Old computer name still shows

I bought a new iMac core duo early this year and migrated all my data from my ibook to it. Not a problem, and i reinstalled Tiger on my ibook for the new owner when i sold it. I've just noticed that my old ibook computer name crops up now again even though my iMac now has a different name. How is this possible?
I'm sharing my files with a Sony Vaio (forgive me i own a laptop too), and when i connect to me network, it shows my path as ''my old ibook computername'(my ip address)'(my name:). Why does it not show my current computer name?
If anyone has any ideas and a solution i would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
iMac Intel 20inch 2Ghz 2GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.7) Running Airport Express, file sharing with Sony Vaio Win XP

Which machine shows your old computer name, the mac or the sony?
If the sony, try opening a dos window and enter
ipconfig /flushdns
I think the equivalent function on the Mac can be found in Network Utility

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