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• Intel "paid vendors not to use AMD"

  AMD has introduced new evidence claiming Intel abused its pre-eminent market position.

• Mobile operators "overcharging by £1bn"

  Charges for calls to mobile phones in the UK are excessive, says the head of BT's consumer business.

• Social network for hackers launched

  The House of Hackers social network has been launched, including a job postings board.

• UK government security survey - situation improving?

  Government sponsored research shows better controls and fewer incidents than in 2006

• OpenBSD 4.3 released

  A large number of new drivers are provided to improve hardware support.

• Linux kernel 2.6.25 released

  Improved wireless networking, filesystems, hardware support, but no proprietary USB drivers

• Build a Wi-Fi antenna using household materials

  

  You can make your own directional Wi-Fi antenna using commonplace items like a toilet brush holder. Here's how

• Tweaking TCP/IP

  You can get faster network throughput by adjusting some of your TCP/IP stack's parameters, but it's not simple. We'll show you how