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Google to launch operating system
Google to launch operating system
Google is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its Windows system.
Google Chrome OS will be aimed initially at netbooks, the low-cost portable computers that have turned the PC world upside down.
Google said netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010.
"Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS," said the company in a blog.
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Parliamentary committee to examine Broadband Speeds
Parliamentary committee to examine Broadband Speeds
Following the release of Lord Carter's Digital Britain Report, the Business & Enterprise Committee of the House of Commons has announced today its intention to open an inquiry into broadband speeds in the UK.
It will consider, amongst other matters, the following:
Whether the 2 Mbps Universal Service Obligation by 2012 is "ambitious enough"?
The appropriateness of the Government's broadband tax on copper lines to fund next generation access?
Are service providers providing the speeds which they promise?
The balance of current regulation encouraging fair competition and investment?
We hope that the inquiry raises the issues surrounding broadband notspots and slow-spots to the forefront of the wider policy debate.
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Billions stolen in online robbery
Billions stolen in online robbery
Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.
One of the game's biggest financial institutions lost a significant chunk of its deposits as a huge theft started a run on the bank.
One of the bank's controllers stole about 200bn kredits and swapped them for real world cash of £3,115.
As news of the theft spread, many of the bank's customers rushed to remove their virtual cash.
Full story : here
Woman sues to have name of anonymous web poster revealed
Woman sues to have name of anonymous web poster revealed
A woman sues a daily newspaper for an anonymous comment made in the discussion forum. She also wanted the name of the anonymous commenter exposed. What happens with this case and others like it could shape the future of online forums.
..... the Richmond Register (a daily newspaper in Richmond, KY) ran an article about a young woman who had been kicked out of a mall because the dress she was wearing (one shed actually purchased at the mall) was too short. An anonymous poster in the online discussion after the article made the statement that shed actually been kicked out because shed exposed herself to a woman and her children.
The dress wearer filed a defamation lawsuit against the poster and subpoenaed the newspaper for the name of the anonymous poster. And the battle is on. The paper is claiming that the anonymous source is proteced under the Kentucky Reporters Shield Law (the...
UK 'has cyber attack capability'
UK 'has cyber attack capability'
The UK has the ability to launch cyber attacks but does not use it for industrial espionage like some other countries, minister Lord West has said.
He refused to be drawn on whether it was used for military purposes.
He was speaking as the government launched a new cyber security strategy aimed at combating online attacks.
He told BBC Radio 4's PM programme the UK faced coordinated cyber attacks "on a regular basis" from other countries including Russia and China.
And he confirmed that the British government had approached the Russian and Chinese governments to ask them to stop the attacks.
"We have had a dialogue with them in the past and I wouldn't want to go into what goes on in terms of debate at the moment," he told the BBC.
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Windows 7 pricing gets unveiled
Windows 7 pricing gets unveiled
Microsoft will not be offering an upgrade version of Windows 7 in Europe.
In the past Microsoft has given people already using Windows a chance to upgrade to a new version when it becomes available.
While that option will be offered in the US, Microsoft said its efforts to comply with competition regulations meant it could not do so in Europe.
European regulators dismissed the claim, saying the move limited choices rather than opening them up.
No choice
Windows 7 is due to go on sale on 22 October around the world.
Anyone buying a new PC between now and then - running Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate - will get the chance to upgrade the operating system on it, at no cost, to Windows 7.
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Pirate Bay four denied retrial
Pirate Bay four denied retrial
The four men fined and sentenced to prison for running file-sharing website Pirate Bay will not get the retrial they hoped for.
Their lawyers had applied to Sweden's Svea Court of Appeal for a retrial on the grounds that the District Court of Stockholm judge in the case was biased because he is a member of several copyright protection groups.
But the appeal court has ruled that there is no doubt about the judge's objectivity, according to Reuters.
The Stockholm court found that by providing a website with search functions, upload and storing capabilities and contacts between file sharers, Pirate Bay had made it easier to commit illegal acts.
The court concluded that these illegal acts of others were illegally furthered by the activities of the defendants.
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Lloyds tells IT contractors to accept 15% pay cut or leave
Lloyds tells IT contractors to accept 15% pay cut or leave
An email sent to IT contractors by Lloyds Banking Group this month has revealed that their pay is being cut by 15%.
The bank has told contractors to accept the offer or leave.
The email, which has been leaked to Computer Weekly, was sent on 19 June and contractors were given until 20 July to accept the changes to pay.
One recipient of the letter said, "all attempts to negotiate around the imposition of the cut were met with: 'take it or leave the bank on notice'."
Lloyds told Computer Weekly that it is bringing the rates in line with the overall market.
In the email to contractors the bank blamed the "unprecedented volatility and extreme market conditions" in the UK economy for the cuts. "This adjustment is not a reflection of the perceived quality or value of your contributions to date, but is a response to current market events and Lloyds' focus on cost management," it said....
Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!
Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!
If you live in Europe and youre contemplating an upgrade to Windows 7 later this year, Ive got good news and bad news for you.
The good news is youll get a better price than your counterparts in other markets. Youll be able to buy a fully licensed retail copy of Windows 7E (Microsofts customized version, with Internet Explorer 8 stripped out to mollify the European Commission antitrust regulators) for the price you would normally pay for an upgrade edition.
The bad news is that Microsoft plans to completely disable upgrade capabilities in Windows 7E.
Yes, you heard that right, and Ive confirmed the details with a Microsoft spokesperson. The upgrade option will be disabled in all copies of Windows 7E.
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-Ken
Intel and Nokia Band Together
Intel and Nokia Band Together
The world's largest chip maker has teamed up with the world's largest mobile phone maker
to create what they say will be a "new exciting industry".
Intel and Nokia said their "technology collaboration" would deliver new mobile computing products - beyond existing smartphones, netbooks and notebooks.
But both companies added it was still too early to talk about product plans.
The deal gives Intel its first real breakthrough in the multi-billion dollar mobile-phone market.
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