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• 13 June 2008

• News: EC commissioner criticises Microsoft 'closed shop'

  The European Commission's Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has given her strongest statement to date in favour of software based on open standards, in a speech that took Microsoft to task over its competition practices.

• News: AMD hopes to stay on top of chip market

  AMD has been largely responsible for the changing the role the processor, chipset and graphics chip in an x86-based computer leading to the chip processor trouncing the competition. Now the company is counting on even more future changes to gain an advantage over the competition.

• News: Analogue TV spectrum earmarked for mobile networks

  European's telecommunication Commissioner wants to hand half of all radio spectrum that becomes available when TV switches from analogue to digital transmission - the so-called digital dividend - to mobile and wireless networks by 2010.

• 12 June 2008

• News: 10in Eee PC to hit UK on July 1st

  Asus has revealed that the first Eee PCs powered by Intel's Atom processor will become available in the UK on July 1.

• News: Net bullying may have driven boy to suicide

  A 13 year old boy is thought to have committed suicide following an internet bullying campaign on social networking site Bebo.

• News: Final release of Opera 9.5 goes live

  The final release of web browser Opera 9.5 is now available to download.

• News: BT's '100Mbps' trial deemed a waste of time

  A trial of BT's high speed fibre broadband, which will take place in Kent will start by offering just 2.5Mbps with 'bursts' of 100Mbps and has been described by experts as "the lowest fibre service in Europe".

• News: Google tells Yahoo to snub Microsoft

  According to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, a merger between Yahoo and Microsoft will be bad for the tech marketplace and offer consumers less choice.

• News: G8 nations discuss ID theft epidemic

  Ministers of state and justice from the Group of Eight nations brought the issue of identification crime to an annual summit for the first time today.

• News: First look: 11 new apps for Apple's iPhone

  Software developers including eBay and Sega showed off iPhone applications built using Apple's SDK this week. Here's our run down of the hottest new iPhone apps

• News: Ofcom delays widespread WiMax availability

  Ofcom has delayed the auction for the 2.6GHz wireless spectrum in a move which could delay the widespread availability of WiMax services in the UK.

• News: Toshiba launches 1.8in 160GB hard drive

  Toshiba has launched two new 1.8in. hard drives – one 80GB model, and a 160GB version – which it claims can reduce the storage footprint in ultraportables and mini laptops by as much as 40 percent compared to traditional 2.5in drives.

• News: Analyst: Windows Vista failures costing Microsoft

  A financial analyst firm has lowered its revenue estimate for Microsoft's 2008 and 2009 fiscal years, citing a negative perception about Windows Vista that's slowing adoption by businesses.

• News: 3G dongles to ship with mobile phones

  Mobile broadband dongles could be offered free as part of mobile phone packages by 2009 reports broadband comparison site Top 10 Broadband.

• News: Next Internet Explorer 8 beta targets IT pros

  Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) will add features that will make deploying and managing the browser easier for IT professionals, according to Microsoft.

• News: Intel Atom was ten years in the making

  Intel engineers first began toying with a low-power microprocessor almost a decade ago, but their initial design was rejected by the company's top executives and the effort stalled soon after, according to an Intel executive.

• News: Intel offers USB 3.0 host controller spec for free

  Intel plans to make the specification for a USB 3.0 host controller freely available during the second half of this year, hitting back at rumours the chip maker wanted to keep the technology for itself.

• News: Microsoft hires anti-phishing champion

  Microsoft has hired the man behind the anti-phishing website Castlecops.com to help with the software company's phishing and spam investigations.

• News: Symantec acquires backup firm SwapDrive

  Symantec has acquired online file backup and recovery vendor SwapDrive, in a move similar to EMC's acquisition of online backup provider Mozy last September.

• 11 June 2008

• News: HP launches touchscreen PCs and laptops

  HP has launched a range of laptops and displays, focusing on key trends such as touchscreen technology and compact laptops for consumers and business users

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