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08 May 2009
News: Internet Explorer share below 50% in two years

Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser will be used buy less than half of web surfers by 2011, says Net Applications.
News: Microsoft kills Windows Genuine Advantage

Microsoft is renaming its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system for Windows 7 users in a bid to adjust the reputation of the antipiracy program.
07 May 2009
News: Free Windows 7 to end early with shut downs

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will automatically shut down down on a regular basis months before the final public preview is due to expire next year.
News: F-Secure warns over Windows 7 security risk

Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) continues a long-running Microsoft practice that puts users at risk, a security researcher said on Wednesday.
06 May 2009
News: Google & Apple in antitrust investigation

Directors of Apple and Google are being investigated by the US Federal trade commission for potential violation of antitrust laws.
News: Microsoft gives Windows 7 SSD speed boost

Microsoft has given a strong endorsement for running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with solid-state disk drives, saying it has tuned the upcoming OS to run faster on the storage technology
05 May 2009
News: Microsoft slashes 5% of UK workforce

Microsoft is to cut 150 jobs in the UK, in addition to the 60 job losses announced in January. Today's move represents 5 percent of the software giant's UK workforce.
News: 'Apple to buy Twitter' rumours rubbished

Internet hype suggests that Apple is in talks to buy micro-blogging site Twitter for $700m, but analysts are moving to quash the rumours. Neither Apple nor Twitter have commented on the stories, which appear to come from a single source.
News: Windows 7 RC available free to public until June 2010

Microsoft has made the Release Candidate version of Windows 7 available to the public today.
News: Internet 'crucial' to family life

Brits would rather cut back on food than internet access, says O2.
News: IT managers warned over Windows XP mode

A new Microsoft add-on for Windows 7 that will let some users run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine could create support nightmares for IT managers, analysts said last week.
News: Government denies MTI project will be used to snoop

The government has denied that its 'Mastering the Internet' (MTI) project, which will see all emails and telephone calls in the UK monitored, is an attempt at snooping.
News: Windows 7 has lighter footprint than Vista

Windows 7 has lighter footprint than Vista
News: Google battles Seoul over YouTube user privacy

Google is predicting 'rough' talks with the South Korean government, after the two parties clashed over user privacy. Indeed, the South Korean government could force Google to block access to its YouTube website in the ongoing dispute, Google's deputy counsel said Monday.
News: Facebook sets live real-time update stream

Facebook is now using the live-updating functionality on its home page to send your stream of friend updates into motion for the first time.
News: BlackBerry users get native Gmail and Google Apps

Google Apps Connector for BES, which will become available to Google Apps Premier and Education Edition customers, free of charge, this coming July, will enable corporate BlackBerry users to access Gmail, Google contacts and calendar via the native BlackBerry messaging, contacts and calendar apps, just as they would using Microsoft Exchange and Outlook.
News: Google boost as shares surge

Shares of Google closed above $400 in the US yesterday for the first time since stock markets there started precipitous declines last autumn.
News: RIM releases BlackBerry push API

RIM has given consumer application developers an API to build its BlackBerry push technology into their software.
04 May 2009
News: HP and RIM to partner on BlackBerry software

HP and RiM (BlackBerry) plan to design and sell business software together for RIM's popular BlackBerry smartphones.
News: Adobe to patch Reader and Acrobat flaws

Adobe Systems expects to have patches ready to fix the latest flaws in Acrobat and Reader by next week.