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Smoking gun for AMD?
news analysis Chipmaker's charges against Intel will hang on a close look at market realities.Bloggers plead for freedom from election laws
Federal Election Commission ponders four different ways of regulating bloggers. One option might be to do nothing at all.Web content by and for the masses
Online games, desktop video and citizen journalism sites are reshaping the debate over file sharing.The New York Times
Court gives adware maker WhenU green light
Appeals court reverses decision that confined WhenU from selling pop-ups triggered by 1-800-Contacts' trademarks.Intel and AMD: a long history in court
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Windows XP Starter Edition now available on new PCs in the country, with plans to eventually offer the OS throughout Latin America.Worm baits hook with hints of Pope plot
New pest, which poses as a breaking news alert about the death of John Paul II among other guises, can disable security software.Sun cools down Linux desktop plan
Java Desktop System will continue to exist, but expect to see "less of an emphasis" on it, company's top software exec says.Windows 2000 moves to the back burner
Microsoft delivers what is expected to be its last significant revision of the 5-year-old OS, which is still popular among companies.Bagle commandeers PCs for zombie army
New offshoot uses a Trojan horse to try to compromise PCs for use in cyberattack networks.Phishing fraud lands two men behind bars
Working with Russians, they used fake identities and bank cards to remove money from accounts via ATM machines, authorities said.Tech giants join forces to fight piracy in Brazil
Seven top tech companies plan to gather information on sale of pirated electronics that can then be passed onto police.France to host first nuclear fusion plant
Chosen by a 30-nation consortium, France lands a deal for a $12.2 billion experimental reactor to be built near Marseille.Google automates personalized search
New version of test service learns user interests based on past searches and results that have been clicked on.New education tools from Microsoft
Software giant announces four new academic-specific products, including a tool to help lock down shared systems.New iTunes hints at coming cell phone support
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