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• 23 June 2006

• News: WMP 11.0 beta - slim pickings so far

  Microsoft is overhauling Windows Media Player, giving its music player its biggest revamp in years.

• News: Alleged hacker named by TorrentSpy

  The name of a hacker who allegedly broke into TorrentSpy's computer systems has been released by the company.

• News: Vista to be aggressively promoted at Xmas

  Microsoft said yesterday that it will run promotions for Windows Vista to tie in with the Christmas shopping season in November and December.

• News: Rich-media ads to be tested on Google Video

  A public test to show display and video ads on Google Video, another step in the search giant's exploration of graphical ads in its own services, will be launched soon, according to internal sources.

• News: 1m Koreans tune into mobile digital TV

  One million mobile terrestrial digital-TV receivers were purchased in South Korea in the first six months or so after the service was launched, according to government figures.

• 22 June 2006

• News: Mio says more the merrier with latest GPS models

  Watch out - the Belgians are coming and they’re on a mission to keep us Brits on the straight and narrow.

• News: iTunes TV downloads now possible

  If Apple wishes to make a move to offer films and TV programs through its iTunes service in the UK then the door has been left wide open for it.

• News: Steganos launches Internet Anonym VPN

  Mobile workers and even private individuals will be able to take advantage of VPN security thanks to a service launched by Steganos.

• News: World Cup games hit mobiles

  Among the list of technology firsts at the World Cup in Germany is the use of a system that can format action to suit mobile phone displays.

• News: Yet another Excel attack posted

  On Tuesday, a hacker published code that takes advantage of an unpatched flaw in the Microsoft spreadsheet software, the third such exploit to be disclosed in the past week.

• News: Samsung to put WiMax into mobiles

  Samsung plans to release a mobile phone that includes support for mobile WiMax networks next year, the company said.

• News: Google's toolbar to be spread by Adobe

  Adobe will distribute Google's browser toolbar with some of its products, it announced yesterday.

• News: Wi-Fi driver used to hack laptop

  A way of seizing control of a laptop by exploiting flawed code in the system's wireless device driver has been discovered by security researchers.

• News: First HD-DVD recorder hits Japan in July

  Toshiba announced today that it will launch the first HD-DVD recorder in Japan next month.

• 21 June 2006

• News: Warnings of legal action halt tracking sites

  Two entrepreneurs who created code to track the relationship status of MySpace.com users face legal action, the social networking website's lawyers have warned.

• News: Search battle 'only just beginning'

  It may well be that Google has the internet search market tied up for now but, according to a Yahoo executive, the fight for control of this sector is barely underway.

• News: 3.5G comes to the UK

  After trials run by Vodafone showed that users actually preferred it to Wi-Fi, the company will launch its HSDPA - or 3.5G - service in the UK tomorrow.

• News: Top Microsoft man quits suddenly

  Martin Taylor, best known for his role in leading Microsoft's anti-Linux 'Get the Facts' campaign, has abruptly left the company, Microsoft confirmed yesterday.

• News: Code to exploit second Excel flaw posted

  A second vulnerability in Excel has been discovered after a hacker posted code on the internet that could be used to exploit it.

• News: 'Naked World Cup' hoax email spreads

  Football purists can breathe a sigh of relief. There is no Naked World Cup.

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