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• 20 February 2006

• News: Legal battle looming over World Cup network

  Prospects of a legal battle between the German government and the EC over a new network for online access to World Cup matches moved a step closer today.

• News: City of London to get Wi-Fi coverage

  London's financial district – known as the City – will have saturated Wi-Fi access within six months, officials announced today.

• News: Google argues against disclosing search results

  Google has argued that turning over more than a million of its search records to the US government would undermine users' trust in its service and compromise its trade secrets.

• News: Microsoft redesigns MSN Search page

  Microsoft this week redesigned the home page for MSN Search to give it a similar look other services under its "Live" brand.

• News: Google Desktop 3.0 may pose security risk

  The beta of Google Desktop 3.0 poses a security risk to many companies and use of the software should be tightly controlled, Gartner said in a research note last week.

• News: Google starts blog for Chinese internet users

  Google has started a Chinese-language blog intended to give internet users in China a better understanding of what the company is all about.

• 19 February 2006

• News: Windows flaw makes surfing riskier

  Attackers have been using increasingly novel means to break into Windows systems. Now joining that roster of dirty tricks are booby-trapped text fonts embedded in web pages.

• 18 February 2006

• News: Microsoft pushes further into wireless email

  Microsoft further extended its reach into wireless push email technology this week by naming four carriers and four Windows Mobile-based smartphones and handhelds that will support its Direct Push technology.

• 17 February 2006

• News: Attack code targets Media Player flaw

• 16 February 2006

• News: BBC massively ramps up available podcasts

  The BBC has begun the next stage of its planned move to ramp up the shows it makes available as podcasts.

• News: US scolds tech companies for China censorship

  Members of the US House of Representatives yesterday ripped into four US technology companies, calling them a "disgrace" for allowing the Chinese government to censor some web content.

• News: Amazon plans to take on iTunes, iPod

  According to reports today, Amazon plans to launch its own internet music service to rival Apple's iTunes Music Store.

• 15 February 2006

• News: T-Mobile to launch HSDPA this month in Europe

  Mobile phone customers of T-Mobile in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands can expect faster mobile internet access this month.

• News: Microsoft patch fails to install on some PCs

  Microsoft has reported a problem with one of its security patches released yesterday that requires some users to take additional steps to ensure it installs properly.

• News: Gates outlines ID management for Vista, XP

  Microsoft plans to include technology in both Windows Vista and XP to allow users to manage their passwords and identities across multiple websites.

• News: China defends right to censor internet

  A Chinese government official yesterday defended the nation's right to censor information on the web, and said no individual has been arrested for "just releasing a comment on the internet", according to state media reports.

• News: Vodafone, Google team on mobile search

  Mobile operator Vodafone has teamed up with Google to offer a mobile search service to its Vodafone live! subscribers, the company said yesterday.

• News: Microsoft releases seven software patches

  Microsoft released seven software patches yesterday, including fixes for critical security flaws in Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

• News: Microsoft demos Windows Live for mobile

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the first public demonstration of some Windows Live for Mobile services at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona yesterday.

• 14 February 2006

• News: Mobile operators target global IM service

  Several of the world's largest mobile phone operators have agreed to offer instant messaging across their networks as part of an initiative to make it globally available and interoperable.

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