktop utilities based on a software framework from Microsoft.

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  • IBM plays with chameleon-like computer

    IBM Research is experimenting with a chameleon-like computing device called the Meta Pad, designed to easily convert from a desktop machine to a handheld to a notebook and back again.

  • Notebook overhaul on the horizon

    Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

  • 10 ways to secure borderless networks

    Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network.

  • CRM: Microsoft 3.0 vs. RightNow

    We pit veteran on-demand player RightNow Technologies versus Microsoft's latest CRM offering.

  • Intel demonstrates quad-core PC, server

    Intel demonstrated two quad-core processors Tuesday in the United States, "Clovertown" for servers and "Kentsfield" for PCs, directing attention toward the future during a more troubled present.

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Reviews (189)

  • Intel touts security with second-gen vPro PCs

    Chipmaker will release its "LaGrande" security technology in the second half of the year with the launch of its second-generation vPro business desktop technology.

  • Fujitsu LifeBook P7230

    A sleek-looking ultraportable, the Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 will turn heads with its polished design, but its middling performance make it best suited for basic office tasks.

  • Desktop dream machines

    RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.

  • Thin, but no flakes: 4 thin-clients reviewed

    Last month we looked at thin-client terminals. This month RMIT examines the back end for thin-client setups.

  • First Take: Apple Mac Mini

    Apple's new budget desktop is a simple box with a low price tag.

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