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• IBM buys BigFix for data centre patching

  IBM is to further bulk out its profitable software division with the acquisition of privately-held patching company, BigFix.

• GPUs boost supercomputers' energy efficiency

  Supercomputers that mix CPUs with graphics processors made their mark on the Green500 list of top energy-efficient supercomputers released on Wednesday.

• HP closes Palm deal, confirms WebOS tablet

  Hewlett-Packard on Thursday finalized its acquisition of Palm and confirmed it will use the company's WebOS in future tablets and netbooks.

• Sony says 535,000 laptops at risk of overheating

  More than half a million Sony laptops sold this year contain a software bug that could lead them to overheat, the company said Wednesday.

• Intel to focus on how computers will be used in the future

  Intel Corp. is creating a new research lab dedicated to helping scientists figure out how people will use computers in the future.

• Seagate releases first 3TB external desktop hard drive

  Seagate Technologies today announced the first 3TB external desktop hard drive, which is capable of using USB 2.0, 3.0 or FireWire 800 connectivity.

• Dell knew some PCs were faulty, court documents reveal

  PC maker Dell has been accused of selling thousands of desktop PCs despite knowing the machines contained faulty components, according to recently unsealed court documents first reported about on Tuesday by The New York Times.

• Cisco announces business tablet

  Cisco on Tuesday announced the Cius tablet, a handheld device designed to help users run business applications and communicate in real time.

• VMware co-founder tackles virtualization at Cisco

  The five visionary tech executives who created VMware and launched the x86 virtualization market have kept low public profiles in recent years, with four leaving VMware as the company gets remade by owner EMC.

• Intel's Meego OS shown on multitouch tablet

  Intel has posted a demonstration of its Linux-based Meego OS for tablet computers via a YouTube video that shows the OS's multitouch support, multitasking and integrated social networking.

• Amazon EC2 creator launches private cloud start-up

  The "private cloud" is a popular phrase in IT these days, but often a meaningless one, with tech vendors slapping the label on any old product that happens to make an existing IT function slightly more efficient.

• Brocade, HP unveil data center extensions

  Brocade this week unveiled data center products available from OEM HP that are designed to support next-generation Fibre Channel rollouts anchored to optimizing application performance and scaling virtual machines.