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  • News: VoIP firm Vonage on the brink?

    Vonage's lacklustre IPO (initial public offering) and ongoing patent troubles are leading some financial analysts to speculate about the company's long-term viability.

  • News: Police fret over hackers' secret IM network

    Hackers have built their own encrypted IM (instant-messaging) program to shield themselves from police trying to spy on their communication.

  • News: Critical bugs in StarOffice & OpenOffice

    Bugs in Sun Microsystems's StarOffice and OpenOffice.org's OpenOffice application suites allow attackers to snatch control of a computer by serving up malicious documents or URLs, the two organisations have revealed.

  • News: LG & Google in mobile phone deal

    LG Electronics plans to launch at least 10 mobile phones this year with preinstalled software and services from Google, the two companies announced today.

  • News: New EU rules for online payments

    EU finance ministers have agreed new rules to govern cross-border payments services for transactions made anywhere in its 27 member states.

  • News: Adobe dumps GoLive for Dreamweaver

    As expected, Adobe plumps for Macromedia's web editor rather than its own in the latest version of the company's Creative suite design collection, including the venerable Photoshop.

  • News: Adobe announces Creative Suite 3.0

    Adobe today released details of a complete revamp of its Creative Suite - the market-leading software package for high-end photographers, graphics- and web-designers. Adobe revealed that it has combined, for the first time, products from its aquisition Macromedia and its own portfolio.

  • News: Dangerous Windows network hack uncovered

    Microsoft is warning of an attack that could be used to divert someone's web traffic through a malicious proxy server.

  • News: Vonage VoIP tech under threat

    A US federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service provider Vonage to stop it from using patented Verizon Communications technology.

  • News: Dotcom bubble fears for Web 2.0

    Vendors' rush to build Web 2.0 technologies reminds some observers of the wild run-up to the internet dotcom bubble during the late 1990s.

  • News: Time-saving P2P calendar tool launched

    Tungle is releasing a beta version of a plug-in application designed to let users create a peer-to-peer (P2P) network of people for the sole purpose of simplifying the process of scheduling meetings.

  • News: UK firms put off Windows Vista

    UK firms show little enthusiasm for the Windows Vista operating system, with nearly six out of 10 businesses saying they have no plans to deploy it, according to new research.

  • News: Budget: Brown fails to boost UK R&D

    UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced an increase in the tax credit designed to encourage R&D spending by large companies - but IT suppliers' body Intellect warned that the extra 5 percent was not enough.

  • News: IT delays costing UK hospital trusts

    Costs from implementation delays to the UK National Health Service's £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) have contributed to pushing hospital trusts into deficit, a committee of MPs has found.

  • News: Another Microsoft-Alcatel patent flap to be probed

    The US International Trade Commission is going to investigate allegations by Microsoft of patent infringement by the French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent.

  • News: Microsoft offers 'MySpace' alternative

    Microsoft introduced the first in a planned series of online communities for users of its Dynamics applications to provide forums where peers can exchange best practices. Centred on specific industries or job titles, the first community is aimed at finance professionals such as corporate controllers, finance managers and accountants.

  • News: Official: Microsoft Office won't go online

    Microsoft will deliver future versions of Office as software, not as a service, and as complete packages, not modules that do incremental updates, according to Jeff Raikes, president of the company's business group. In a talk before analysts at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco, Raikes discussed Microsoft's plans for Office. "The truth is, for the core of Windows and the core of Office, the most sense is to have them on a fairly predictable wave," said Raikes. "The reason why that's important [is that] most enterprises expect us to pull all the components together and thoroughly test them.

  • News: Discrimination law may open up IT jobs

    New legislation against age discrimination is opening up opportunities for older IT professionals, even in traditionally ‘young’ environments such as the City, recruitment experts say.

  • News: Intel launches more efficient quad-core chips

    Intel said quad-core microprocessors that work at an energy-efficient 50 watts per processor will be released today.

  • News: eBay accuses Microsoft and Yahoo of cybersecurity failure

    Phishing attacks remain a major concern at eBay and PayPal