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  • 24 December 2005

  • News: Happy Web 2.0 Christmas from Google

    With its seemingly meteoric rise to the top, Google has often been named as one of the last dot-com success stories. But if the company's Christmas media party was any indication, its corporate vibe is less reminiscent of the smooth movers and shakers of the internet boom than of a cafeteria full of mathletes.

  • 23 December 2005

  • News: Gartner warns of troubles with Vista OS

    Microsoft does not adequately address metadata management in its upcoming Windows Vista OS, posing risks that documents with potentially embarrassing data could inadvertently be revealed to customers or partners, Gartner has warned in a report.

  • News: Microsoft, Google settle Lee dispute

    Microsoft and Google have resolved their legal differences over Google's hiring of former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee, Microsoft announced late yesterday.

  • News: Microsoft eyeing deal to rival Google-AOL

    Microsoft may be cooking up a major internet partnership to rival Google's newly bolstered relationship with AOL, according to a blog posting by a Microsoft manager.

  • 22 December 2005

  • News: Microsoft lashes out at EC

    Microsoft's top lawyer sharply criticised the European Commission today, saying the organisation "moves the goal post and demands another change" whenever the company tries to comply with the March 2004 antitrust decision.

  • News: Google plugs security holes in website

    Google has patched security flaws in its website that would have exposed users to phishing and other attacks designed to steal account information, according to security researchers.

  • News: Microsoft faces daily fines from EU

    The European Commission has given Microsoft five weeks to comply with its March 2004 antitrust ruling on workgroup server interoperability, or face daily fines of €2m (£1.4m), a Commission spokesman said today.

  • News: Santa delivers more Christmas malware

    PC users are being spoiled rotten this year: another piece of malware purporting to be a message from Santa is delivering unwelcome surprise gifts disguised in an electronic greetings card.

  • News: WiMax Forum to deliver certifications late

    Long-awaited product certifications due from the WiMax Forum will soon see the light of day, a little later than expected, according to the industry organisation.

  • News: Serious Symantec antivirus flaw found

    Remote attackers could gain control of systems protected by Symantec's antivirus software as a result of a flaw in Symantec's Antivirus Library, the company confirmed yesterday.

  • News: New BlackBerry users boost RIM

    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported yesterday that its net income in the third quarter was 33 percent up on the same period last year, as it shipped 1.1 million new handhelds and added more than half a million new subscribers.

  • 21 December 2005

  • News: Analysis: silver lining for Microsoft

    Although losing the high-profile AOL to Google is a major blow to Microsoft, the software company could still benefit from the union because customers may see it as a case of Google playing favorites, analysts said yesterday.

  • News: Microsoft invites up for grabs on eBay

    Still wondering what to get that Microsoft enthusiast for the Christmas? Microsoft's Windows Live team has an idea - an invitation to a limited beta of Microsoft's next-generation IM client, Windows Live Messenger.

  • News: IDC: global PC sales to slow in 2006

    PC shipment growth next year will decline from its current heights, but should still remain strong as users continue to upgrade to laptops, IDC said yesterday.

  • News: Santa Claus worm strikes IM services

    The Santa Claus worm doesn't care whether you've been naughty or nice, but it's making a list of PCs to infect this holiday season, according to a threat alert released by security firm IMlogic yesterday.

  • News: Sony, BSkyB to promote HDTV in the UK

    Sony and satellite TV operator BSkyB will today announce a marketing tie-up through which the two companies will jointly promote HDTV (high definition television) in the UK.

  • News: Google pays $1bn for AOL stake

    Yesterday, after flirting for months with Google competitors, AOL reached a deal with the Californian search-engine giant that expands their years-long technology and advertising partnership and ends advances from other suitors including Microsoft.

  • 20 December 2005

  • News: Yahoo's hosting clients get WordPress

    Yahoo will make the open-source WordPress blog publishing software available to subscribers of its web hosting services, the two organisations announced on Tuesday.

  • News: HP to drop iTunes in PCs in 2006?

    HP is preparing to re-engage in the digital music market, following the termination of its exclusive deal with Apple to distribute HP-branded iPods.

  • News: Icahn sour on possible Google/AOL deal

    A deal between Google and AOL would be "disastrous" if it means the popular internet property won't be able to seek mergers or business deals with other companies, billionaire investor Carl Icahn said in an open letter to the board of directors of Time Warner.

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