Supply chain issues have affected global shipments of traditional PCs — desktops, notebooks and workstations — in the third quarter, but despite this there was 3.9% year-on-year growth to mark a sixth consecutive quarter of growth, the technology analyst firm IDC says.



The Free Software Foundation has described Windows 11, the new avatar of Microsoft's desktop operating system that was launched on 6 October, as taking "important steps in the wrong direction when it comes to user freedom".

Brother's latest INKvestment all-in-one printers are aimed at the remote workforce.

Researchers from the Slovakian security firm Eset claim to have discovered a new malware family that targets systems that run Linux but have not yet discovered how the malware infects such systems.

ERP specialist Syspro has appointed Michael Bennett to the role of global channel executive.

More than 900 students from St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School and Moreton Bay College are giving 900 solar powered lights developed by SolarBuddy to children living in energy poverty in light of International Day of the Girl Child, today, 11 October.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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