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• 10 October 2006

• News: Microsoft ups video stakes

  Microsoft is expected to confirm a deal later today that would see video search engine Blinkx power portions of the MSN and Live.com sites.

• News: Volunteer antispam group faces closure

  A US court has threatened to shut down the Spamhaus Project, a volunteer-run antispam service, for ignoring an $11.7m judgement against it.

• News: Google buys YouTube, reveals video plans

  Popular video-sharing startup will continue to operate independently following a $1.6bn deal, but it may dump its 'silly' name, according to one analyst.

• News: Survey: net crime 'scarier than burglary'

  A study released by the UK government has found that 21 per cent of Brits feel more at risk from internet crime than being burgled.

• News: BT Openzone offers '50% extra' incentive

  Wireless hotspot users can get 50 percent more for their money from BT Openzone, after the operator launched a "90 minutes for the price of 60" promotion that runs until 31 January 2007.

• 09 October 2006

• News: Google & YouTube confirm music deals

  Video-sharing sites make online music breakthrough after signing high-profile deals with the record industry

• News: New Google tool handy for mischief

  The company's new source-code search engine, unveiled as a tool to help simplify life for developers, can also be misused to search for software bugs, password information, and even proprietary code that shouldn't have been posted to the Internet in the first place, security experts say.

• News: UK broadband penetration to reach 64%

  Nearly two-thirds of UK households will have a broadband connection in two years, according to research firm Point Topic.

• News: Older generations dominate MySpace

  More than half of MySpace users are over 35 years old, dispelling the myth that the social networking site is used mostly by teenagers, according to Comscore.

• News: Microsoft-backed IM add-on used for adware

  One week after it added the creator of a Windows Messenger add-on to its list of Most Valued Professionals, Microsoft has revoked the award after critics pointed out that the program is used to distribute adware.

• News: Celeb sites now best way to get malware

  The quickest way to become infected with malware could be to visit a fake celebrity website and not, as is commonly assumed, one dedicated to porn.

• News: Free Google tools woo website developers

  Valentine's Day is months away, but Google has displayed its ardour for developers by delivering to them the programming equivalent of a box of chocolates and a dozen red roses.

• News: Microsoft releases Windows Vista RC2

  Microsoft has released what it expects to be the final release of Windows Vista before the operating system is sent to manufacturing for distribution.

• News: Schwarzenegger vetoes RFID privacy protection

  Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed legislation that would have created a security framework for the use of RFID technology in California.

• News: Google could buy YouTube this week

  Speculation that Google is about to acquire video-sharing phenomenon YouTube gathered pace over the weekend.

• 07 October 2006

• News: EU, US will share air passenger data

  European Union and US negotiators have reached agreement on how to share information about passengers flying to the US from Europe, a Finnish government spokesman said yesterday.

• 06 October 2006

• News: FM transmitters 'legal by Christmas'

  FM transmitters seem set to be made legal in the UK just in time for Christmas.

• News: Govt workers rapped over porn surfing

  Employees at the US Department of Interior (DOI) spend significant time on sexually explicit and gambling Web sites and even more time shopping and playing online games while at work, according to a report released this week.

• News: Microsoft fixes 11 'critical' flaws

  In a fresh bid to thwart hackers from exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, Microsoft plans to issue a total of 11 security updates next Tuesday.

• 05 October 2006

• News: Gambling cyber-blackmailers sentenced

  Three Russians who succeeded in extorting money from online gambling websites based in the UK, have each been jailed for eight years.

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