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RSS starter in newsOlympics a non-starter for office workers
News Office workers are set to snub the greatest show on earth in favour of knuckling down at their desks. While China prepares for a frenzy of co-ordinated enthusiasm for the Beijing Olympics, three-quarters of the 100 responses to the latest silicon... [08 Aug 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News The low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until 30 June 2010. Well, really it's the end of two eras. Not only does the date mark the departure of Bill Gates but another epoch is also really coming to... [16 Jun 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, work on the IT systems to support the event is moving into its final phases. The team members behind the IT systems are preparing to move from their individual project... [13 May 2008]
IT at fault: Millions pay wrong tax amount
News The spokesman said the department was automating and tightening many of its processes and introducing checks on employee starter and leaver information. Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs has promised to fix its computer systems after it was found to... [02 Apr 2008]
Microsoft extends Windows XP's lifeline
News Microsoft also plans to keep XP on retail shelves longer and will allow computer makers in emerging markets to build machines with Windows XP Starter Edition until June 2010. Bowing to pressure from customers and computer makers, Microsoft plans to... [28 Sep 2007]
Microsoft goes low-cost in India
News The IQ PC comes on top of that program, as well as existing low-cost PC efforts in India, including Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition, a version of Windows that is sold on new PCs in emerging markets. [28 Jun 2007]
Gates targeting "the next five billion" PC users
News The collection of software, which will start shipping in the second half of this year, includes Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and Student 2007, Windows Live Mail Desktop and several educational products. [19 Apr 2007]
O2 woos SMEs with freebies
News O2 has announced a new "starter pack" for customers that are setting up small businesses. The mobile operator's new SME Starter plan gives customers a free two-month subscription to any O2 Best for Business tariff, a dedicated customer-service... [08 Mar 2007]
Five arrested over £350,000 router theft
News The stolen products are 802.11g-enabled wireless starter kits, each comprising a router and wireless USB adapter. Five men have been arrested over the theft of thousands of D-Link routers, police have revealed. [16 Oct 2006]
Stolen wireless broadband router hunt
News Networking company D-Link is appealing for help from the public after 7,200 of its broadband wireless starter kits were stolen. D-Link said the starter kits - consisting of a broadband router and USB adapter - were stolen in the UK on route to a... [13 Oct 2006]
Vista to get no-frills Windows' features
News Microsoft is sprinkling some features from Windows XP Starter Edition into Windows Vista, the next generation of its operating system. The software maker plans to take the video help feature in XP Starter, which is geared to PC users in emerging... [09 Oct 2006]
Web blunder leaks Vista price tag
News The software maker announced in February it plans to sell six versions of Windows Vista, including Vista Starter, which will be sold only on new PCs in emerging markets. Microsoft on Monday briefly posted pricing for Windows Vista on its Canadian... [29 Aug 2006]
Microsoft shows off mobile-PC prototype
News The company is also testing its Windows XP Starter Edition, a slimmed-down version of the desktop OS that is sold in some emerging markets on new, low-cost PCs. Reported sales for Starter Edition have been modest. [31 Jul 2006]
$100 laptop: 'Fundamentally flawed'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) scheme is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the IT industry, according to Tony Roberts, chief executive and founder of UK charity Computer Aid International. [21 Jun 2006]
Microsoft trumpets pay-as-you-go PCs
News The company has offered a lower-priced operating system option - its stripped-down Windows XP Starter Edition - as part of low-cost PC programmes across the globe. But total shipments of Starter have been modest, with the company having sold 100... [22 May 2006]
