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Dear Charles, Welcome to the latest PC Pro newsletter News headlines: Phorm considers offering broadband discounts to customers; Google talks tough with angry newspaper moguls; and Microsoft proclaims netbook victory over Linux This week's new reviews: Lenovo's featherlight X301 laptop floats into the labs; Yoyotech storms the A List with its monstrously powerful Water Dragon 3.6 desktop; and Novatech enters the nettop fray with the dual-core Atom-powered Ion Fusion PC Pro podcast: On this week's show the team discuss the implications of teaching Twitter in the classroom; Yahoo's decision to jump on the social-networking bandwagon; and the svelte HP Pavilion DV2 laptop vies to become our Hot Hardware of the Week. Download it now Best of the blogs: Tim Danton wants to hear your PC repair shop horror stories; Barry Collins ponders how Google and the newspaper industry ended up at each other's throat; and Jon Honeyball casts a wary eye at the gathering Cloud Barry Collins - Online Editor ----------------------Sponsor's Message-------------------------- Treo Pro™ by Palm The smartphone that delivers numbers you can't ignore. 0 extra servers or licenses needed, 3 simple steps to set up WiFi and 7 simple steps to set up push email. At a time when everybody wants more capability for less cost, the Treo Pro™ smartphone by Palm gives you the chance to decrease your spend on mobile devices while still increasing your users' productivity. Click here for more information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Phorm considers paying users Controversial advertising service says it's considering broadband discounts or charity donations to encourage customers to sign-up Google boss warns newspapers not to pi** readers off Eric Schmidt warns newspapers they could upset readers in their battle with the search giant Microsoft: 96% of netbooks run Windows Software giant claims comprehensive victory over Linux in the netbook market Yahoo aims to become giant social network Search runner-up prepares to take on Facebook and MySpace with social-networking features Firefox.next due for 2010 release Mozilla lays out roadmap for next iteration of its open-source browser - just don't ask about the version number Server 2008 R2 set to launch alongside Windows 7 Microsoft drops heavy hint that Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 will launch simultaneously later this year Murdoch working on newspaper-sized eReader News Corp invests in electronic newspaper reader as its bid to make people pay for news continues Porn site shame for Home Office The Home Office has been redirecting people worried about Government snooping to a porn site All the latest news RSS news feed: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/rss ----------------------Sponsor's Message-------------------------- Now you don't have to choose between protection and speed Webroot introduces complete security streamlined for performance, Webroot® Internet Security Essentials. 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Yoyotech Water Dragon 3.6 The A List greets a remarkably powerful desktop PC at a superb price Novatech Ion Fusion Novatech bolsters its impressive nettop with a dual-core Atom Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook P8020 Netbooks may have put paid to expensive ultraportables but nobody's told Fujitsu Siemens Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 Nvidia proves there's still life in the graphics-card market with an astounding comeback Maxon Cinema 4D 11 The 3D modelling suite hits version 11 and impresses us with a wealth of well-considered new features Freecom ToughDrive Sport 500GB Need a drive to withstand the knocks of travelling? 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