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  • News: Jimmy Wales reveals the future of Wikimedia

    The role Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales plays at the organisation that supports the user-generated and edited- encyclopedia is changing as he shifts more of his time to activities in the wiki and open-source communities, and shares time with his for-profit venture, Wikia Inc.

  • News: Google charges for Gmail & Picasa storage

    Google has started charging for shared online storage available to both Gmail and Picasa, the search giant's web-based email and photo services.

  • News: UK offender computer system under threat

    The Ministry of Justice has ordered a review of the project to establish an IT system to track criminal offenders across the UK.

  • News: Ultimate guide to your next mobile phone

    The phone you carry says a lot about you, but you shouldn't choose it on looks alone. PC Advisor considers the latest mobile operating systems.

  • News: Interview: Linus Torvalds discusses Linux

    Linux has become the most prominent example of the free software movement, winning the backing of IT heavyweights such as Dell, HP, IBM and Sun Microsystems along the way.

  • News: Report: UK ISPs failing customers on safety

    A new report on internet safety has concluded ISPs (Internet service providers) should take more responsibility for online security since end users are often lax.

  • News: Australian green scheme makes e-waste history

    A recycling campaign across the Australian state of Victoria could spell the end of e-waste as landfill

  • News: Warning over 'highly critical' Norton bug

    Users of the 2006 versions of Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works told to update immediately to combat critical ActiveX threat

  • News: Google dismisses 'green' Google alternative

    Google has slammed the so-called 'green' Google home page known as 'Blackle', insisted the white background on its home page doesn't waste more energy than a black background would.

  • News: The risks of the Second Life land rush

    Businesses should be cautious about joining the Second Life land rush and consider the protection of their brands and reputations before staking out territory in virtual worlds, says research firm Gartner.

  • News: Microsoft launches free Windows Live Skydrive

    Microsoft has renamed and relaunched its free online storage service as Windows Live Skydrive, making several interface tweaks to the beta preview that’s now open to anyone.

  • News: Porn site sues Microsoft for nicking nudie pics

    A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft for adding links and images of the company's rude content in search results taken from other Web sites illegally reproducing the material.

  • News: Security features for Firefox 3 revealed

    Mozilla’s chief of security has opened up on several new features planned for the next version of Firefox, revealing that Firefox 3.0 will have several new security features built in.

  • News: Google labels own Custom Search Blog as spam

    Google's Custom Search Blog was temporarily taken offline on Tuesday after Google mistook it for a spammer's site and handed it over to another person.

  • News: AOL dumps Kaspersky in favour of McAfee

    AOL has stopped offering its free Active Virus Shield software in favour of a competing tool from McAfee.

  • News: Telecom deal could link 21 African countries

    The International Finance Corp, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has approved a $32.5m investment in the East Africa Submarine cable system (EASSY) project, designed to connect 21 African countries to each other and the rest of the world.

  • News: Mobile phone firms test pop-up ads

    Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and other online giants have all said they hope to take advantage of what they see as great potential in mobile advertising. But some start-ups say that those companies are looking at delivering the ads the wrong way.

  • News: New plan to tackle dubious Wikipedia entries

    A way to ensure better quality control on Wikipedia entries by colour coding edits to red flag potentially dubious content will be tested on some smaller sites in the Wikia community to determine its effectiveness, according to the co-founder of Wikipedia.

  • News: Apple revamps iMac line

    Apple has revamped its iMac computer range, introducing new models with 20in and 24in screens and launching a new ultra-thin aluminium keyboard.

  • News: Windows Vista SP1 preview released

    Microsoft has released pre-beta code to two forthcoming Windows service packs to testers, but the company continues to remain vague about when the final code for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista SP1 will make it to end users