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• 17 December 2009

• News: Adobe to take four weeks to patch zero-day flaw

  Even though the attack code has been publicly released, Adobe has said it will be another four weeks before it patches the newest critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - its PDF viewing and editing software.

• 16 December 2009

• Kaspersky Password Manager

  Kaspersky Labs has released Password Manager - security software designed to help web users stay secure online.

• News: Microsoft could face legal action over Plurk code theft

  Microsoft may face a law suit despite apologising for stealing software code from rival microblogging service Plurk.

• News: Mozilla patches 10 bugs in Firefox

  Mozilla has patched 10 bugs in web browser Firefox, five of which were labelled 'critical'.

• News: Google app store hits 20,000 mark

  There are more than 20,000 apps available in Android Marketplace - the app store for mobile phones running Google's Android OS, says Androlib.

• News: Twitter to let businesses designate Tweeters

  Twitter has unveiled a beta function that allows companies using the micro-blogging to authenticate who can tweet for them.

• News: 30 million accounts hacked after RockYou SQL flaw

  Username and password information on more than 30 million individuals with RockYou accounts has been stolen by hackers after a database at the social networking application maker was compromised.

• News: Facebook begins testing Twitter update tool

  Facebook and Twitter are joining forces to help social networkers share information more easily.

• News: Google Chrome browser gains market share

  Google Chrome is now the third most popular web browser, having overtaken Apple Safari in global popularity. The release last week of betas of Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux pushed the Google browser's share past Apple's Safari and into the number three spot, a web measurement company said yesterday.

• News: HyperOffice updates online office suite

  HyperOffice yesterday announced that a major overhaul of its online collaboration suite is in private beta, offering a fresh dose of competition to Google Apps, Zoho, Microsoft Office Web Apps and other online collaboration players.

• 15 December 2009

• News: Good Food and British Gas launch iPhone apps

  The BBC cookery magazine GoodFood has launched a Festive Recipes iPhone app that allows mobile phone owners to access recipes ideal for the Christmas period.

• News: Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 delayed until 2010

  Microsoft has revealed that Windows Mobile 7 - the next version of its smartphone OS - is unlikely to be released until "late 2010".

• News: Google Chrome bug leaks IDs of anonymous surfers

  A flaw in Google Chrome that could reveal the identity of web users trying to surf anonymously, has been identified.

• Opinion: Win 7 will prosper in 2010; Office 2010 will struggle

  It looks like 2010 will be another tough year for Microsoft, but less traumatic than 2009. Windows 7 will be a hit with business users, but Office 2010 still has a lot of convincing to do. Like Windows XP, Office 2007 is proving to be long-lived and hard to displace.

• News: Free Amazon Kindle for iPhone comes to the UK

  Amazon yesterday announced that the iPhone companion app for its Amazon Kindle ebook reader is now available in more than 60 countries including the UK.

• News: Apple improves Apple App Store

  Apple has tweaked the Apple app Store to make it easier for developers to market their apps, and for customers to learn about them.

• News: Google launches goo.gl URL shortener

  It emerged yesterday that Google now has its own URL-shortening service: goo.gl.

• News: Database creator fights to 'save' MySQL

  The creator of MySQL has launched a web-based campaign to "save" the open-source database from the "clutches" of Oracle, which is attempting to purchase its current owner, Sun Microsystems.

• News: Microsoft, Google reveal climate change web apps

  As the COP15 climate change negotiations run in Copenhagen, Microsoft and Google have built web applications designed to highlight environmental problems.

• News: Microsoft tackles locked Office 2003 files

  Microsoft has fixed a problem in Office 2003 that prevented the software from opening documents saved using its access control technology.

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