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• 25 December 2008

• Opinion: Had plane crash... send Tweet

  If you had just survived a plane crash, what would you do? Call loved ones to tell them you're okay? Check if your luggage survived? Twitter?

• News: Windows 7 beta set for release at CES

  Attendees at next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) could get the first public look at Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft's client OS.

• News: Apple, Google & Microsoft sued over file preview

  A small Indiana company has sued tech heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, and Google, claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are opened.

• News: Samsung digital photo frames ship with Trojan

  For the second year in a row, some of those digital photo frames lying under the Christmas tree may come with a nasty surprise.

• 24 December 2008

• Opinion: VHS is dead, long live Blu-ray?

  The VHS format has finally died.

• News: Intel opens Netbook Linux centre

  A new centre aimed at speeding the development of mobile computing devices around the Linux-based Moblin OS has opened.

• News: Project Kangaroo will cost ITV and Channel 4 £30m

  ITV and Channel4 have been advised to reconsider their part in Project Kangaroo, says Enders Analysis.

• News: Weird and cool gadgets on show at CES 2009

  Here's a snapshot of some of the cool gadgets and electronics that you'll be able to check out on the CES show floor.

• News: Web users will surf on Christmas Day

  More than two thirds of Brits will surf the web on Christmas Day, says the Post Office.

• News: 70 percent of PCs sold in Japan are laptops

  Driven on by the popularity of low-cost netbook computers, shipments of laptops have surpassed 70 percent of the Japanese PC market for the first time.

• News: Apple iPhone beats BlackBerry Storm satisfaction ratings

  In its most recent consumer smart phone survey, ChangeWave found that the Storm's satisfaction rating was more akin to a mid-tier handset and significantly below that of people who own Apple's iPhone.

• News: 'Why we failed' - Microsoft admits IE bug mistakes

  Microsoft's developers missed a critical bug in Internet Explorer because they weren't properly trained and didn't have the right testing tools.

• News: Firefox share surges past 30 percent in Europe

  Fewer than 60 percent of European web users run Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to a French-based metrics company, while more than 31 percent have switched to Mozilla's Firefox.

• News: Track Father Christmas in Google Earth

  Google and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) are letting web users across the globe track Father Christmas on his travels tonight using Google Earth and Google Maps.

• News: Laptops outsell desktops for first time

  The third quarter of 2008 marked a first for the computer industry, with more laptops sold worldwide than desktop PCs

• News: Fake antivirus targets Microsoft.com

  Just weeks after the US Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and US Internal Revenue Service websites.

• News: Toshiba to boost fast-charging battery production

  Toshiba is planning a big increase in production of a new type of Lithium Ion battery that can charge to 90 percent of its capacity in a few minutes and is highly-resistant to short circuits.

• 23 December 2008

• News: Mobile web usage grows 463 percent

  Data traffic to mobile phones jumped 463 percent in November compared to the same month last year, according to the latest State of the Mobile Web report from Opera Software.

• News: Google Docs Gadget for the Desktop launches

  Google has added a new feature to enable users to find and access their Google documents straight from the desktop.

• Opinion: Why Windows 7 will kill Linux

  Microsoft has long been worried about Linux competition in the server market. When it came to ordinary PCs and laptops, however, it knew it had little to fear.

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