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04 November 2009
News: Google Chrome gets bookmark syncing feature

Google is giving the latest version of its Chrome web browser a bookmark syncing feature.
News: HP says Windows 7 printer drivers coming soon

HP has revealed it expects to release Windows 7 drivers for its printers soon, as there are currently no compatible drivers.
03 November 2009
News: Windows 7 use surges by 40%

The number of PCs running Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, surged by 40 percent in the week following its release, says Net Applications.
News: Canon iPhone app lets users print from handset

Canon hasunveiled an iPhone app that lets users print pictures stored on their handset, without the need for a PC.
News: Windows pirates blamed for high malware rates

Microsoft today said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leery of applying security patches.
News: Microsoft: Worms remain Windows' biggest problem

The Conficker worm continues to be one of the most prevalent threats facing PCs running Windows, according to a new security report published by Microsoft.
News: Windows 7 SP1 beta coming in January?

The first service pack for Windows 7 could be available as a beta in just two months
News: Windows Vista dramatically more secure than XP

Windows Vista is dramatically more secure than Windows XP, according Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report, released Monday. The infection rate of Windows Vista SP1 was 61.9 percent less than Windows XP SP3, the company said. The report covers the first half of 2009 and is the seventh such twice-yearly report the company has issued.
News: Intel blamed for iPhone-Windows 7 syncing woes

Some Windows 7 users are complaining on an Apple discussion forum that they can't synch their iPhones to their new PCs.
02 November 2009
News: Microsoft kills Office Accounting family

Microsoft is spiking its Office Accounting software family and will stop distributing the products as of Nov. 16, according to a posting on the company's Web site.`
31 October 2009
News: 7 wacky Windows launches

Microsoft encouraged PC users to celebrate the launch of Windows 7 by hosting their own party. We look back at the wacky ways Microsoft launched previous operating systems.
30 October 2009
News: eBay phishing scam scariest email blunder of 2009

The eBay email fraud campaign, which took place in May this year, and aimed to get users of the online auction site to disclose their bank details has been named this year's scariest email blunder by Proofpoint.
News: Facebook dumps Application Verification scheme

Facebook has dumped its Application Verification scheme, which let third-party developers pay to have their applications certified by the scoial network.
News: Microsoft: Windows 7 install trick is legal

Microsoft this week confirmed that users can apply a workaround trick to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive as long as they toe the licensing line.
News: Linux OS for netbooks gets a boost

Canonical yesterday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use web content.
News: Twitter rolling out Twitter Lists feature

Twitter is in the midst of an ongoing rollout of its new Lists feature designed to let users better tune their Twitter feed to hone in on the information they want.
News: Facebook asks users to approve privacy policy

Looking to avoid the tumultuous user haggles that followed earlier changes to the Facebook terms of service, Facebook this week released a proposed new privacy policy to user review.
News: Windows 7 app turns laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots

A Philadelphia developer has rooted out an unfinished feature of Windows 7 that turns any laptop into a wireless access point, allowing other Wi-Fi-enabled devices to share the connection without special software.
News: Microsoft fixes biggest ever patch release

After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up
News: Sony's outlook improves, although losses continue

Despite losing money on the back of lower sales during its fiscal second quarter, Sony said business was better than expected and has cut full-year loss forecasts as a result.