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• 23 May 2008

• News: YouTube man gets Asbo for posting crime videos

  A man who posted more than 80 videos of himself and others apparently committing crimes on Google's YouTube video-sharing website has been banned from uploading any more clips or images of himself.

• News: Intel Atom-based MSI Wind to hit US in June

  The MSI Wind, the ultra-low cost laptop that runs on Intel's 1.6GHz Atom processor will be available is the US from June this year.

• News: HP introduces green labelling scheme for printers

  HP is implementing a new Eco Highlights labeling plan for its printers, claiming this will draw attention to the environmentally friendly credentials of the products and encourage consumers to 'go green'.

• News: Microsoft Office ODF support cautiously welcomed

  By putting native support for OpenDocument Format (ODF) in the next Office 2007 service pack, Microsoft is offering further opportunities to software manufacturers who have already adopted the format.

• News: Multimillion-pound phishing operation busted

  The criminals behind one of the net's most sophisticated phishing scams, which saw millions of pounds stolen from bank accounts worldwide, have been arrested.

• News: Yahoo-Microsoft deal back on?

  Yahoo has postponed its annual board meeting until the end of July, causing analysts to speculate that the search firm is still attempting to work out a deal with Microsoft.

• News: Griffin launches iTrip for Apple's iPhone

  Griffin Technology has launched an FM transmitter for Apple's iPhone.

• News: Three 'critical' bugs in Trillian IM app

  Instant messaging client Trillian harbours three critical vulnerabilities that could be used to hijack their Windows Pcs, according to 3Com's TippingPoint security unit and bug tracking firm Secunia. TippingPoint has posted advisories for each, while Secunia collectively ranked the three as "highly critical" problems, its second-highest threat rating.

• News: N-Gage customers forced to repurchase games

  Nokia has come in for criticism from consumers using its N-Gage gaming platform, since it transpired that games can only be played on the phone they were purchased on. When a user buys a new phone, the games have to be purchased again.

• 22 May 2008

• News: Lenovo sales jump 17%

  Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest PC maker, reported a 17 per cent jump in sales for the last fiscal year, led by continued strong PC demand in China and other markets.

• News: Age ratings given to video and game downloads

  Videos and games available for download online are to be given age classifications under a scheme from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

• News: Rural areas lead towns on broadband access

  Ofcom claims Britain has succeeded in closing the geographical digital divide, reporting that rural households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than urban homes

• News: Rock Computers acquired by Stone

  Laptop maker Rock, which went into administration earlier this month, has been acquired by Stone Group for an undisclosed sum.

• News: Ofcom to deregulate broadband for 70% of UK

  Ofcom is to deregulation wholesale broadband access across much of the UK in a move it claims reflects its success in promoting effective competition between suppliers of high-speed internet access.

• News: MySpace struggiling with application spam nuisance

  MySpace is taking corrective steps to curb spam from applications built by external developers using its new application development platform.

• News: Microsoft shows off new search technologies

  Microsoft has laid out more of its vision to tackle Google and improve its current 'underdog' status in search.

• News: Gordon Brown backs Britain as 'innovation nation'

  Prime minister Gordon Brown has said new technology ideas will make Britain "the innovation nation" of the future.

• News: Cisco patches routers following SANS warning

  Cisco has issued three security patches, fixing bugs that could crash its products and drawing a warning from the SANS Internet Storm Center.

• News: Warning over China earthquake spam

  The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning computer users to be wary of unsolicited email messages trying to raise money to help victims of last week's massive earthquake in China's Sichuan province.

• News: Microsoft offers Live Search cashback scheme

  Microsoft is hoping to lure shoppers away from Google and Yahoo with a money-back scheme covering products purchased through the comparative shopping feature on its Live Search website.

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