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• 29 January 2010

• News: Microsoft sells 60 million Windows 7 licences

  Thanks largely to the Windows 7 launch, Microsoft on Thursday reported a strong increase in net income and revenue for its second quarter of fiscal 2010.

• 28 January 2010

• News: Office2 app brings Microsoft Office to iPhone

  Byte Squared has released Office2, an office app for the iPhone and iPod ouch that lets you edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in .doc and .xls formats.

• 27 January 2010

• News: Google gives iPhone users access to Google Voice

  Google has revealed it is giving Apple iPhone users access to its Google Voice telephony management system, despite Apple rejecting an app for the iPhone last year.

• News: Google toolbar tracks some users' web whereabouts

  A flaw in Google Toolbar that allows the search engine to track some web browsing has been indetified by a privacy researcher.

• News: Twitter hits 75 million user mark

  Micro-blogging site Twitter has more than 75 million users, but the growth rate of new users is slowing and a lot of current Twitterers are inactive, says RJMetrics.

• News: iPhone hacker puts PS3 crack online

  Details of how to hack Sony's Playstation 3 have been released online by a hacker best known for cracking Apple's iPhone.

• News: 'Come in, but behave', China tells Google Android

  China on Wednesday said Google's Android operating system will not be blocked if it follows local regulations, after speculation that Google's threat to leave China could hurt the adoption of Android there.

• 26 January 2010

• News: Facebook use jumps 600% on mobile web

  Social network Facebook was the most visited website by mobile phone owners using Opera's mobile browsers.

• News: Android to overtake BlackBerry & iPhone by 2013

  Google Android will become the second most popular mobile phone platform by 2013, says IDC.

• News: Microsoft Bing masterclass - top tips & tricks

  When it comes to online search engines and maps, there’s one name that springs to mind: Google. Whether you’re searching for a particular phrase or locating an address using Google Maps, the company has got it all sewn up. Or it did until Bing came along.

• 25 January 2010

• News: Kaspersky false positive tags Google Adsense as Trojan

  Following an update, Kaspersky Antivirus today falsely identified Google Adsense as a malicious script.

• 23 January 2010

• News: 5 Web 2.0 startups that will make a splash in 2010

  Keep an eye on these five businesses bringing fresh ideas to the Web 2.0 arena. From search to microblogging, these tools deserve your attention.

• News: Security lessons we learnt from the recent attack on Google

  Companies need to re-evaluate security to handle advanced cyber attacks, in the wake of Google's recent travails. We look at how to do this.

• News: The 10 best business iPhone apps

  We've trawled the Apple iTunes App Store to find the best productivity apps for business users.

• 22 January 2010

• News: Google Street View adds 19 National Trust sites

  Google and the National Trust have teamed up to add 19 specifically chosen castles, country houses and outstanding landscapes to Google Street View.

• News: Acronis makes online backup service available to all

  Acronis has made its online back-up service available as a stand-alone product.

• News: Computer games, Facebook blamed for rickets surge

  Computer games and social networking sites such as Facebook are being blamed for the surge in the number of children suffering from rickets.

• News: PC users rely heavily on simple passwords

  The majority of PC users still rely on easy passwords, some as simple as '123456', to access their online accounts, says Imperva.

• News: Mozilla releases full version of Firefox 3.6

  Mozilla has released the final version of Firefox 3.6 - its latest web browser.

• 21 January 2010

• News: Emergency Internet Explorer patch available from 6pm

  Microsoft's emergency Internet Explorer 6 patch will be available from 6pm UK time. Facebook has begun warning members logging in to its social network site using Internet Explorer to update to the latest version of the web browser.

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