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• 12 July 2006

• News: Heavy-handed BPI slammed by Tiscali

  Tiscali has hit back at the British Phonographic Industry after it requested that it close the accounts of alleged filesharers.

• News: Microsoft may try to emulate 'iPod economy'

  Microsoft may attempt to create its own version of Apple's 'iPod economy' for its rumoured future iPod competitor.

• News: First 'vishing' attack comes to light

  An ingenious type of phishing scam that uses VoIP telephony to entrap its victims has been reported by Secure Computing.

• News: Nike, Apple launch nano running kit

  Nike and Apple today teamed up to announce the release of the Nike+iPod running equipment.

• News: Microsoft will push to have fines quashed

  Microsoft will appeal the fine imposed on it today by the EC on grounds that the company has worked closely to deliver the requested technical documents in the right format.

• News: Microsoft fined €280.5m by EU

  The EC has fined Microsoft €280.5m for failing to comply with the terms of a March 2004 antitrust judgement against it, the EC said today.

• News: Two months of Office 2007 offered

  Microsoft yesterday introduced a scheme that gives OEMs more opportunities to sell licences for its forthcoming Office 2007 suite.

• News: HD-DVD group to blitz US and Canada

  Backers of the HD-DVD format are planning to step up their promotional activities in North America, they said yesterday.

• News: African initiatives announced by Gates

  At the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Africa yesterday, Microsoft announced a number of initiatives in cooperation with local and global organisations that are aimed in part at boosting tourism in Africa as a way to spur economic development on the continent.

• News: Microsoft circulates seven patches

  Microsoft yesterday released patches for a number of bugs in Windows, Excel and Office.

• 11 July 2006

• News: EU to compromise on roaming rates

  The European Commission will tomorrow propose rules for the mobile phone industry designed to slash the cost of using phones abroad, spokesman Martin Selmayr confirmed today.

• News: €1-a-day web service to fight French digital divide

  France plans to offer 1.2 million of the country's poorest citizens a computer with broadband internet access for a daily fee of €1 to ensure that they have access to the increasing number of government services available online.

• News: Intel faces another investigation in Germany

  Intel could face another investigation over its business practices after a complaint was filed in Germany's federal cartel office last week.

• News: Microsoft daily fines may be increased

  The European Commission has decided to increase the daily penalty against Microsoft for failing to honour the antitrust ruling against it from €2m to €3m.

• News: Delays to Office, Vista leave partners worried

  For the 7,000 or so Microsoft partners descending on Boston for this week's Worldwide Partner Conference, delays in the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 could leave them feeling like a shop unable to stock its shelves with goods.

• News: Spam data to be shared by ISPs

  A set of guidelines may pave the way for dozens of ISPs to participate in a Cambridge University research project into the problem of spam.

• News: Microsoft to show Vista security features

  Microsoft will show off the security features of Vista later this year at a hacker conference, the event organiser said today.

• News: Man indicted on software piracy charges

  A 25-year-old US man has been indicted on four charges of trafficking unauthorised software authenticity certificates, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced yesterday.

• News: Firefox 2.0 beta out today?

  A note posted on Mozilla's website suggests that a beta version of Firefox 2.0 could be released as early as today.

• 10 July 2006

• News: ISPs pressured to close file-sharers accounts

  The British Phonographic Industry has written to Tiscali and Cable & Wireless, demanding that they close the accounts of 59 alleged illegal file-sharers.

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