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• 27 June 2006

• News: Code-sharing site unveiled by Microsoft

  Microsoft is hoping to fire up a community of developers on a code-sharing forum the company has been testing since May but rolled out officially today.

• News: Test-drive Microsoft Office 2007 – online

  From today, Microsoft will allow users to test-drive Office 2007 on its website without downloading any software.

• 26 June 2006

• News: Symantec antiphishing app developed

  In September Symantec will release a beta version of a security product that is specifically designed to protect against phishing, the company said today.

• News: The battle of the spam

  A French-based Englishman, John Graham-Cumming, is about 666,666 clicks away from creating a weapon to kill spam for good.

• News: Microsoft dives into voice communications

  After years of dipping its toe in the waters of unified voice and data communications, Microsoft is ready to dive in head first.

• News: MessageLabs security services upgraded

  MessageLabs launched the latest version of its hosted web security services today, with an emphasis on speed and improved threat detection.

• News: Greener computers are what we want

  A survey has revealed that consumers would be prepared to pay higher prices for their PCs if the systems were more environmentally friendly.

• News: Free browser linking to porn

  Panda software has warned that a free browser that claims to be a tool for protecting users' privacy is in fact linking to pornographic websites.

• News: $30.7bn pledge made to Gates Foundation

  Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates may never see a more generous donation to the foundation run by his wife and hisself.

• News: P2P networks - where identity thieves lurk

  Users of P2P file-sharing services may be sharing more than they bargained for, a former White House cybersecurity advisor warned.

• News: Blu-ray starting to edge ahead of HD-DVD

  Sony chairman and CEO Howard Stringer today stated that the greater storage capacity of the Blu-ray Disc format is giving it an edge over HD-DVD.

• 25 June 2006

• News: HDTV kicks off World Cup games

  The World Cup tournament underway in Germany is history in the making, not only for the teams competing for the trophy but also for the engineers covering the event in HDTV format.

• 24 June 2006

• News: Free broadband?

  With a raft of ISPs pushing ever-cheaper deals for home users, there’s one offer that stands out from all the rest. It certainly talks the talk, but can The Carphone Warehouse’s TalkTalk walk the walk?

• 23 June 2006

• News: WMP 11.0 beta - slim pickings so far

  Microsoft is overhauling Windows Media Player, giving its music player its biggest revamp in years.

• News: Computers could be 500 times faster

  A pack of European researchers are working to develop silicon chips that forego wires for carrying electric currents, an advance they say could lead to computers that run up to 500 times faster than today's models.

• News: Alleged hacker named by TorrentSpy

  The name of a hacker who allegedly broke into TorrentSpy's computer systems has been released by the company.

• News: WGA Notification 'spyware' can be killed off

  Microsoft's battle against software counterfeiting has been controversial at the best of times.

• News: FTC laptops containing personal data stolen

  The US Federal Trade Commission will shortly notify 110 people that two laptop computers containing their personal data were stolen from a locked vehicle.

• News: Vista to be aggressively promoted at Xmas

  Microsoft said yesterday that it will run promotions for Windows Vista to tie in with the Christmas shopping season in November and December.

• News: Rich-media ads to be tested on Google Video

  A public test to show display and video ads on Google Video, another step in the search giant's exploration of graphical ads in its own services, will be launched soon, according to internal sources.

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