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• 28 July 2010

• News: Panda unveils 2011 versions of security software

  Panda Security has released new versions of its security software that features a virtual browser designed to protect PCs from malicious websites.

• News: Adobe buys web software developer

  Adobe Systems has agreed to buy web software maker Day Software Holding in a deal worth US$240 million, the company said in a statement Wednesday.

• 27 July 2010

• News: Hunt on for UK cyber security champions

  A competition which aims to identify British people who excel in cyber security has begun. The Cyber Security Challenge UK launched yesterday.

• News: 10 things to do to get ready for StarCraft II

  After years waiting, speculating, and beta-playing, StarCraft II finally lands this evening at exactly midnight. Here's a list of to-dos to help you while away those closing hours, minutes, and milliseconds.

• News: Analysis: Wikileaks aims to crowdsource classified data

  The release by Wikileaks of more than 90,000 documents about sensitive military operations in Afghanistan may just be the start of problems for the U.S. government.

• News: Does Sophos tool cure Windows shortcut attacks?

  Sophos released a tool on Monday that it claimed will block any attacks trying to exploit the critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows' shortcut files.

• News: Yahoo Japan chooses Google search over Bing

  Google has secured a deal to provide search results and related advertising to Yahoo Japan, Japan's most popular Web site, the two companies said Tuesday.

• News: Ask.com to focus on community answers

  Ask.com hopes to tap the knowledge of its end users to provide better answers for people who ask questions at its website, the company will announce Tuesday.

• 26 July 2010

• News: Dell dumps Ubuntu PCs from website

  Despite previously claiming that Linux systems are safer than those running Windows, PC maker Dell has stopped selling computers pre-installed with the Ubuntu operating system via its website - the principle source of orders for the company

• News: HMV takes on iTunes with 40p music downloads

  HMV hopes to spark a price war with Apple's iTunes with a new download store - hmvdigital - offering 10 million songs and every UK Top 40 track for just 40p each.

• News: Royal family launches Flickr collection

  The Royal Family has a Flickr collection, which allows the public to view pictures from private photo albums, and behind the scenes shots from royal ceremonies.

• News: Nuance launches Dragon Dictation 2 for iPhone, iPad

  Nuance Communications on Friday released version 2.0 of its popular Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone and iPad, adding the ability to send dictated messages to social networking services.

• News: Las Vegas awaits influx of Black Hat crackers

  If you have plans to travel to Las Vegas next week, you may want to cancel them. Why? Because the city will be crawling with hackers attending a "Black Hat" conference on electronic security. The sponsors of the events describe them as "highly technical information security conferences that bring together thought leaders from all facets of the infosec world - from the corporate and government sectors to academic and even underground researchers."

• News: Mozilla patches latest Firefox flaw

  For the second time in two months, Mozilla on Friday rushed out a fix for Firefox to patch a problem with a browser update issued just days before.

• News: IE8 Smartscreen Filter stops one billionth malware download

  Internet Explorer 8's Smartscreen Filter, used to secure users from dodgy websites, has stopped its one billionth malware download, Microsoft has proudly announced.

• News: Mozilla shows off new Firefox tab interface

  Future versions of Firefox are set to adopt a new tab design that will transform the browser's interface, a senior Mozilla developer has announced.

• News: Yahoo plans to invest in hackers

  Yahoo is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and technologies, a company executive said on Saturday.

• News: ProcessOne launches instant messaging for business

  ProcessOne has released a new messaging service that gives small businesses their own instant messaging capability using their domain name.

• 23 July 2010

• News: Microsoft will not offer rewards for identifying bugs in IE

  Microsoft has no plans to follow in Mozilla and Google's footsteps and offer security researchers rewards for identify bugs in its software.

• News: Microsoft licences ARM architecture

  Microsoft and ARM have signed a new deal that will see the technology giant licence the ARM architecture.

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