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12 May 2007
News: IT news of the week - Saturday 12 May

Stay on top of the week’s biggest IT news with PC Advisor’s one-stop round-up of the top stories of the past seven days.
11 May 2007
News: Windows Update hack bypasses firewalls

Hackers are using Windows Updates' file transfer component to sneak malicious code downloads past firewalls, according to Symantec.
News: Software glitch hits NHS records

Connecting for Health, which runs the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT has confirmed that problems with a software upgrade in Manchester led to hundreds of duplicate patient records being created.
10 May 2007
News: UK Social Services laptop sold in eBay

Southend-on-Sea borough council in the UK is reviewing its procedures after a laptop computer containing social services case notes on local children turned up on eBay.
News: Hackers enter Microsoft HQ

Microsoft is once again inviting members of the hacking community into its Redmond, Washington, campus to show the software giant where it's gone wrong.
09 May 2007
News: Critical Windows & Office patches now online

Microsoft has released its May set of security patches, fixing critical bugs in Windows, Office and Exchange.
News: Nigerian scammers mimic George Clooney flick

A twist on the classic Nigerian email scam that steals from the plot of the George Clooney movie Three Kings is hitting inboxes, according to Symantec.
News: Business Vista uptake grows despite concerns

More users are starting to evaluate and deploy Windows Vista, but they are showing increasing concern over perceived performance, patching improvements and the operating system's hardware requirements, according to a recent study.
08 May 2007
News: Microsoft fully releases upgraded Hotmail

Microsoft has officially closed the public-testing period for Windows Live Hotmail. Now begins the lengthy process of migrating users to this major upgrade of Microsoft's Hotmail webmail service, Microsoft will announce today.
News: Symantec and Sophos attack Microsoft OneCare

Microsoft’s new business security product, Forefront, isn't up to the job, according to Microsoft rivals Symantec and Sophos.
News: Russian court fines pirate headmaster £97

Alexander Ponosov, 40, the Russian headmaster accused of software piracy, was found guilty and fined 5,000 rubles (£97) by a Russian court.
04 May 2007
News: Top 10 Firefox add-ons to avoid

A couple of months ago, we helped you get started on your journey to browser perfection with our list of 20 must-have Firefox extensions. But the ability to tweak your browser is a double-edged sword. There are extensions best avoided – including some of the most popular.
News: Tech glitch creates UK election chaos

The results of Scotland's elections have been thrown into chaos and results delayed by technical problems with the newly introduced electronic counting system.
News: UK gov't forced to open up on ID cards

The UK government must publish ‘gateway reviews’ on the progress of its ID card plan, the Information Tribunal has ruled.
News: Critical Windows & Office fixes next week

Microsoft will issue seven security updates next week for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk.
News: First contactless credit card coming to UK

Barclaycard is set to launch the UK's first contactless credit card in September, following the successful completion of technical trials.
03 May 2007
News: Internet Explorer 8.0 to focus on security

Microsoft dodged questions this week at the Mix07 Web developer conference about when it plans to update its Internet Explorer (IE) browser to Version 8 (IE8).
News: DDoS attacks die off, but spam returns

Symantec has noted a sharp decline in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, where a network of remote-controlled bots overloads a target's system and takes it offline.
News: Windows users hit by 'bug-a-day' threat

Another bug-a-day campaign called the "Month of ActiveX Bugs" has emerged, this time targeting Microsoft. Although some researchers have already dismissed the project as copycat, others are warning its findings might put Windows users at risk of attack.
News: iGoogle bug grief continues

Google renamed and upgraded its Personalized Home Page this week, but one thing the update couldn't shake was a bug that began upsetting many users last Thursday and persisted until yesterday.