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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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Redundant staff 'have a six month window'
Redundant staff 'have a six month window'
People who lose their jobs have six months before the situation impacts on their employment prospects, according to a new study.
Workers who are made redundant have a six month window before they are viewed as being long-term unemployed, according to new research.
A study by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) revealed that while losing your job does not initially carry any sort of stigma, after half a year has passed a quarter of employers are less likely to hire someone.
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Tax to pay for fast net access
Tax to pay for fast net access
Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access.
The national fund created by the levy will be used to ensure most Britons get access to future net technologies.
The proposal is part of the Digital Britain report outlined by Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw in Parliament.
The report also includes a pledge to curb unlawful file sharing by giving regulator Ofcom new powers to identify persistent pirates.
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Microsoft to give away anti-virus
Microsoft to give away anti-virus
Microsoft is poised to start giving away security software.
The company is reportedly trialling free anti-virus software internally and said the beta version would be released "soon".
Called Morro, the software will tackle viruses but lack the broader range of utilities, such as parental locks, found in paid-for security suites.
Morro will be Microsoft's second venture in the highly competitive security market.
Microsoft's first attempt revolved around the Windows Live OneCare service that did not succeed in turning many customers away from rivals such as Symantec and McAfee.
Microsoft plans to discontinue Live OneCare once the Morro software is ready.
No specific date has been given for when Morro will be released, but in the past Microsoft has said it would be out by the end of 2009 at the latest.
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No IE onboard Windows 7 in Europe
No IE onboard Windows 7 in Europe
European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web browser for themselves.
Bowing to European competition rules, Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer.
The company said it would make it easy for PC makers and users to get at and install the web browsing program.
In response Brussels expressed scepticism over the move and whether it went far enough to ally accusations of it abusing its market position.
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