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Motherboards equipped with VIAs chipsets do not offer the full performance specified for PCI. This problem affects both new cards with Ultra-ATA/133 controllers and fast SCSI setups.

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Microsoft asked a court on Thursday to stop a Linux start-up from using a name the software giant contends infringes on the Windows trademark.

The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant filed a motion with the U.S. Court for the Western District of Washington against Lindows, which is developing a version of the Linux operating system that will run popular applications written for Microsoft's Windows OS.

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Federal officials said new raids targeting Internet warez groups are in the works following the largest U.S. crackdown on Internet piracy in history this week, including potential strikes outside the country.

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An FBI spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that the U.S. government is working on a controversial Internet spying technology, code-named Magic Lantern, which could be used to eavesdrop on computer communications by suspected criminals.

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When Intel's Pentium 4 comes to notebooks next year, consumers will discover a boost in computing power--and possibly an extra fan.

The new mobile Pentium 4 chip, which sources familiar with Intel's plans say will launch in late March or early April, will run at 1.6GHz and 1.7GHz--faster than any other portable chip.

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Ice Gameware has posted a new article Pirates and Developers which discusses the reasons for software piracy

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Intel spent nearly 10 years and hundreds of millions of dollars to develop Itanium, but the first version of the chip has faced slow sales so far.

In the third quarter--the first full quarter of Itanium sales--manufacturers sold just $13.7 million worth of servers containing the chip, which comes to less than 500 servers, according to market researcher IDC.

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Intel has issued new software that fixes a problem that held up the release of Compaq Computer's first Itanium servers.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based giant has come out with a new BIOS (basic input/output system) for its Itanium chip that resolves a problem Compaq recently discovered with its ProLiant 590/64 server, which contains the chip.

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