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Customs warns of killer consoles

Customs is warning shoppers looking for bargains this Christmas not to be fooled into buying fake Nintendo DS and DS Lite machines

Supplier sounds fake netbook warning

HIS not making mini-laptops

Reg Hardware 5 Dec 15:40

EDS carpeted for struggling prison project

Escape committee

Government 5 Dec 15:27

Mobile social network brings adwords to SMS

Wadja know it?

Mobile 5 Dec 15:25

Jacqui promotes police handhelds

Wants more IT collaboration

Policing 5 Dec 14:54

BitTorrent net meltdown delayed

But is UTP the best approach?

Telecoms 5 Dec 13:48

How successful are business productivity initiatives?

Are your pips squeaking yet?

Productivity 5 Dec 13:47

IE7 teaser 75Microsoft preps IE 8 for the web-challenged

Hipsters not allowed

IphoneApple prepping $99 Wal-Mart iPhone?

Boy Genius cranks rumor mill

Amazon MP3 fuels indie gloom

Not exactly retail therapy

Music and Media 5 Dec 13:28

007 Warhead screenplay sold for £46K

The Bond film that never was

Bootnotes 5 Dec 13:22

HDS points customers at dashboard to dodge sales slowdown

Making the expensive look affordable

Channel Register 5 Dec 13:21

Armed robbers take Paris jewellers for £70m

Cato! You imbecile! Not now!

Bootnotes 5 Dec 12:57

RIM Vodafone BlackBerry Storm

Review Attempts to take on iPhone, fails...

Reg Hardware 5 Dec 12:56

BOFH: The Christmas party

Episode 39 Treasure hunting, BOFH-style

BOFH 5 Dec 12:43

Missile Defence multikill space interceptor in hover test

Vid Smartswarm module gets (23 feet) off ground

Public Sector 5 Dec 12:32

Craiglist rant man on criminal libel rap

Falls foul of 'rarely used' Colorado statute

Law 5 Dec 12:13

EU asks Google for privacy advice

Hey, gorilla, what shall I do with this banana?

Law 5 Dec 11:57

Electric car seller hits brakes as UK EV sales plunge

'Leccy Tech Shock for fans

Reg Hardware 5 Dec 11:33

Second Firefox 3.1 beta under starters order

As Firefox 2.x disrobes anti-phishing and heads for retirement

Applications 5 Dec 11:25

Microsoft hires Yahoo! search boss

Buying the company person by person

Applications 5 Dec 11:19

MIT boffins crack fusion plasma snag

Chance of success at French megaproject enhanced

Environment 5 Dec 11:13

WIN a BlackBerry Storm!

Competition The season's hottest handset could be yours

Reg Hardware 5 Dec 10:58

HP boxes Mother Earth into submission

Aboxalypse now Further packaging outrages menace planet

Bootnotes 5 Dec 10:40

Atlantis Hubble mission set for 12 May

Final servicing gig

Space 5 Dec 10:04

Sony Ericsson Walkman W902 mobile phone

Review Image-conscious Walkman phone gets a snappier snapper

Reg Hardware 5 Dec 09:02

Government grants itself even more data sharing power

But ever so quietly

Government 5 Dec 08:02

HP claims market-topping 2.5-inch storage

Our 300GB is bigger than your 300GB

Storage 5 Dec 06:25

IDC sees virtual desktops in corporate future

Cost reduction cosh

Virtualization 5 Dec 06:16

STEC director 'creative' with CV

Non-existent qualifications result in Broadcom boot

Storage 5 Dec 06:09

Green Hills spins out military Integrity for masses

An OS that secures OSes

Operating Systems 5 Dec 06:04

NASA delays Mars tank launch until 2011

Budget grows another $400m

Space 5 Dec 05:54

ARSes crush Novell profits

Could be worse

Financial News 4 Dec 23:54

American 'football' goes 3D

Multidimensional Rugby-like game

Music and Media 4 Dec 23:23

Python 3.0 appears, strangles 2.x compatibility

No more snake jokes. We promise

Developer 4 Dec 21:14

How to customise the Acer Aspire One GUI

Get the look you want

Reg Hardware 4 Dec 20:36

Blu-ray backers highlight rising demand

Player shortages, consumer fears exaggerated, it's claimed

Reg Hardware 4 Dec 19:37

Third ex-NASA Ames worker jailed for child porn

Yes, third

Crime 4 Dec 19:28

Angel spots CherryPal cloud chimera

It's small and it's real

PCs & Chips 4 Dec 19:20

Apple eyes (yet another) multi-touch patent

Give your UI the finger

Hardware 4 Dec 19:19

Microsoft to embed RSA data cop in Windows

Rights management deal

Operating Systems 4 Dec 18:02

Leaked Met letter questions Speaker's version of police raid

When powerful interests attack

Government 4 Dec 17:11

Microsoft warns customers against bogus 'Blue Edition' Office

Which you can buy on MSN?

Software 4 Dec 16:50

AMD chip sales crashed in Q4

Shanghai'd by the meltdown

PCs & Chips 4 Dec 16:38

Booby-trapped emails fly back into fashion

Trojan assault wave takes many guises

Spam 4 Dec 16:21

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Dixons Store Group International has posted a £30m loss for the last six months of trading.

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