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• 06 November 2009

• News: Google spreads Postini throughout Google Apps

  Google is working to extend the Postini policy enforcement layer from Gmail to other Apps components like Docs.

• News: Facebook, MySpace fix major coding issues

  Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos.

• News: Revealed: The real reason Windows 7 is great

  All new products have a killer feature - the one function that stands out from the rest and convinces you to part with your hard-earned cash. We look at the killer feature in Windows 7 - it's not what you think.

• News: Alliance & Leicester protects customers against phishing

  Web users banking with Alliance & Leicester are being offered software that the bank says will protect against phishing attacks and fake websites.

• 04 November 2009

• News: Microsoft reports positive start for Windows 7

  Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been doing well in the market since it launched nearly two weeks ago, Microsoft executives said Wednesday.

• 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.

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