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• 03 February 2006

• News: Damage forecast low for Nyxem

  A virus that is scheduled to begin deleting files from infected Windows computers today is unlikely to result in widespread damage.

• News: Security flaws fixed in Firefox update

  Mozilla has released a version of its Firefox browser containing critical security updates.

• News: Boeing expands maritime satellite broadband

  Connexion by Boeing, the satellite broadband internet service for aircraft, is expanding its service for ships, Boeing said yesterday.

• News: Another patent victory for BlackBerry

  RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry handheld device, has won two patent-related lawsuits in Europe against InPro, a Luxembourg patent holding company.

• News: Wi-Fi phones take off

  Interest in Wi-Fi phones, long seen as bleeding-edge technology, has suddenly exploded, according to analysts.

• News: Tech giants criticised over censorship

  Human-rights groups have condemned technology giants Google, Microsoft, Cisco and Yahoo for collaborating with China to censor the internet.

• 02 February 2006

• News: Vista preview to feature Sidebar, Gadgets

  A preview of Vista will feature Windows Sidebar and Gadgets technology for adding mini-apps such as video or audio feeds to the Windows desktop.

• News: Microsoft cries foul in antitrust case

  Microsoft has written to the EC to complain that the company is being denied the normal rights to defence in its antitrust case.

• News: Man sues Apple for hearing loss

  A man in Louisiana is suing Apple, claiming that the iPod causes hearing loss.

• News: BlackBerry case takes another twist

  The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a patent that it previously awarded and that is central to the ongoing litigation against BlackBerry maker RIM, the firm said yesterday.

• News: First bug found in IE Beta 2.0

  An independent researcher needed just 15 minutes to find the first bug in the Beta 2.0 preview release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.

• News: Amnesty chides Yahoo over jailing

  Amnesty International is taking Yahoo to task over the company's role in the imprisonment of a Chinese journalist and is urging it to use its influence to get him released.

• 01 February 2006

• News: IE 7.0 available for public download

  Microsoft hasn't changed much in this version of the browser since we compared the first IE 7.0 beta with Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 1 and Opera 9.0 Preview 1.

• News: E-government 'will offer savings'

  Microsoft officials have been hammering home a key theme to government leaders gathered this week in Lisbon: modernising their IT systems will provide better service to their citizens and save them money.

• News: EC visits Microsoft to discuss case

  Antitrust investigators from the EC are holding meetings with key Microsoft officials at the company's US headquarters to discuss whether it is complying with the antitrust ruling of March 2004, an EC spokesman confirmed today.

• News: IM is a 'playground' for hackers

  Worm attacks over instant-messaging networks increased by 1,700 percent in 2005, while email spam remained constant at about 75 to 80 percent of all messages sent.

• News: Microsoft warns of file-trashing worm

  A security advisory has alerted Windows users to the existence of a file-destroying worm that has been circulating via email for several weeks.

• 31 January 2006

• News: Red Hat commits to MIT's $100 laptop

  Linux software vendor Red Hat plans to publicly confirm today that it has become a founding corporate member of the One Laptop Per Child organisation.

• News: Microsoft revamps blogging policy

  After outrage from many of its own employees over its abrupt censoring of a Chinese blogger, Microsoft has formulated a new policy to deal with requests from a government that alleges posted material violates its laws.

• News: Illegal filesharers to be brought to book

  The High Court yesterday ordered 10 ISPs to give up details of 150 customers accused of sharing software.

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