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Microsoft Cofee brews 'back door' fears

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Google hints at ad partnership with Yahoo

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Online auction sites suffer downturn

UK surfers buying goods at auction sites drop four per cent   More...

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Scroll on a roll as ePaper goes mainstream in ebook reader

09 May 2008E-paper screens are finally hitting the mainstream, judging for today's announcement that Borders is to stock an ebook reader ....   More...

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Make your analogue recordings more accessible with REAPER

09 May 2008Importing audio files and adding them to your audio library isn’t always straightforward, especially if you’re extracting from an analogue source....   More...

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Internet World show heralds evolution of social networking

User-generated tools may soon outstrip those generated by professional companies   More...

MPAA wins $110m from TorrentSpy

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Microsoft steps up piracy crackdown

Eight vendors targeted in raids and legal action   More...

Police raid Bradford computer fair

Two arrested for software and mod-chip offences   More...

Radiohead scraps free downloads

Unpriced album was a 'one-off', says Yorke   More...

SAP delays web hosted software rollout

SME targeted SaaS product delayed over poor sales projections   More...

EFF blasts Microsoft over DRM validation

Server shutdown leaves users in the cold, claims Electronic Frontier Foundation   More...

Malware carries end-user agreement

Because nobody untrustworthy would use a virus   More...

US attacks Russia and China over software protection

Pakistan, India and Israel also feature on a list of countries failing to protect copyright   More...

Fast makes switch to mediator role

Changes in technology means vendors and buyers need to have a closer relationship   More...

Microsoft experiments with subscription based Office

Project "Albany" is a first-time trial for subscriptions to use Office products, while China gets Microsoft/Novell enterprise level Linux interoperability   More...

MEP says Microsoft could be excluded from government contracts

Anti-competitive behaviour may lead to disqualification under EU rules   More...

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Ofcom outlines future wireless vision

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HP

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