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Review: Shuttle KPC K4500 Compact PC
Shuttle's $199 KPC K4500 is a testament to ever-improving computer production techniques and design. The K45 manages to combine a small exterior with a roomy interior.

How Psystar's computer measures up to a Mac
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FAQ: What you should know before installing Windows XP SP3
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Miami-Dade pinches PC power consumption
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Opinion: Why 'no Macs' is no longer a defensible IT strategy
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Preview: VMware Workstation 6.5 beta surges ahead
Though only just entering beta, Workstation 6.5 is already impressive. It includes new hardware-accelerated graphics support and some features from the Mac Fusion software, such as Easy Install.

FAQ: Reprieve or RIP for Windows XP?
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Q&A: Lenovo's Yang takes the high-end PC road
Lenovo is pushing high-end models, like the ultrathin X300 and feature-packed IdeaPad, in international markets to showcase its technological prowess.

Tales from the crypt: Our first computers
Computerworld editors share stories of their first PCs, including some classics and some real clunkers. Then we turn the tables and ask readers to share their early-PC tales.

Specialists have retrieved about 99% of the data on a disk drive on board the crashed space shuttle Columbia. Don't miss the photographs of the recovered drive. These big ideas were supposed to revolutionize technology, but they never actually appeared. In a few cases, you'll be glad they didn't. Nearly 20 years after the first Internet worm, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes stock of the malware/anti-malware landscape and spotlights how the two sides are approaching the battle. Though some thought it was released too soon, Mac OS X 10.5 has matured into a solid operating system, says reviewer Michael DeAgonia.

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