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• 31 August 2006

• News: Microsoft antitrust judgement extended

  The US Department of Justice and Microsoft filed formal paperwork yesterday to extend part of an antitrust judgment against the company for at least two years.

• News: Nokia beefs up N80's internet capabilities

  Nokia will release a version of its N80 multimedia phone next month with improved internet capabilities.

• News: Vista reliant on 'aggressive' beta testing

  Sven Hallauer, director of release management for Windows Vista, says Microsoft is counting on "aggressive" beta testers to get Windows Vista into the shops in time.

• News: iPod manufacturer cuts damages claim

  The iPod manufacturer at the heart of a furore over the treatment of workers in China has reduced the damages it is seeking from a pair of journalists accused of defaming the company.

• News: Dispute could ground air passengers

  A failure by the US and EU to reach an agreement next month on the provision of passenger data for transatlantic flights could ground up to 105,000 people each week.

• News: Cover your online tracks with Browzar

  The latest entrant to the crowded internet browser market is the appropriately named Browzar, a tool specifically designed to protect users' privacy by not retaining details of the websites they've searched.

• News: Intel to launch vPro desktop bundle

  Intel is set to announce next week that HP and other vendors are ready to ship the chip company's vPro technology bundle in business desktops, according to sources.

• News: Amazon blows Microsoft's secrets – again

  Windows Vista isn't the only forthcoming Microsoft software for which Amazon has apparently pre-announced availability.

• 30 August 2006

• News: MTV Networks' broadband push begins

  As young people increasingly tune out television and tune into online video and chat, MTV Networks is hoping to win their attention with a broadband service that appears part MTV, part YouTube and part MySpace.

• News: Indian communists support open source

  The Indian state of Kerala has decided to promote free and open-source software in education, but will not make it compulsory, a minister in Kerala's communist government said today.

• News: iPod manufacturer sues journalists

  The contract manufacturer of the iPod music player has filed lawsuits against two Chinese journalists who wrote articles about working conditions at factories where iPods are made, according to Chinese press reports.

• News: Google will offer downloads of books

  Google has expanded its controversial book search service to allow people to download whole copies of books in PDF format to their computers, with the ability to print them out.

• News: Lock down your mobile phone

  A set of security standards designed to lock down mobile devices has been hammered out and is set to be unveiled at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show in Los Angeles next month.

• News: Google CEO to sit on Apple board

  Apple has tapped the head of Google for its own board, hoping to benefit from his long industry experience.

• News: Vista available to pre-order from Amazon

  Consumers will have to wait until the end of January for Windows Vista if the information for the OS listed on Amazon's website is accurate.

• 29 August 2006

• News: MS seeks to limit damage from DRM hack

  Microsoft has been forced to issue an urgent software update to secure the solution it offers to digital music stores, following an easy and successful hack.

• News: AOL client accused of 'badware behaviour'

  AOL's free internet client software has earned the company a slap on the wrist from StopBadware.org, a consortium set up to combat malicious software.

• News: First Vista release candidate coming today

  Microsoft could be on target to deliver Vista to business customers before the end of the year.

• News: Microsoft hikes legacy support costs

  It could become more costly for customers who have older versions of certain Microsoft software to continue purchasing support from the vendor.

• News: McAfee warns of 'SMiShing' attacks

  Mobile phone users should watch out for text messages containing a link to a website that, when visited, could download a Trojan horse, security experts have warned.

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