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Microsoft's IE loses momentum, drops market share 3 September

The browser battle returned to what passes for normalcy in August as Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), which had a two-month run of usage share gains, lost ground to the usual suspect: Google's Chrome.

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ESET has NOD32 anti-virus update pains 3 September

A botched update to the ESET NOD32 Virus Signature Database Update 5418 is causing mayhem on thousands of Windows XP SP3 machines and Windows Servers alike.

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Nvidia engineers Sandy Bridge alternative 3 September

Sources in the motherboard industry have leaked some interesting info to Digitimes concerning Nvidia's development of a Sandy Bridge-compatible chipset.

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Dell loses 3Par bidding war to HP 3 September

Dell said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualised storage vendor 3Par, paving the path for rival Hewlett-Packard to acquire the company.

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Google launching Pay-per-view movies 1 September

For years YouTube has been focused on letting users share home movies with the world. However, the video-sharing site may soon have to share the video section of Google's portfolio as rumor has it the search giant is trying to get a pay-per-view movie service off the ground.

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AMD to ditch the ATI brand for Radeon graphics 1 September

The ATI brand has been around the computing space for as long as many of us can remember. Four years ago, AMD acquired ATI but left the name to live on due to its strong brand in the graphics space. Now those days are over, as the graphics division at the chipmaker is at its strongest.

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Researchers slate 'month of bugs' launch 1 September

A little-known group of security researchers will kick off a month of bug disclosures starting this week that target unpatched vulnerabilities in software from Abode, Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple and others.

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Intel to acquire Infineon's wireless division 1 September

Intel will acquire Infineon Technologies' wireless division for $1.4 billion, the company said.

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NZ transport agency takes dig at micro-trenching 30 August

The New Zealand Transport Agency has voiced concern over a low-cost technique for laying fibre-optic cable that the Government may need to rely on if it is to ensure its $1.35 billion ultra-fast broadband scheme can achieve its objectives within budget.

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Google launches real-time search site 30 August

Google has launched a search engine dedicated to delivering real-time search results from social networking sites and other live feeds.

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YouTube UK opens cinema service 30 August

YouTube UK has launched a new movie service populated with the good, the bad and the ugly of bargain bin video goodness.

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Radeon HD 6800 benchmarks leaked 30 August

A screenshot was recently posted showing a 3DMark Vantage score and a GPU-Z screenshot for a Radeon HD 6800 card. As you would expect, the latest version of GPU-Z (0.4.5) hasn't detected all the GPU's details, but it has come up with some goodies.

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Intel closing in on deal with Infineon, reports say 27 August

Reports are surfacing that Intel is close to finalizing an agreement to buy the wireless unit of Neubiberg, Germany-based Infineon Technologies.

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Intel's upcoming laptop chips will play Blu-ray 3D 27 August

Intel's upcoming next-generation laptop chips will have a dozen new features to improve graphics performance and will be able to play Blu-ray 3D movies.

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Royalty-free H.264 may clear way for HTML5 standard 27 August

MPEG LA, the firm that controls licensing for a number of video and other standards, announced on Thursday that it will never charge any royalties for Internet video encoded using the H.264 standard that Apple favors, as long as that video is free to end-users.

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Google fixes Gmail bug that re-sent e-mail messages 27 August

A Gmail bug that caused messages to be re-sent multiple times, mortifying senders and annoying recipients, has been fixed.

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Malware could have played part in plane crash 25 August

Investigators searching for clues as to why a Spanair flight crashed in 2008 have discovered that malware may have played a part in the tragedy.

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Intel now shipping new dual core Atom N550 25 August

Intel says that the new dual-core model is better equipped to handle multimedia, especially web technology using Adobe Flash, including online hotel booking systems and multimedia sites such as YouTube and Hulu.

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Microsoft applications plagued by binary planting flaw 25 August

Microsoft has released a security advisory addressing a bug in the way many applications are coded which could be exploited to attack Windows PCs. Microsoft was quick to point out that this new class of remote attacks is not related to specific vulnerabilities in Microsoft products, but that doesn't mean that Microsoft's applications are properly coded to avoid this issue either.

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Malicious spam exploits fake celebrity deaths 25 August

Symantec is "currently tracking an eruption on the spam ring of stories of celebrities dying in plane crashes or car accidents."

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