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  • 23 November 2006

  • News: World of Warcraft PC released

    Computer maker WidowPC hopes to tap into the 7.5m and growing population of online roll-playing game World of Warcraft by building a PC it claims is designed specifically for the game.

  • News: French National Assembly switches to Linux

    Deputies elected to the French National Assembly in the next legislative session will find open-source software on their desktop PCs.

  • News: iPod transmitters legal in days

    FM transmitters that allow iPod owners to broadcast the music stored on their portable player to a nearby radio will be legal from December 8.

  • News: Microsoft avoids EC fine

    Microsoft has submitted the latest batch of technical information about its Windows operating system to the European Commission antitrust department, meeting the last in a string of deadlines imposed by the regulator over the past two years.

  • News: Online security insufficient for web "virgins"

    PCAdvisor.co.uk readers have broadly backed the security provisions of online banking services, in contrast to an NOP survey that reports a “deep mistrust” in the Internet for online transactions.

  • News: Office workers may lose instant-messaging rights

    UK businesses have been told to stop allowing employees to use IM in the workplace, or face the consequences of malware running riot on corporate networks.

  • News: Siemens struggles to find buyer

    German electronics and engineering conglomerate Siemens AG is discovering that selling products can be much easier than selling parts of the company.

  • News: Yahoo reveals own flaws in leaked memo

    Industry observers agree with the tenets of a scathing Yahoo internal memo that calls for a major reorganisation at a time when many say the web portal has lost its edge and trails competitors large and small.

  • News: Firefox attack targets MySpace

    Firefox users who use blogging and social-networking sites such as MySpace can be tricked into sending password details to cybercriminals

  • News: UK Microsoft licence vulture enters US

    A UK company that’s made a business out of selling pre-owned licences for Microsoft products has entered the US market for the first time.

  • 22 November 2006

  • News: Hotmail phishers nabbed by Microsoft

    Microsoft has initiated 97 lawsuits throughout Europe and the Middle East during its eight-month investigation into fraudulent web pages, with another 32 criminal complaints filed in cooperation with local authorities.

  • News: eBay piracy costs sellers $100,000

    The software industry has claimed a victory against piracy after two men who sold pirate versions of Symantec products using eBay were forced to pay $100,000 (£52,000) in damages.

  • News: Vista given US antitrust go-ahead

    Microsoft's Windows Vista OS has sidestepped antitrust concerns, according to the latest status report on Microsoft's compliance with the US antitrust settlement.

  • News: Online retailers fail to deliver

    The UK’s most popular online retailers have been slammed for their approach to customer service, with B&Q, HMV and even top-performing Amazon criticised by research firm Marketing Assistance.

  • News: Online community groups call the shots

    Online user groups have seized power from vendors and are increasingly calling all the shots, according to Gartner research director Steve Prentice.

  • News: Microsoft denies Office 2007 shutdown switch

    Microsoft has no plans to add a controversial Windows Vista antipiracy feature directly to its Office 2007 suite, but will consider offering it as an add-on

  • News: Linux users slam MS 'posturing'

    Business leaders have rejected concerns about potential lawsuits surrounding the Suse Linux operating system, despite Microsoft claiming its agreement with Novell is designed to protect corporate users from such threats

  • News: Microsoft allows Office 2007 copycats

    Microsoft is licensing the new user interface (UI) in Office 2007 for free so developers can build applications that look similar to the programs in the suite.

  • News: Dell results endorse AMD switch

    Dell said its adoption of AMD processors helped it reach $677m (£355m) in profit for the third quarter, though the company has delayed reporting final numbers due to an accounting investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

  • News: Google News revamps indexing tools

    Google has developed new tools it says will make it easier for webmasters and publishers of news sites to control how the search engine indexes their content for inclusion in the Google News portal.

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