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• 03 February 2006

• 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: 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: 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.

• 31 January 2006

• 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.

• News: Symantec plans security subscription service

  Symantec expects to begin offering a new consumer security service similar to Microsoft's Windows OneCare Live by September of this year, a company executive said yesterday.

• News: Hackers lurk in AMD website

  Users of AMD's processors may want to think twice before looking for technical support on the company's website.

• 30 January 2006

• News: Skype, Warner Music to offer ringtones

  In a move to generate revenue beyond its free internet telephone offering, Skype has struck a deal with a major US music company to sell ringtones and artist images.

• News: ISP leaves rural users cut off

  ISP Aramiska unexpectedly shut down services on Friday leaving customers, many in rural areas, without service.

• News: Digital home market belongs to Apple

  The battle for the digital home isn't taking place. It's already over, and Apple has won.

• News: MessageLabs launches email archiving service

  MessageLabs has launched its first email archival product, which company officials say will allow for fast access to messages that must be stored for regulatory and legal reasons.

• News: Gates to unveil strategy for government IT

  This week Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is planning to unveil the company's strategy for the government IT market, an intensely competitive area that has seen open-source software gain a strong foothold.

• News: Google tests enhanced toolbar

  Google will release today an improved test version of its browser toolbar, whose functionality can be extended with custom buttons.

• 28 January 2006

• News: 'Users to blame' for online banking woes

  The blame for online banking insecurity is as much down to user ignorance as banking inadequacy, the Financial Services Authority has argued.

• 27 January 2006

• News: Court sets date for Google hearing

  Google's lawyers will square up to the US Department of Justice at a hearing over the issue of providing the government with information about searches for pornography on the company's site.

• News: Microsoft adds features to Windows Live

  This week the software giant introduced enhancements to the entry point for users to access its web-based services.

• 26 January 2006

• News: Search engine rewards users with traffic

  Startup Cosmodex launched a search engine today that aims to attract users by rewarding them with loyalty points.

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