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  • 28 October 2005

  • 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.

  • News: Sony profit almost halved

    Sony saw its net profit almost halve during the quarter from July to September as overall sales stalled, the company said today.

  • 26 October 2005

  • News: Don't politicise the internet

    By design, the internet is a highly decentralised global network of networks, bound together by simple protocols, ultimately controlled by no one. This has been an important factor in s remarkable growth and adaptability. Yet developments in the next few weeks could upend this arrangement.

  • News: Microsoft outlines Explorer 7.0 security changes

    Microsoft has revealed some of the security changes to its forthcoming Internet Explorer 7.0 and Windows Vista offerings - changes that could cause trouble for some websites.

  • News: Apple launches iTunes Australia

    As expected, Apple launched its iTunes Music Store in Australia on Tuesday, but Sony BMG continues to play hardball, exercising its major-label status to hamper Apple's catalogue in multiple countries.

  • News: PC vendors may get Vista next summer

    Microsoft expects to release to manufacturing the next version of its Windows desktop OS on July 25, 2006, to ensure PC vendors will have it on machines in time for the 2006 holiday season in the US, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

  • News: Goal-line technology 'ready for World Cup'

  • News: Skype patches critical flaws

  • 25 October 2005

  • Opinion: Microsoft locks down OEM licence conditions

    Sometimes I wonder if the people who run Microsoft's licensing policy unit (or whatever they call it) actually bother to find out what goes on out there, in real-world computerland. They've recently announced the introduction of a new OEM system builders' license, the terms of which state that an OEM copy of Windows XP may only be sold if preinstalled on a fully-assembled computer system.

  • Opinion: Wire-free in the city

    London has been named as one of the world's free wi-fi hotspot hotspots. The capital may have beaten Paris to host the 2012 Olympics, but when it comes to free wireless connectivity, the French have us by a nose.

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