Nvidia reports problem with laptop chips
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Cisco expands software offerings for data center virtualization

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Elgan: Independence Day (from the grid, that is)
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Elgan: Control your BlackBerry with voice commands
While millions of BlackBerry users have been mastering the art of thumb typing, two companies have developed sophisticated technologies that replace typing with voice commands. Columnist Mike Elgan takes a look at them.

How to buy a cell phone
We explain how to sift through the sea of service plans, networks, features, technical data and more to get the handset and service plan that fits you.

Review: Myvu Crystal video eyewear for iPod
It fills a growing niche -- video eyewear that makes it possible to privately watch video stored on an iPod, other portable media player or other video device.

Driving to distraction
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Four cool network optimization start-ups
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How-to: Determine BlackBerry memory use, avoid performance degradation
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Elgan: The '$100 laptop' may be a glimpse of the future
The laptop of the future, say five years from now, may look a lot like the XO 2.0 clamshell, a prototype of the next version of the One Laptop Per Child laptop.

Review: Paglo network management service
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Review: A new all-in-one server
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All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop. Here's how. Is Microsoft's Golden Age over? What are Gates' most memorable quotes? Find out in Computerworld's complete coverage of the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft. There are some things your CIO definitely doesn't want to hear. Also don't miss the flipside, Five things you should always tell your boss. With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.

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