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• 31 October 2005

• News: Corporates catch on to the joy of blog

  Serious companies are taking blogs seriously, and in the process are finding surprisingly innovative uses for an application that many still view as a plaything.

• News: Bird flu brings on PC virus

  Virus writers, forever in search of opportunities to distribute their malicious code, are exploiting interest in the avian flu by circulating an email with an attachment that contains information about the bird flu epidemic - and a Trojan horse tucked inside.

• News: Microsoft could pull Windows from South Korea

  Microsoft has warned that if South Korean regulators order it to remove code or redesign Windows as part of an ongoing unfair competition investigation, it could pull the operating system from the market or delay the introduction of new versions.

• News: Study: e-waste dumping victimises developing nations

  A major study suggests that powerful western countries need to be much more careful when disposing of electronic waste

• News: Judge grants Microsoft's request to stay Google case

  In a victory for Microsoft, a US District Court judge in California has upheld a tentative ruling - first issued two weeks ago - to halt the Kai-Fu Lee case filed by Google. This gives the go-ahead for Microsoft's original case to be resolved before Google's can resume.

• News: Samsung readies iTunes competitor

  Samsung Electronics is working on a competitor to Apple's iTunes Music Store, the company said today.

• 28 October 2005

• News: New-look PCAdvisor.co.uk

• News: Microsoft stalks super spammers

• News: Telecoms ombudsman criticises outsourcing

  Poor customer service by Australian telcos is often caused by outsourcing, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman John Pinnock has said.

• News: SBC to take on AT&T name

  SBC Communications, which expects to close its acquisition of AT&T this year, said on Thursday that it will adopt the name AT&T once the deal is finalised. It will be AT&T Inc, however, rather than AT&T Corp.

• News: Yahoo doubles price of subscription music service

  In a change of strategy that it hopes will knock Apple's iTunes off top spot, Yahoo is set to double the price of its online music subscription service.

• News: Concerns over data security and encryption

  Keeping data secure, tracking who uses it and managing it in a way that maintains backup windows and keeps information available to customers — especially after an interruption in service or a disaster — are top issues for IT executives, according to users who took part in a panel discussion yesterday at Storage Networking World.

• News: Takara shows TV visualizer for music players

  Japan's Takara developed a low-cost unit, intended to bring your music to life on a television screen, similar to the visualizers built-in to some music playback software apps.

• News: Skype could pose security problems

  The growing popularity of Skype Technologies SA's free internet telephony software could soon pose the same kind of security challenges for companies that other P2P (peer-to-peer) software technologies have created in recent years, according to security experts.

• 27 October 2005

• News: Google Base beta fuels speculation

  The industry is devouring the latest installment in the often-fantastic Google saga. This one is about how the firm plans to crush eBay.

• News: Chip shortage could hit MP3 player availability

  An industry-wide shortage of key flash memory chips will hit the availability of some models of MP3 player during the upcoming Christmas shopping period, the head of Creative Technology's US unit said on Wednesday.

• News: Microsoft releases Works Suite 2006

  Microsoft has released an updated version of Works Suite, its package of productivity applications aimed at home computer users.

• News: FPF: MS says multicore chips are changing software design

  Multicore processors are solidly mainstream these days, with five upcoming multicore designs showcased by their creators on the first day of the FPF (Fall Processor Forum). But many software developers are ill-prepared for this era, according to a Microsoft executive.

• News: Some Vaio PCs can't use new Memory Sticks, warns Sony

  Three models of Memory Stick Pro memory card recently launched by Sony and one to be launched tomorrow won't work with some of the company's Vaio desktop computers, the company said yesterday.

• News: WPCE: Wireless broadband takes to the sky above Japan

  A Japanese university team that developed an airship equipped with a wireless internet access point says a recent trial of the technology was a success.

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