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• 29 March 2007

• News: PS3 upgrade as Sony plans 80GB version

  Sony to fight back against Microsoft's Xbox upgrade with a higher-capacity PlayStation 3, according to documents uncovered in the US

• News: Social workers to get PDAs & laptops

  The UK government has announced £13m funding to boost mobile working by children's social workers.

• News: VoIP firm Vonage on the brink?

  Vonage's lacklustre IPO (initial public offering) and ongoing patent troubles are leading some financial analysts to speculate about the company's long-term viability.

• Opinion: Reader tips: organise your music

  Plus: keep your PC safe in a thunderstorm, and change your PC username.

• Opinion: Helpful Windows downloads

  Make your Windows PC work better with these useful FREE tools.

• 28 March 2007

• News: Sony claims Blu-ray has HD sewn up

  Sony is to launch a consumer Blu-ray player in Europe this summer, claiming the same device was an overwhelming success in Japan, where it was launched last year. Sales figures it cited today suggest that rival high-definition format HD-DVD has been marginalised, with Blu-ray accounting for more than 95 percent of the player/recorder market in Japan, the test market for HD devices.

• News: Google Pack adds free security tools

  Google has added Symantec’s Norton Security Scan and PC Tools’ Spyware Doctor Starter Edition to the free Google pack download.

• News: Police fret over hackers' secret IM network

  Hackers have built their own encrypted IM (instant-messaging) program to shield themselves from police trying to spy on their communication.

• Opinion: The Ten Commandments of mobile phone etiquette

  Thou shalt learn these rules, or I shalt smash your mobile phone to pieces.

• Opinion: Only the kids star on YouTube

  YouTube gets around 65,000 new videos uploaded each day and there are almost 20 million YouTube surfers each month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. But who's doing the uploading?

• News: Sony expands UK digital SLR range

  Sony announced at the Sony Media Experience 2007 event in Rhodes yesterday that it will add two more digital SLR cameras to its lineup, both of which will be branded Alpha and will "sit alongside" the company's existing A100 model launched last July.

• News: Critical bugs in StarOffice & OpenOffice

  Bugs in Sun Microsystems's StarOffice and OpenOffice.org's OpenOffice application suites allow attackers to snatch control of a computer by serving up malicious documents or URLs, the two organisations have revealed.

• News: LG & Google in mobile phone deal

  LG Electronics plans to launch at least 10 mobile phones this year with preinstalled software and services from Google, the two companies announced today.

• News: Yahoo Mail to offer unlimited storage

  Yahoo will give users of its free web-based email service access to unlimited storage capacity starting in May, according to a post on a company blog.

• News: Higher-spec Xbox 360 launching next month

  Microsoft reveals plans to release an upgraded version of its Xbox 360 console next month, and intends to undercut the PS3, at least the US

• News: PS3 breaks UK sales record

  Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) sold more than 165,000 units in the UK in the first two days on sale – more than both the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 during their respective launch weekends.

• News: Transmeta faces Nasdaq de-listing

  Former Intel and AMD challenger Transmeta is facing de-listing from the Nasdaq Stock Market due to its low stock price.

• Opinion: Get to grips with Office 2007's new commands

  Living with office 2007

• Opinion: Useful utilities for a cleaner PC

  Banish application conflicts and make your PC run smoothly with these helpful downloads.

• News: Stolen UK govt laptop held kids' details

  A UK National Health Service (NHS) primary care trust has launched an investigation after a laptop containing names, addresses and dates of birth of 11,500 children was stolen from its offices.

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