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• 03 August 2006

• News: FBI joining fight against ID theft

  The FBI is stepping up its fight against online fraud with an initiative called Operation Identity Shield, according to a senior official.

• News: MacBook hit with wireless hack

  Security researchers David Maynor and Jon Ellch performed a digital drive-by yesterday at the Black Hat USA conference. Their target: an Apple MacBook.

• News: Gates named in Chinese 'top foreigner' list

  The world's richest man joins Karl Marx and Nikita Khrushchev on a list of non-Chinese making the greatest impact on China, published today by a state-run newspaper's website.

• News: Intel issues patches for Wi-Fi bugs

  Intel has issued patches for three vulnerabilities affecting its wireless hardware and software.

• 02 August 2006

• News: AOL to make some software free

  In a move to increase its online advertising revenue, AOL said today it will make a range of its software and services free for broadband users.

• News: Bug panic played down by Microsoft

  Recently released Windows exploit code is causing confusion in the security world, as it seems to overlap with a critical bug Microsoft patched last month.

• News: Windows Live Spaces launches

  Microsoft today launched an upgraded version of its MSN Spaces website that lets users quickly create a website or blog, post photos and build a network of contacts.

• News: High-octane Windows to propel MS growth

  Microsoft yesterday made its OS for high-performance computing generally available.

• News: Real to distribute Google Toolbar, Firefox

  Real, Mozilla and Google have reached a multi-year agreement to distribute certain applications to users.

• News: Free webmail from Lycos revamped

  Lycos is revamping its free webmail service, vastly increasing storage space and lifting the size limit on file attachments, the online services provider plans to announce today.

• News: Online news 'a complement to other media'

  Fears that online news would render irrelevant traditional outlets such as television and print newspapers have not come true, a study has found.

• 01 August 2006

• News: French train users can pay with mobiles

  Travellers heading to Brittany can buy train tickets on their mobile phones as part of a service that will be rolled out in other areas of France soon.

• News: Mashboxx supported by major record label

  Mashboxx, a legal P2P service currently in development, will have the entirity of record label EMI's catalogue of digital recordings at its disposal.

• News: Trouble ahead for Palm OS

  Palm's plans for future products could be affected by delays in development of the next version of the Palm OS software, the company warned in a regulatory filing.

• News: Data centre failure pinches NHS

  Technicians continued working today to restore a computerised patient administration system for 80 medical facilities in north-west England that failed on Sunday during upgrades to the NHS IT systems.

• News: McAfee to issue patch for vulnerability

  McAfee will issue a patch tomorrow for a vulnerability affecting its SecurityCenter application, a security software management tool.

• News: BT dumps contractor for NHS project

  BT is dumping one of its main contractors for the 10-year project to upgrade the NHS computer network, in a move to deliver system upgrades faster, a spokesman for the telecoms company said today.

• News: Apple responds to Nordic criticism

  Apple has replied to criticism of its iTunes DRM policy, meeting a deadline set by consumer agencies in Scandinavia, an advisor at Norway's Consumer Council said today.

• News: Hackers outfox Mozilla

  An exploit in Mozilla's Firefox browser has been found that can hijack the software and monitor submit-and-click events.

• News: Will Apple fail without Jobs?

  The fortunes of Apple are inextricably linked with those of company co-founder Steve Jobs.

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