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  • News: Microsoft may rebrand MSN portal

    Microsoft may be getting ready to rebrand its MSN site as MSN Media Network, according to the blog Liveside.Net and an internal Microsoft website.

  • News: Cartoons prompt spike in Danish web hacks

    The controversy over a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed is being felt on the internet.

  • News: Microsoft: guess Vista release date, win prizes

    In an effort to promote the next release of Windows Vista outside of the US, Microsoft is offering a chance for users in Europe and the Middle East to win prizes if they can guess the launch date of the next version of the OS.

  • News: Microsoft faces first EU antitrust fines

    Microsoft looks more than likely to earn a place in history by becoming the first company to be hit with daily fines by the EU for failing to respect an antitrust ruling.

  • News: Gmail becomes Google Talk interface

    Google is tightening the link between Gmail and Google Talk by allowing users to conduct IM text chat sessions from within the webmail service's interface.

  • News: BMW is cut from Google results for 'cheating'

    In a move that analysts say indicates a problem that still needs a solution, Google has removed BMW's German website from its index for violating guidelines against trying to manipulate search results.

  • News: Human Rights In China demands Google rethink

    Human Rights In China, a non-profit organisation, has called on Google to rethink its decision to offer a censored version of its search engine in China, telling the company it is "not too late for corporate leadership".

  • News: Google subpoena hearing delayed

    A hearing to attempt to make Google turn over search records to the US government has been postponed until March 14.

  • News: Analysis: exploring Vista's security features

    We've been using several versions of Microsoft's Windows Vista for the past few months. Here's a recap of some of the security changes as we know them now.

  • News: Security flaws fixed in Firefox update

    Mozilla has released a version of its Firefox browser containing critical security updates.

  • News: Boeing expands maritime satellite broadband

    Connexion by Boeing, the satellite broadband internet service for aircraft, is expanding its service for ships, Boeing said yesterday.

  • News: Wi-Fi phones take off

    Interest in Wi-Fi phones, long seen as bleeding-edge technology, has suddenly exploded, according to analysts.

  • News: Tech giants criticised over censorship

    Human-rights groups have condemned technology giants Google, Microsoft, Cisco and Yahoo for collaborating with China to censor the internet.

  • News: First bug found in IE Beta 2.0

    An independent researcher needed just 15 minutes to find the first bug in the Beta 2.0 preview release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.

  • News: Amnesty chides Yahoo over jailing

    Amnesty International is taking Yahoo to task over the company's role in the imprisonment of a Chinese journalist and is urging it to use its influence to get him released.

  • News: IE 7.0 available for public download

    Microsoft hasn't changed much in this version of the browser since we compared the first IE 7.0 beta with Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 1 and Opera 9.0 Preview 1.

  • News: E-government 'will offer savings'

    Microsoft officials have been hammering home a key theme to government leaders gathered this week in Lisbon: modernising their IT systems will provide better service to their citizens and save them money.

  • News: IM is a 'playground' for hackers

    Worm attacks over instant-messaging networks increased by 1,700 percent in 2005, while email spam remained constant at about 75 to 80 percent of all messages sent.

  • News: Microsoft revamps blogging policy

    After outrage from many of its own employees over its abrupt censoring of a Chinese blogger, Microsoft has formulated a new policy to deal with requests from a government that alleges posted material violates its laws.

  • News: Illegal filesharers to be brought to book

    The High Court yesterday ordered 10 ISPs to give up details of 150 customers accused of sharing software.