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Zonbu, maker of the Zonbu Mini desktop, unveiled a new addition to its line of hassle-free, affordable and green PCs -- the Zonbu Notebook computer. The inexpensive, Linux-based laptops include a service contract, billed monthly, that takes over the tasks of backing up data and monitoring the system's security. The new notebook PC will be manufactured by Everex and will be available in the first quarter of 2008. Although the Zonbu's software is still in beta, consumers anxious to buy the machine can pick up the notebook loaded with the beta software from the Zonbu Web site.

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A New Zealand cybercrime police force nabbed an 18-year-old this week who goes by the cyber ID "AKILL," officials said. While the New Zealand officials haven't arrested the man, he is being interviewed in conjunction with a wider botnet crackdown involving the FBI and Dutch authorities. The FBI said AKILL is believed to be the ringleader of an elite international botnet coding group that is responsible for infecting more than 1 million computers. Botnets are networks of remotely controlled PCs that have been infected with malware viruses, adware and spyware that are installed remotely.