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24 October 2006
News: Google launches free custom searches

Firm targets website owners with build-your-own search engine tool
23 October 2006
News: IBM sues Amazon over patents

IBM is taking Amazon to court, alleging patent infringement against the e-commerce giant.
News: Sophos slams Vista's security critics

Security vendors McAfee and Symantec haven't given sufficient thought to Windows Vista when developing their products, according to antivirus firm Sophos.
News: Site plans to unseat Wikipedia

Larry Sanger, one of the founders of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, is launching a new encyclopedia project he hopes will unseat Wikipedia as the go-to destination for general information online.
News: Firefox 2.0 due tomorrow

Not to be outdone by Microsoft's recent release of Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla is planning the second major release of its rival Firefox browser tomorrow.
News: Google Earth taps into US election

Google has assembled a wealth of information about the upcoming US congressional election and will display links to it on its Google Earth mapping application.
News: BitTorrent embeds P2P into routers

BitTorrent has reached agreements with several companies to embed its file-sharing software in their Internet devices, expanding its ability to reach users.
22 October 2006
News: iPod partners 'design for Zune'

Major suppliers of iPod accessories plan to follow suit with Microsoft's music player
20 October 2006
News: PlayStation 3 gets free web service

Sony claims the PlayStation Network will rival Microsoft;s Xbox Live service with music downloads and online shopping, plus voice and video chat
News: Spamhaus shutdown is rejected

A US judge has denied an order that would have suspended the domain name for The Spamhaus Project, averting a potential quagmire over how US legal rulings apply across the global Internet.
News: Microsoft rebuts IE7 bug claim

A flaw that research firm Secunia ApS claimed to have discovered in Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) just hours after its unveiling is not a browser bug after all, Microsoft claims.
News: 30,000 videos forced off YouTube

YouTube has deleted close to 30,000 files after complaints from an organisation representing Japanese copyright holders
News: New Samsung Ultramobile PCs launched

Samsung Electronics has launched two new versions of its Q1 UMPC (ultramobile PC)
News: BT signs TV-on-demand deals

MTV, Paramount Comedy and Nickelodeon have been added to the growing list of content providers partnering with BT for its soon-to-be-launched TV-on-demand service.
News: Google doubles profits

Google's revenue grew by 70 percent and earnings almost doubled in its third quarter, as the company continued monetising its search engine services through online adverts
News: Critical patch for Windows 2000

A software security update released by Microsoft nine days ago to fix a flaw in Windows 2000 has been reissued after the company determined that the original patch didn't completely fix a security problem
News: Vista blunder upsets security vendors

McAfee slams Microsoft's "hollow assurances" after security software suppliers are locked out of meeting
19 October 2006
News: Internet Explorer 7.0 vulnerable already

Less than 24 hours after the launch of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), security researchers are poking holes in the new browser.
News: Microsoft slashes Windows piracy

Microsoft claims the combination of its controversial Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool and its “Feet on the Street” compliance team has slashed the number of pirate copies of Windows XP.
News: Web 2.0 wont work on mobiles

Although the mobile industry is keen to duplicate the success of Web 2.0 applications on the internet, the wholesale transfer of that new approach over to the mobile world won't work, experts said