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25 September 2006
News: Anti-botnet service launched by Trend Micro

Trend Micro announced a service to help large organisations and internet service providers fight networks of zombie machines, known as 'botnets'.
News: The HP boardroom leak scandal

If you've been living in a cave or just ignoring the newspapers for the past week or two, here's the lowdown on the spying scandal that has rocked HP.
News: Google brought to book by Belgian court

Google has agreed to post a court order against the company on its Belgian website, dodging a potential fine of €500,000 (about £336,000) per day for not doing so.
News: HP's Dunn resigns with immediate effect

HP CEO and president Mark Hurd has confirmed that he approved a probe of HP employees, board members and journalists in an effort to find out who on the HP board was leaking confidential information outside of the company.
News: Sony shuffles control of electronics group

Sony is reshuffling responsibilities in its key electronics group, allowing the head of the division to play a bigger role in Sony's research and development actvities.
20 September 2006
News: WiMax competitor back on track

The process to standardise a rival to the broadband wireless WiMax technology is back on track although the delay and scandal around it could present a serious set back to the effort.
News: iTunes movies make $1m for Disney in a week

In only one week, Apple's iTunes Store generated $1m in movie sales for Walt Disney, and that's 'just the beginning', the head of Disney said yesterday.
News: One-DVD plan to ease Vista upgrades

Microsoft will include the various retail versions of the OS on one DVD instead of having separate DVDs for each Vista edition.
News: HP's Dunn will testify to US House committee

HP Chairman Patricia Dunn will answer questions on the spying scandal that has embroiled her company during a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill next week.
News: Google upgrades enterprise search device

Google has enhanced its enterprise search device, doubling its capacity and adding new query capabilities.
News: Yahoo alarmed by low advertising sales

A slowing economy may already be affecting Yahoo's web advertising sales growth, the head of the company said today, a trend that does not bode well for other ad-supported internet sites.
News: Counterfeit Windows 'harms consumers'

Microsoft today published findings of research around counterfeit versions of Windows XP that the company said shows the software could be harmful to consumers that purchase them.
19 September 2006
News: Microsoft files 20 more software lawsuits

Continuing its worldwide assault on software piracy, Microsoft has filed 20 lawsuits against resellers accused of distributing unauthorised copies of its software.
News: Google dips fingers into politics

Google has formed a political action committee to exert pressure on the US Congress and promote legislation that benefits the company.
News: HP turns over documents to investigators

HP has turned over thousands of documents to a US House subcommittee investigating methods the company used to find out who was leaking company information to the media.
News: EU bears no grudge toward Microsoft

European Commissioner for competition Neelie Kroes today denied she is conducting a personal vendetta against Microsoft.
News: BenQ, Motorola, Nokia to give CeBit a miss

Three of the world's largest manufacturers of mobile phones will not participate at next year's CeBit trade show, following a review of their marketing activities.
News: Security hole appears in Adobe Reader

A security researcher claims it is possible to install malicious code on a user's computer through standard Adobe Reader features.
News: Hands off newspapers' material, Google told

A court forced Google yesterday to remove all French and German language newspapers published in Belgium from its Google News search service.
18 September 2006
News: HP probe involved stalking, email tracking

HP board members and journalists were under physical surveillance by investigators trying to find out who was providing information to reporters and private investigators tried to put tracking software on a journalist's computer to keep tabs on email.