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News: Gateway recalls notebook batteries
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News: Palm's Hawkins tries to explain Foleo, again
News: HP FORUM: HP is its own case study with data center project
News: Microsoft flaw opened door to scammers, analysts say
News: Novell adds more Xen to virtualization
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News: FTC looks for more victims of ChoicePoint breach
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California gets Microsoft to change Vista
California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Tuesday that Microsoft Corp. has agreed to make "significant changes" in its new Vista operating system to stay in compliance with a U.S. court agreement in Microsoft's antitrust case.


SEK: Mtron claims speediest solid-state disk
Solid-state disks (SSDs) are fast becoming popular as drop-in replacements for hard-disk drives but they are not all alike, said South Korea's Mtron Co. Ltd.


COMMUNICASIA: Samsung phone sports OLED keypad
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s upcoming SGH-E950 phone has a feature that stands out from other models: a 1.2-inch OLED (organic light-emitting diode) keypad that can display different icons depending on how the phone is being used.


COMMUNICASIA: Yahoo improves mobile suite
Yahoo Inc. will upgrade its free software suite for mobile phones, improving capabilities such as search, mapping, e-mail and photo management, the Sunnyvale, California, company will announce on Tuesday.

Related Reading: COMMUNICASIA: Yahoo says operators have nothing to fear
Yahoo Inc. is seeking to reassure carriers that it isn't trying to cut them out of the loop with its mobile content services, even as it rolls out new mobile services for customers.

Related Reading: Microsoft offers redesigned MSN for mobile
Microsoft Corp. launched a redesigned MSN portal for mobile phones, with improved navigation and optimized display of Web pages.


Gateway recalls notebook batteries
Gateway Inc. is recalling 14,000 batteries used in its notebook PCs after four customers reported that their computers had overheated, a similar condition to the massive battery recall that swept the industry in 2006.

Related Reading: Toshiba blames recalled battery for laptop fire
Eight months after recalling potentially flammable notebook PC batteries, Toshiba Corp. is again urging its customers to trade in the defective units, saying one of its notebooks caught fire on May 24.


Palm's Hawkins tries to explain Foleo, again
The official Palm Inc. blog has added an audio interview with Palm's founder, in what appears to be a new attempt to justify the recently announced Foleo.


HP FORUM: HP is its own case study with data center project
The US$100 million data center consolidation project being undertaken by Hewlett-Packard Co. will help it be more efficient but also informs the consulting advice it gives to client companies.


Microsoft flaw opened door to scammers, analysts say
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday fixed a bug in its Windows Live ID registration that let users deceptively register a false e-mail address.


Novell adds more Xen to virtualization
Novell is upgrading its support for virtualized operating systems running under a Xen environment, with a bundle of virtualization drivers to be released next month.


Mozilla exec bashes Apple 'duopoly' mindset
John Lilly, chief operating officer of the Mozilla Foundation, has accused Apple chief Steve Jobs of aiming for a 1980s-style "duopoly" with his plans for the Safari web browser on Windows.


FTC looks for more victims of ChoicePoint breach
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking for victims of a data breach at ChoicePoint Inc. announced in early 2005.


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