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• 02 June 2006

• News: More HP printer drivers infected

  HP yesterday pulled a printer driver from its website after security vendor BitDefender reported that the software was infected with the same computer virus that infected HP's drivers more than five years ago.

• News: World Cup matches online with the Beeb

  The BBC will be showing all the World Cup matches that it owns the broadcasting rights to on its website.

• 01 June 2006

• News: 'Ransomware' comes to the UK

  A woman from Rochdale studying for her nursing degree is believed to be the first victim of 'ransomware' in the UK, after a Trojan encrypted files on her PC.

• News: RoHS directive to increase security spending

  The Reduction of Hazardous Substances directive, due to come into force on 1 July, could force the price of security hardware to rocket in the coming months.

• News: MTV Urge chief quits

  MTV has lost the executive most instrumental to the development of its new Urge digital music service.

• News: Greenpeace to protest at Computex show

  Greenpeace plans to protest the use of toxic chemicals in electronics products from mobile phones to PCs at the Computex IT show in Taipei next week.

• News: Symantec invests in next-gen services

  With a new generation of consumer security products expected to ship by year's end, Symantec wants to build a line of security services that better leverage its 50 million worldwide users.

• News: AMD moves to protect vendors' privacy

  AMD has asked a judge to protect the trade secrets of PC vendors so they can testify in the company's long-running antitrust lawsuit against Intel.

• News: Objections to EU internet TV proposal

  Organisations representing the interests of businesses in seven European countries issued a statement yesterday objecting to proposed European Union regulations on internet TV.

• 31 May 2006

• News: EC launches network security campaign

  Europe remains woefully unaware of the security risks faced by computer networks, the European Commission said today as it unveiled an awareness campaign called IT Security for Europe.

• News: 'Yapbrowser' reappears online

  A browser originating in Russia is available for download again after it was taken down last month when security analysts found it directed users to child pornography.

• News: AMD Live platform coming in June

  The first systems based on the AMD Live home-entertainment platform will hit the market next month, the company said today.

• News: Symantec squashes antivirus bug

  Symantec has patched a widely reported flaw in the English versions of its corporate antivirus software.

• News: StarOffice virus detected

  The first virus affecting StarOffice was detected yesterday, but so far it isn't being used to infect computers.

• News: Windows Live OneCare launches in US

  Microsoft is set to release a fully supported version of its Windows Live OneCare offering, marking its entry into the security software market.

• 30 May 2006

• News: Sony's LocationFree offers TV on the hoof

  Sony today announced the UK launch of its LocationFree box.

• News: Apple fails in bid to control the press

  Apple has lost in its bid to create a two-tier system of journalism through its case against Mac news websites the company attempted to characterise as 'bloggers'.

• News: Pay-as-you-go PCs hit problems

  Microsoft's projected launch of 'pay-as-you-go' PCs in developing countries such as India is not going as smoothly as it would like.

• News: Slingbox launches in UK

  Slingbox - an add-on to your home TV and DVD setup that enables you to watch live or recorded TV and video from anywhere in the world - makes its UK debut today.

• 29 May 2006

• News: Opinion: Microsoft's Jpeg Killer?

  Among the interesting sessions we attended at WinHEC was one on something we'd never heard of before: Microsoft's Windows Media Photo file format.

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