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• 03 October 2006

• News: Microsoft acquires DesktopStandard

  Microsoft has bolstered its group-policy desktop management offering with the acquisition of New Hampshire software vendor DesktopStandard.

• News: Yahoo gives members' data to developers

  Yahoo has introduced a mechanism for external developers to give their web applications access to data that Yahoo members have stored in Yahoo services.

• News: Sony displays Blu-ray Disc recorders

  Sony will launch a pair of Blu-ray Disc video recorders in Japan this December, the company said today.

• News: Amazon's A9 loses snazzy features

  Amazon.com is stripping its A9 search engine of the features that won praise from experts, but earned little attention from users.

• 02 October 2006

• News: The 'unpatchable' flaw in Firefox

  Two hackers over the weekend disclosed an 'unpatchable' security flaw in the Firefox browser, possibly giving out enough information for attackers to replicate the bug, according to a report.

• News: Airlines in limbo as data talks break down

  An agreement sheltering airlines from European privacy laws, allowing them to hand over passenger data required by US authorities, expired on Saturday, leaving most European airlines in legal limbo.

• Opinion: Major threat to Microsoft: Tesco Office suite

  It's not often that retail giant Tesco is given underdog status, but technology analysts are sure to claim it's bitten off more than it can chew by announcing a range of own-brand software that could compete with Microsoft Office.

• Opinion: Major threat to Microsoft: Tesco Office suite

  It's not often that retail giant Tesco is given underdog status, but technology analysts are sure to claim it's bitten off more than it can chew by announcing a range of own-brand software that could compete with Microsoft Office.

• News: Tesco announces own-brand low-cost PC software

  Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, plans to go head-to-head with Microsoft, the world's largest software company, by launching a range of own-brand software this month in 100 stores nationwide.

• News: Latest Microsoft flaw patched by Determina

  For the second week in a row, independent security researchers have fixed a hole in Microsoft's software.

• News: Acer talking to Sony about battery recall

  Acer, the world's fourth-largest PC vendor, is in talks with Sony over joining its voluntary laptop PC battery recall, but said Acer users haven't reported any problems so far.

• News: Fujitsu outlines battery exchange plan

  Fujitsu will offer owners of some of its laptop computers replacement batteries as part of Sony's global battery exchange programme, it said on Saturday.

• News: US government retain Icann influence

  The US government will remain involved with the management of the internet's domain-name system after its current agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers expired on Saturday.

• News: Microsoft unveils latest digital home

  The latest remodel of the Microsoft Home, the software vendor's techno-fuelled vision of domestic accoutrements of the future, has no robot butlers nor any flying cars parked in the driveway.

• News: Record companies agree on digital royalties

  Recording artists such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Paul McCartney will get an 8 percent slice from the sale of their music sold through online services and mobile networks in the UK under a compromise reached last week with content sellers.

• News: Optimistic outlook for Vista adoption

  Microsoft is expecting businesses to adopt Windows Vista twice as fast as any other version of Windows.

• News: Laptop HD-DVD writer developed by Toshiba

  Toshiba will unveil the first slim-type HD-DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers tomorrow.

• Opinion: Laptop power drain plugged

  Plus: what now for Windows 98 and Me users?

• 01 October 2006

• News: Vista, as seen by a Mac buff – part two

  Windows users will be delighted by the fact that Microsoft has slammed the door on some of the more glaring security holes that have plagued XP users for years.

• Opinion: Office beta hits MS in the wallet

  It should probably come as no surprise that Microsoft's largesse, as far as offering users a free taste of the beta of Office 2007, was shortlived.

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