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Israeli Linux fan squeezes Windows refund out of Dell

A Dell customer has struck a settlement with the PC maker after being refused a refund apparently guaranteed under the terms of Microsoft's Windows licensing agreement

Microsoft to embed RSA data cop in Windows

Rights management deal

Operating Systems 4 Dec 18:02

Leaked Met letter questions Speaker's version of police raid

When powerful interests attack

Government 4 Dec 17:11

Microsoft warns customers against bogus 'Blue Edition' Office

Which you can buy on MSN?

Software 4 Dec 16:50

AMD chip sales crashed in Q4

Shanghai'd by the meltdown

PCs & Chips 4 Dec 16:38

Booby-trapped emails fly back into fashion

Trojan assault wave takes many guises

Spam 4 Dec 16:21

Interflora sues M&S over Google keywords

Could be trade mark test case

Law 4 Dec 16:11

ShotgunTell Santa to bring more assault rifles

America tools up for the inauguration

Flag United KingdomHuman rights court rules UK DNA grab illegal

Updated Jacqui Smith: Law to remain while judgment 'carefully considered'

VoIP is coming to the iPod Touch

Is there nothing an Apple can't do?

VoIP 4 Dec 15:55

Lapland New Forest website suffers 'unusual technical problems'

'Scam' Xmas attraction hit by 'bizarre machine fault'

Bootnotes 4 Dec 15:54

Networked multipack cruise missiles in successful test

Could make tanks & artillery obsolete

Science 4 Dec 15:15

AT&T will slash 12,000 from workforce

Telco cuts off 4% of workers

Telecoms 4 Dec 14:56

Nokia trims expectations again

Palm to cut costs by 20%

Mobile 4 Dec 14:50

UK ramps up health über-database

We take part (voluntarily) in Biobank UK

Science 4 Dec 14:35

Apple more closed than Microsoft

Reg Tech Panel Choice cut from Reg Barometer Survey

Developer 4 Dec 14:30

US WMD report: Dirty bombs, chem weapons are bunk

But the bioterrorists will strike by 2013! Aiee!

Government 4 Dec 14:06

Plod punishes PC-reliant businesses

Innocent or not, you deserve to suffer

Policing 4 Dec 13:46

Oz MPs 'could be breathalysed'

Major blow for New South Wales politicos

Bootnotes 4 Dec 13:29

Jacqui Smith denies any knowledge of police search

And Speaker's 'speedy' enquiry goes slow

Government 4 Dec 13:12

Fujifilm FinePix S100 FS digital camera

Review A bridge camera that offers bags of DSLR features

Reg Hardware 4 Dec 13:02

Sun and VMWare updates keep sysadmins busy

Patched quilt

Virtualization 4 Dec 12:49

Microsoft wants to get under your skin

HealthVault links up with VeriMed RFID chips

Science 4 Dec 12:48

US space outfit promises The Right Stuff experience

Sub-orbital jaunt for $95k

Space 4 Dec 12:46

A last hurrah: Matching info challenges with functional capabilities

What about the stuff we’re not so good at?

Systems 4 Dec 12:45

IBM takes on VMware virtual desktop

Big Blue's view different from VMware View

Applications 4 Dec 12:17

Reding prods Germans on termination rates info

C'mon, regulator - spill

Mobile 4 Dec 12:12

CSC orders staff home in cost-cutting shutdown

'It's OK, you can use up next year's holiday!'

Financial News 4 Dec 12:01

Adobe axes 600 jobs, lowers sales outlook

Recession bites

Financial News 4 Dec 11:51

130,000 inflatable jubs missing at sea

Oz mag issues floating chesticle alert

Bootnotes 4 Dec 11:03

Lego terrorist threatens democracy

Religious leaders slam 'Toy Taliban'

Bootnotes 4 Dec 10:40

Firefox plug-in Trojan harvests logins

Spy on the wire

Spyware 4 Dec 10:35

MPs demand investigation into unlawful police action

Comment PC Power grab put on hold

Public Sector 4 Dec 10:33

Pirates pee on Amazon's MP3 parade

Hijack MP3 announcement

Music and Media 4 Dec 10:04

Aussies to get first Googlephone January 2009

Kogan Agora delayed a month

Reg Hardware 4 Dec 09:47

Logitech PureFi Mobile portable Bluetooth speaker set

Review A multi-purpose on-the-move system

Reg Hardware 4 Dec 09:02

Novell grooms NetWare-Linux lovechild

Real-server tools meet fake-server tools

Operating Systems 4 Dec 07:24

Irish govt powers up electric vehicle drive

'Leccy Tech But is €1m enough?

Reg Hardware 4 Dec 07:02

Sun sneaks JavaFX Mobile into desktop FX

Any RIA in a storm

Developer 4 Dec 05:02

'Faith-based' investment firm fingers holiday's most sinful games

Holy @&$#

Odds and Sods 4 Dec 00:49

FCC boss spices Puritan wireless plan

The threat of unlicensed spectrum

Wireless 4 Dec 00:45

Bot-wielding hackers crash eBay holiday giveaway

eBay cares not

Security 4 Dec 00:38

EFF seeks shelter for iPhone mobile 'jailbreakers'

Freedom to tinker

Mobile 3 Dec 23:20

Agassi drives 'lectric car empire across Pacific

Hawaii captured

Business 3 Dec 23:14

VMware and SpringSource integrate on virtual Java roadmap

Ubuntu in the frame

Developer 3 Dec 21:23

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