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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 prices in Europe (Reuters)

Processors: Dividing chips into many virtual cores (InfoWorld)

SMB technology: Replacing in-house software with applications in the cloud (InfoWorld)

Femtocells: Obscure name, bright future (InfoWorld)

Networks: A fabric smarter than its end points (InfoWorld)

Dell founder in spotlight after accounting audit
Dell Inc's disclosure that executives routinely adjusted accounts to meet financial goals raises questions about the role of founder Michael Dell.

11 injured in accident on Tom Cruise film
Eleven people have been injured when they fell off the back of a truck during the shooting of Tom Cruise's latest film in Berlin.

Failure of the back-up
There's little joy when careful plans go awry, writes David Flynn.

Facebook a $5b waste of time
Checking out Facebook friends has become Australia's new, and costly, office time-waster.

iPod Nano revamp to see widescreen display?
Standard iPod to 'gain iPhone looks' Apple is said to be preparing to revamp its iPod Nano music player with a third-generation case design that not only introduces a new colour scheme but also sacrifices the gadget's skinny looks to add a video-friendly widescreen display.…

Students get lecture on ID crime
Info office issues Personal Information Toolkit New guidance from the information commissioner could help students avoid identity theft at university.…

Hope fading for trapped Chinese miners (AP)

Canines capture DVD pirates
Two dogs trained to sniff out DVDs received medals from the Malaysian government on Monday for a five-month campaign that crippled movie pirates

Real estate agent denies wrongdoing
There are calls for the real estate industry to take complaints more seriously after concerns have been raised about an Ashburton real estate agent

A family dispute has erupted over a dead man's body
A woman planning to bury her long-time partner in Christchurch on Monday is now caught up in a dispute over his body

Open source: Innovation through recombination (InfoWorld)

Canon to offer new SLR digicam for keen amateurs (Reuters)

Calls for better opponents for Tua (1:41)
A couple of New Zealand's most esteemed boxing minds have some clear messages for Team Tua - get the Kiwi heavyweight a decent fight

New Zealand's apple export tussle with Australia is to be sorted by the WTO
The Australian government says it is confident the WTO won't overturn Australian restrictions on apple imports from New Zealand

Web tourists nuts about Almond Land
Brian Bay, Almond Land, Drunk Island and Cans are among the most popular holiday destinations for Aussie travellers, according to an accommodation website.

AMD's dual-core Athlon 64 line hits 3.2GHz
Chip family goes mobile too AMD has today rolled out a fresh top-of-the-line mainstream desktop dual-core processor and - bizarrely - extended the same Athlon 64 X2 family into the mobile market.…

Intel driver tweak adds vertex shaders to old IGPs
Vertex Shader 3.0 support in hardware Intel has quietly rolled out support for hardware acceleration of Vertex Shader 3.0 calculations in a range of its integrated graphics chipsets, including the Q963, G965, 945G and the mobile GM965.…

US sailor pleads guilty to child sex charge in Australia (AFP)

Taiwanese jet catches fire in Japan (AP)

Zimbabwe parliament delays introducing equity bill (AFP)

French FM to meet Iraq's divided leadership (AFP)

Roadside bomb kills Iraqi governor (AP)

Holcim outlines its plans for new Oamaru cement works
A consents hearing underway in North Otago for a proposed cement works has big implications for two South Island towns

NZ to take Australia to WTO over apple dispute
New Zealand will take Australia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a bid to resolve a longstanding dispute over apple access. Successive New Zealand governments have been trying to get Australia to allow New Zealand's apples...