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  • News: Google considers Windows Vista anti-trust suit

    The WSJ reports that Google is seeking to reopen state and federal government antitrust action against Microsoft, alleging that Windows Vista puts other search software companies at a disadvantage

  • News: Taxman looks at eBay users' profits

    An increasing number of people earn their living or supplement their earnings by selling goods on online auction sites such as eBay, and resale affiliates such as Amazon.

  • News: Microsoft launches Windows Vista test tool

    Microsoft has released the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.0 Public Beta. This Microsoft tool will test business PCs to see if they are compatible with Windows Vista.

  • News: First Mobile Linux spec coming today

    The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum plans to release its first mobile phone specifications today, in a bid to encourage more applications for Linux phones.

  • News: IBM to buy aerospace software firm Telelogic

    IBM has offered to buy Telelogic AB, a Swedish developer of software development tools, in a cash deal valued at 5.2bn Swedish krona, or about $745m, the companies announced today.

  • News: AMD partners quiet on 'Barcelona' secrets

    Some of the first servers based on AMD's upcoming Barcelona quad-core chip are on display at Computex, but details of the chips are being kept tightly under wraps.

  • News: Asustek, Intel £100 laptop - hands on preview

    Asustek's £100 Eee PC is grabbing attention at Computex 2007 because of its small size and even smaller price.

  • News: UK spends £2bn a year on online adverts

    The UK accounts for the 39 percent of Europe's online advertising spending. This makes UK the biggest online-advertising spender in Europe.

  • News: Microsoft meets vendors to discuss ID protocols

    Microsoft is to meet this month with vendors and organisations that are backing several different identity management systems. The Microsoft meeting suggests that cooperation between the software giant and its peers is improving

  • News: Google buys server company Peakstream

    Google yesterday bought Peakstream, a California-based developer of software for multicore and parallel processors.

  • News: eBay targets Google, brokers radio ads

    eBay is to broker radio-advertising spots, as part of its strategy to compete with Google which provides a similar service.

  • News: Via unleashes ultraportable PC

    Via has developed a reference ultraportable notebook. The Via NanoBook, which will be unveiled tomorrow at the Computex exhibition, uses Via's 1.2GHz C-7M processor and has a 7in LCD (liquid crystal display) touchscreen and Wi-Fi. The Via NanoBook design will hit European markets soon.

  • News: Tom Tom lets drivers make up their own maps

    Satellite navigation company Tom Tom has found a cunning way round the problem of pesky roadbuilders undoing all their hard work mapping the highways and byways of Britain. It has added an editing feature to its latest Tom Tom GPS products. Map Share lets drivers correct outdated mapping information displayed by their digital driving companion.

  • News: European security alert system gets closer

    A pan-European system to notify SMBs (small and medium-size businesses) of IT security threats is a step closer today. Security experts from industry and academia met at a conference in Berlin today to refine plans for the EISAS (European Information Sharing and Alert System) at a conference in Berlin.

  • News: Microsoft updates web-conferencing service

    Microsoft will today offer more details on Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, the upcoming version of its hosted web-conferencing offering.

  • News: Salesforce.com and Google release joint product

    Salesforce.com and Google today announced a strategic global partnership. Contrary to expectation, Google and Salesforce's first collaboration wasn't a tight integration between Google Apps and Salesforce.com's hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software. Instead, Google and Salesforce brought combined Google AdWords with Salesforce on-demand CRM.

  • News: Yahoo takes on Google with Panama APIs

    Yahoo is to make APIs (application programming interfaces) available for external developers so they can build tools for Yahoo's Panama search-advertising platform.

  • News: Blog etiquette: Top 10 dos & don'ts

    Following widespread calls for a bloggers code of conduct, we're put together the Ten Commandments of blog and wiki etiquette

  • News: Computex ready for Intel & AMD battle

    Intel and AMD will square off next week at the annual Computex exhibition in Taipei, where many of the world's largest hardware makers will be showing off products slated for release later this year.

  • News: Google Gears to enable offline Gmail?

    Google has introduced an open-source technology for building web applications that continue to work even after a user's internet connection is disabled.