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  • 25 July 2007

  • News: Sheepish Mozilla admits Firefox hit by IE flaw

    Mozilla's chief security officer has acknowledged that Firefox includes the same flaw that the company called a 'critical vulnerability' in Internet Explorer during a two-week ruckus over responsibility for a Windows zero-day bug.

  • News: China & FBI bust huge piracy syndicate

    A flurry of raids and arrests in China over the past two weeks have ended what's estimated to be the world's largest piracy syndicate in operation for more than six years.

  • News: UK firms snub IT chiefs in the boardroom

    More than 50 percent of UK IT directors are left out of the big decisions taken by their employers because they do not have a seat in the boardroom, according to research commissioned by Microsoft.

  • News: AOL buys targeted-ad firm Tacoda

    AOL plans to strengthen its online advertising business by acquiring Tacoda, a company that specialises in delivering ads based on users' online activities.

  • 24 July 2007

  • News: Wooden PC draws just 45W power

    PC World has revealed more details about its supposedly 'carbon neutral' PC – claiming the computer will draw just 45W, 23 percent of a standard PC's 200W, and have the same capacity as a current PC, enough to run Vista.

  • Opinion: GP appointments available through the telly

    Some UK GP surgeries will now offer appointment bookings via TV set-top boxes and mobile phones. Which is good news for couch potatoes with sloth-induced heart problems.

  • News: Intel ups AMD battle with even cheaper chips

    Intel has slashed chip prices on a handful of microprocessors after the company's battle to retake market share from rival AMD took a turn for the worse.

  • News: Acer slams 'unstable' Windows Vista

    Windows Vista is riddled with problems and gives users and businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to a report in the Financial Times Deutschland quoting Acer president Gianfranco Lanci.

  • News: '$100' XO laptop goes into production

    The group behind the $100 laptop - One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) – has moved a step closer to providing low-cost notebooks to children in developing nations by giving the go-ahead to the mass production of its XO laptop. However, the computers are expected to be out in October, one month later than originally planned.

  • News: Microsoft reveals Windows 7 due in 2010

    Windows Vista's replacement - currently codenamed 'Windows 7' - will be ready for release in 2010, according to Microsoft, and will come in both 32bit and 64bit versions

  • News: Dell & Lenovo launch Wireless USB laptops

    Dell and Lenovo have announced the first laptops with embedded Certified Wireless USB chips, which will enable cable-free connections to USB peripherals hooked up to Certified Wireless USB hubs from D-Link and IOGear.

  • News: Nokia plans mobile social-networking

    Nokia is targeting Flickr and YouTube with the acquisition of Twango, a social-networking site based in the US.

  • News: Quanta gets iPhone & Dell smartphone deal

    Quanta Computer is to become Apple’s newest iPhone partner, according to a report in Taiwan’s Economic Daily News.

  • News: Free iPods for drug addicts

    A new NHS initiative could provide drug addicts with free iPods in a bid to help them stay clean.

  • News: New Apple tech could prevent iPod theft

    Apple has filed a patent which could help prevent iPod theft. The patent describes technology which would only allow an iPod or portable Mac to draw power from a nominated power adaptor or device, according to the New Scientist.

  • News: HP to buy Opsware & Neoware

    HP announced two proposed purchases - a $1.6bn deal to acquire data centre automation specialist Opsware and a $241m offer for Neoware.

  • 23 July 2007

  • News: Fox News fault leaks sensitive content

    Security analysts say a gaping security hole in Fox News Network's website revealed file directories and sensitive content, although it appears the problem has been fixed.

  • Opinion: Facebook founder 'stole idea'

    Bare-foot übergeek and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg today has more to worry about than how many zillions to accept for his social-networking behemoth. Zuckerberg is in court fighting a lawsuit that claims he stole the idea and the source code for Facebook.

  • News: Nintendo Wii exposed to Adobe Flash bug

    Symantec says a recently identified Adobe Flash vulnerability could affect the Nintendo Wii through the console’s Opera internet browser.

  • News: DIY Trojan kit available online

    A do-it-yourself kit for developing and customising Trojan malware has been discovered for sale on the web.

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