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  • 15 March 2007

  • News: Microsoft swoops to buy speech-search firm

    Microsoft yesterday announced that it is set to acquire Tellme Networks, a web-based voice-technology company. Analysts say that Microsoft hopes to use Tellme's capabilities to close the gap on Google's search revenues.

  • News: Survey: returning online goods is a pain

    Consumers like the convenience of shopping online, but they hate the fuss and bother of returning goods purchased over the internet, according to PriceRunner, a price-comparison engine.

  • News: IBM releases public beta of Notes/Domino 8.0

    IBM/Lotus yesterday unveiled the first public beta of Notes/Domino 8.0. It said the software will ship in the middle of this year.

  • News: Red Hat launches its latest versions of Linux

    Red Hat's latest iterations of its Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) operating system were unveiled yesterday. The new releases offer long-awaited built-in virtualisation capabilities, from the open-source Xen project.

  • News: 802.11n Wi-Fi draft approved by IEEE

    Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n wireless-networking standard has been approved by an IEEE working group. The move means that 'draft 2.0' 100+Mbps (megabits per second) wireless LAN products could be on sale as early as summer 2007.

  • News: Google to make search anonymous

    Google is to start making its logs of users' searches anonymous under a policy announced yesterday. The records will be intially retained as now, but then adjusted after 18-to-24 months.

  • 14 March 2007

  • News: Web-banking fraud up 44 percent

    Online theft has risen 44 percent in a year, according to the UK payments association Apacs.

  • News: Microsoft tackles cybersquatters

    Microsoft is seeking damages from two companies it claims have registered domain names infringing its trademarks and brand. It has settled similar disputes with three other businesses.

  • News: Xbox Live gaming available on Vista

    Microsoft will extend its Xbox Live online gaming and entertainment network to the Windows platform on 8 May.

  • News: Apple 'will benefit from Vista marketing'

    Windows Vista could help boost sales for Apple, according to industry analyst ThinkEquity Partners.

  • News: OneCare fix tackles lost Outlook email

    Microsoft quietly deployed a patch to its Windows Live OneCare security suite earlier than expected to fix a bug that has erased some users' email.

  • News: Cybersquatting disputes rise 25 percent

    The number of cybersquatting disputes over website domain names shot up by 25 percent in 2006, figures from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have revealed.

  • News: Dell Linux PCs: your input needed

    If you want Dell to build a new laptop or desktop PC with Linux on it, now's the time to tell the company just what you want. Users asked for feedback on Dell Linux PCs

  • News: YouTube & Google hit with $1bn lawsuit

    Viacom International is suing YouTube and its parent company Google for more than $1bn, saying the companies are infringing on Viacom's copyrights because almost 160,000 unauthorised video clips are available for viewing on YouTube.

  • News: New Mac OS update available

    Apple has released Mac OS X v10.4.9, available in both client and server versions for PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. The updates are available for download through the Software Update system preference pane, and can also be had from the Apple Downloads web page.

  • News: New Vista fixes available now

    As promised, Microsoft did not unveil any security fixes yesterday, but it did push out several other patches it deemed “high priority”, including two for Windows Vista.

  • News: AMD pushes Active TV at Cebit

    AMD hopes to use this week's Cebit show to convince you to link your PC and TV with a new technology called Active TV

  • News: Lenovo ships Windows Live PCs

    In a modest win for Microsoft's struggling online services business, Microsoft said that Lenovo will pre-load Windows Live services on its ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops and Lenovo-branded PCs in the US.

  • News: Motorola invests in HD video chipmaker

    Motorola's venture capital arm has invested in Amimon, an Israeli company that designs chips for wirelessly transmitting high-definition video.

  • 13 March 2007

  • News: Jailed Eqyptian bloggers appeal rejected

    A blogger convicted of insulting Islam and President Hosni Mubarak has had his appeal upheld by an Egyptian court.

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