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• 30 January 2006

• News: Skype, Warner Music to offer ringtones

  In a move to generate revenue beyond its free internet telephone offering, Skype has struck a deal with a major US music company to sell ringtones and artist images.

• News: ISP leaves rural users cut off

  ISP Aramiska unexpectedly shut down services on Friday leaving customers, many in rural areas, without service.

• News: Digital home market belongs to Apple

  The battle for the digital home isn't taking place. It's already over, and Apple has won.

• News: MessageLabs launches email archiving service

  MessageLabs has launched its first email archival product, which company officials say will allow for fast access to messages that must be stored for regulatory and legal reasons.

• News: Gates to unveil strategy for government IT

  This week Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is planning to unveil the company's strategy for the government IT market, an intensely competitive area that has seen open-source software gain a strong foothold.

• News: Google tests enhanced toolbar

  Google will release today an improved test version of its browser toolbar, whose functionality can be extended with custom buttons.

• 28 January 2006

• News: 'Users to blame' for online banking woes

  The blame for online banking insecurity is as much down to user ignorance as banking inadequacy, the Financial Services Authority has argued.

• 27 January 2006

• News: Court sets date for Google hearing

  Google's lawyers will square up to the US Department of Justice at a hearing over the issue of providing the government with information about searches for pornography on the company's site.

• News: Microsoft adds features to Windows Live

  This week the software giant introduced enhancements to the entry point for users to access its web-based services.

• 26 January 2006

• News: Search engine rewards users with traffic

  Startup Cosmodex launched a search engine today that aims to attract users by rewarding them with loyalty points.

• News: Microsoft launches MSN research labs

  The software giant has unveiled facilities aimed at rapidly developing and implementing internet technologies. The efforts are part of Microsoft's strategy to compete with rivals such as Google and Yahoo.

• 25 January 2006

• News: Google, Lenovo, Sun back StopBadware Coalition

  Technology giants Google, Lenovo and Sun are funding a non-profit effort to combat all of the nasty spyware and computer viruses that users don't want installed on their computers.

• News: Microsoft takes aim as RIM battles in court

  With RIM's BlackBerry handhelds in danger of a shutdown for patent violations, Microsoft is ready to exploit the opportunity with its own push email offering.

• News: Cambridge prof warns of Skype botnet threat

  VoIP apps could be used to cloak networks of zombies, used to launch denial-of-service attacks, a Cambridge professor has warned.

• News: Beta 2.0 of Windows Vista due in April?

  Microsoft will release the next beta of Windows Vista in April, according to a popular blog that follows the company.

• News: Microsoft defends search data surrender

  Microsoft is on the defensive over its decision to hand over search data to the US government, saying the company would never compromise the privacy of its customers.

• News: Dell, Vodafone team up on wireless

  Yesterday Dell said it plans to start building laptops that let users access the internet over Vodafone's wireless networks in the UK, France and Germany.

• News: Google to launch censored Chinese search

  Google plans to launch a search service aimed at Chinese users this week, but there's a twist: it will block results deemed sensitive to Beijing, a decision the company struggled with before deciding it's better to provide some service rather than none at all.

• 24 January 2006

• News: Latest IE and Firefox details leaked

  The latest beta of Internet Explorer 7.0 has leaked onto the net, revealing publicly some of the features Microsoft has been promising.

• News: Google News emerges from beta

  Google has added search-based features to its news site, which yesterday emerged from beta testing more than three years after its introduction, according to a company spokeswoman.

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