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12 September 2007
News: Microsoft fixes critical flaw

Microsoft yesterday patched four security vulnerabilities. The flaws affected Windows, Visual Studio and the MSN and Windows Live Messenger software.
News: Five more years of punishment for Microsoft?

State plaintiffs in the US Microsoft antitrust case want a five-year extension of a large portion of the 2002 judgment against the company. Most of the MS antitrust judgment was scheduled to expire in November.
News: Vodaphone Palm 500 smartphone launches

Palm and Vodaphone today launch the Palm 500 smartphone. UPDATE: GET FULL DETAILS OF THE PALM 500v HERE.
11 September 2007
News: Eudora email client released as Thunderbird add-on

The Eudora email client is now available for open-source download, three months after Qualcomm stopped selling it commercially.
News: IBM finally joins OpenOffice.org community

IBM yesterday joined the OpenOffice.org open-source community, in a move that could see IBM have a real go at cracking the productivity software market dominated by Microsoft, and desired by Google, among others. After years of holding out, IBM will now contribute code to the OpenOffice suite that serves as an alternative to Microsoft's Office 2007 (reviewed here).
News: L'Oreal takes on eBay over counterfeits

Concerned over the sale of counterfeit good, L'Oreal has reported eBay to the police in the UK, as well as in France, Belgium, Germany and Spain.
10 September 2007
News: Software glitch shuts down BlackBerry service

Some BlackBerry users in North America experienced problems on Friday when a software issue meant that the email service shut down, leaving the handheld device's email capabilities disabled.
News: Google Apps gets IT support

Google has partnered with Capgemini SA, which will provide IT services to large businesses that adopt the Google Apps Premier Edition hosted suite of collaboration and communication software.
News: Dell blames laptop delays on poor forecasts

Dell CEO Michael Dell this week blamed downbeat sales forecasting for the long delays in getting new notebooks to consumers. Dell said nothing about problems in painting the laptops, the main reason other executives have been giving customers.
08 September 2007
News: Recover almost any file, photo or folder

In our lifetime we've all deleted the wrong spreadsheet or forgotten an important password. But it's not the end of the world - you can take care of these and many other disasters with these PC Advisor tips. Never lose a file again.
07 September 2007
News: Analyst: Is the iPod touch an iPhone killer?

Apple's decision to include its Safari web browser with the new iPod touch could turn the media playback device into a business tool, according to analysts
06 September 2007
News: Google hits back over 'weak' Google Apps jibe

Google insists that many of its employees are snubbing Microsoft Office in favour of Google Apps, following criticism that is online office tool is "weak compared to best-of-breed point solutions".
News: Windows Vista £300 cheaper than XP per year

Microsoft has released details of a study it commissioned that found that total cost of ownership for Windows Vista on mobile PCs is $605 (£305) less annually than Windows XP.
News: Analyst says laptops are security weak link

Laptops remain a weak link in the security of many organisations, according to an IDC analyst.
05 September 2007
News: Microsoft hints at Zune-based iPhone killer

Microsoft says it's not "unreasonable" to suggest that it's developing an Apple iPhone rival running Windows Mobile, amid speculation that the software giant has grand plans for its Zune media player
News: Palm shock as Palm Foleo is killed off

Just when Palm was expected to ship the Foleo, its controversial smartphone companion product, the company instead decided to kill it the whole project.
News: Intel's Tigerton takes on AMD's Barcelona

Intel will unveil a new version of its Xeon processor today that's designed for high-end servers with multiple processors. The Xeon 7300 chips, called Tigerton, set the stage for a showdown with rival AMD's upcoming quad-core Barcelona chip.
04 September 2007
News: Microsoft expects Office Open XML approval

Microsoft has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization.
News: BMW first with iPhone-enabled cars

Apple’s iPhone will be supported across a wide range of BMW vehicles in Europe, and plans to show off examples at the Frankfurt Auto Show on 13 September.
News: French blow for Microsoft's Office Open XML

France has voted against the adoption of Microsoft's document format Office Open XML as an international standard, while Australia has decided to abstain.