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• 09 July 2009

• News: Analysis: Google Chrome to hurt Linux, not Windows

  Google's new PC operating system Google Chrome is set for a titanic battle with Microsoft's Windows, but the biggest losers could be other Linux OSes currently enjoying success on netbooks, industry analysts said.

• News: Google partners with HP, Acer on Chrome PCs

  Google is working with several companies to develop PCs around the new Google Chrome OS, including HP and Acer, the company said in a blog post last night.

• 08 July 2009

• News: Trojans responsible for 75% of new malware

  Trojans make up nearly three quarters of all new malware detected between April and June this year, says Panda Security.

• News: Google already working with PC makers on Chrome OS

  Google plans to announce within the next day or so the names of PC makers in Taiwan and China that have already signed on to work with its new Chrome operating system.

• News: New IE bug is Conficker 2

  The latest bug in Internet Explorer could create a security issue on the same scale as Conficker, says a research at AVG.

• News: Google Chrome OS: First impressions

  The ChromeOS is going to be an almost "instant-on" OS like Splashtop or Hyperspace. Google says you'll be browsing and emailing in a few seconds from turning the machine on.

• News: Windows 7 will be on 50% of all business PCs next year

  Nearly half of all PCs bought by businesses in 2010 will be running Windows 7 PC's, says IDC.

• News: Microsoft 'ignored critical IE bug for months'

  It has emerged that the flaw that Microsoft yesterday patched that is being used by hackers to attack Internet Explorer (IE) users may have been reported 18 months ago or more.

• News: US woman appeals $1.9m music piracy fine

  The woman ordered to pay $1.92 million in fines for illegally distributing 24 copyrighted songs said she will appeal, and called the June 18 jury verdict "excessive, shocking and monstrous."

• News: Massive botnet targets US govt websites

  The US government has been the victim of a cyber attack of unusual veracity.

• News: Google Chrome OS to take on Windows, Linux

  Google today announced that later this year it will release an open-source operating system (OS) targeted at internet-centric PCs such as netbooks.

• 07 July 2009

• News: Google releases non-beta Google Apps

  Google will drop the "beta" label from Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Talk today to rid its Apps communication and collaboration suite of this problematic tag that spooks many IT managers and CIOs.

• News: Mobile App stores under threat from Cloud

  A new architecture based on software running in the cloud will drastically change the way mobile applications are developed, acquired and used.

• News: Twitter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  Twitter and its creators are worthy of being considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for the role they played during the recent civil unrest in Iran, according to a former US national security adviser.

• News: Symantec's Norton 2010 betas go live

  Symantec has released live betas of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010. The updates to Symantec's flagship antimalware products feature reputation-based security technologies as part of what the company is calling a new security model - codenamed "Quorum" - that Symantec says will 'tackle undiscovered malware and today's toughest threats head-on'.

• News: Twitter attack promotes lewd trending topic

  Earlier this week Twitter's "Trending Topics" was hacked by a usergroup who successfully distorted the popular feature so that the topic 'gorilla penis' appeared in the list.

• News: Yahoo tweaks and opens up Search Pad

  Yahoo will today significantly expand the number of people who can test its Search Pad service, an online notebook for saving and sharing notes, links and website content when conducting research using the company's search engine.

• News: Hackers attack DirectX bug in Internet Explorer

  Microsoft yesterday confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX. The attack on Internet Explorer (IE) is the second such exploit in six weeks.

• 06 July 2009

• News: Adobe to patch ColdFusion bug next week

  Adobe Systems will have a patch ready next week for a flaw in its ColdFusion web development software that other security authorities say could result in a hacked system.

• News: BT drops Phorm WebWise system

  BT has dropped the controversial internet tracking ad-delivery system WebWise, dealing out a huge blow to its developer Phorm.

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