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- 03 October 2006
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News: Channel 4 asked to show data theft evidence
India’s Nasscom has asked broadcaster Channel Four to provide information from a news documentary that it plans to air on Thursday about alleged data theft in India.
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News: Intel calls for open standards
Intel looks set to find itself in the midst of an industry battle over how the power and complexity of computers should be combined with the convenience and simplicity of consumer electronics.
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News: Microsoft acquires DesktopStandard
Microsoft has bolstered its group-policy desktop management offering with the acquisition of New Hampshire software vendor DesktopStandard.
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News: Yahoo gives members' data to developers
Yahoo has introduced a mechanism for external developers to give their web applications access to data that Yahoo members have stored in Yahoo services.
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News: Amazon's A9 loses snazzy features
Amazon.com is stripping its A9 search engine of the features that won praise from experts, but earned little attention from users.
- 02 October 2006
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News: The 'unpatchable' flaw in Firefox
Two hackers over the weekend disclosed an 'unpatchable' security flaw in the Firefox browser, possibly giving out enough information for attackers to replicate the bug, according to a report.
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News: Airlines in limbo as data talks break down
An agreement sheltering airlines from European privacy laws, allowing them to hand over passenger data required by US authorities, expired on Saturday, leaving most European airlines in legal limbo.
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News: Latest Microsoft flaw patched by Determina
For the second week in a row, independent security researchers have fixed a hole in Microsoft's software.
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News: US government retain Icann influence
The US government will remain involved with the management of the internet's domain-name system after its current agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers expired on Saturday.
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News: Microsoft unveils latest digital home
The latest remodel of the Microsoft Home, the software vendor's techno-fuelled vision of domestic accoutrements of the future, has no robot butlers nor any flying cars parked in the driveway.
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News: Record companies agree on digital royalties
Recording artists such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Paul McCartney will get an 8 percent slice from the sale of their music sold through online services and mobile networks in the UK under a compromise reached last week with content sellers.
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News: Optimistic outlook for Vista adoption
Microsoft is expecting businesses to adopt Windows Vista twice as fast as any other version of Windows.
- 01 October 2006
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News: Vista, as seen by a Mac buff – part two
Windows users will be delighted by the fact that Microsoft has slammed the door on some of the more glaring security holes that have plagued XP users for years.
- 30 September 2006
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News: Vista, as seen by a Mac buff – part one
Earlier this month, when I found I could install Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 on my MacBook Pro, I quickly took the plunge, practically chortling at the thought that my dual-core laptop could run Microsoft's next operating system.
- 29 September 2006
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News: One more for luck – another IE flaw found
The US government and several security vendors warned this week of newly published proof-of-concept code that exploits a serious, unpatched security flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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News: BBC, Microsoft develop partnership
Microsoft and the BBC have said they plan to explore cutting-edge ways that the BBC can deliver content.
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News: Morpheus software 'encouraged piracy'
In another blow to P2P filesharing, a US federal judge ruled this week that the Morpheus software program encouraged users to infringe upon copyrighted works.
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News: PayPal stumps up $5.2m to settle lawsuits
eBay's PayPal payment division will pay $3.5m to consumers and $1.7m to 28 US states in settlements for two different actions regarding its notification of users regarding their rights, the company said yesterday.
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News: Zune will go on sale in US on 14 November
Microsoft's Zune digital media player will go on sale in the US on 14 November for $250, the company said yesterday, in line with the price of video iPods already available from Apple.
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News: BlackBerry tops 6m users, but trouble ahead
The number of BlackBerry account holders reached 6.2 million at the beginning of September as Research In Motion reported revenue up 34 percent – but market researcher IDC said trouble may lie ahead for the company.
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