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+ Microsoft: 18-month Windows 7 downgrade rights + Not for all! If you get a PC running Windows 7 but can't divorce yourself from Windows XP, Microsoft will give you 18 months to ...

+ LaCie rolls into array business + Xyratex OEM partnership LaCie looks set to enter the disk drive array business through an OEM deal with Xyratex .… ...

+ Microsoft cries foul over Google Outlookware + Chocolate Factory plug-in disables Windows search Update: This story has been updated to include comment from Microsoft and ...

+ Microsoft to pitch 'all-you-can-eat' Windows volume license + Save now, pay later Microsoft will next month encourage partners to promote all-you-can-eat volume licensing so that large ...

+ IBM launching American-only software support + Big red, white, and Blue IBM is rolling out a new software support package manned entirely by United States citizens.… ...

+ Gartner: Windows 7 upgrade catch for XP converts + The rising price of advice Enterprise computing is never straightforward - and neither is the advice around it.… ...

+ SCO inks last-second life-saving Unix pact + The firm that wouldn't die! After a nuclear holocaust, the only thing left alive will be roaches... and the SCO Group.… ...

+ Apple releases Java patches (finally) + Better six months late than never Apple has released security updates for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 and 10.5.7 - more [...] of flaws in its Java virtual machine that make it easy for attackers to execute malware on users' Macs, PCs, and Linux boxes.…

+ Antivirus giants fined over automatic renewals + Payments so secure that users could not stop them Two major antivirus companies have been fined by New York's attorney general ...

+ Microsoft's Windows 7 price gamble opens door to Linux + OEMs assume barrel-folding posture Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth is itching for a clean fight with Microsoft on netbooks.… ...

+ HP servers still half-cold to Ubuntu + No high-end love No one can watch everything all the time in the fast-paced IT sector. But it's pretty hard to do something - or ...

+ Microsoft fans call for Opera boycott + Don't pick on little ol' Redmond Windows enthusiast site JCXP.net is asking fellow fans to delete the Opera web browser from PCs ...

+ Adobe begins to charge in online apps battle + Adds spreadsheet to its Google Docs rival Adobe has moved its online software suite out of beta and will ask US customers to pay ...

+ Behind Microsoft's IE-free, Windows-for-Europe ploy + The slacker Euroreaucrat offensive, reworked Microsoft's offering what it's called the best solution to shipping Windows 7 in ...

+ Twitter profile hack pwns Mormons + RT @whereisyourgodnow Microblogging Mormons are up in arms after the Twitter account of the Church of Latter Day Saints was ...

+ Chrome update completes busy browser patch week + Time for an industry patch day? Google has pushed out an update designed to fix a pair of vulnerabilities involving the WebKit ...

+ Chinese firm hits back at cyberspy claims + Huawei welcomes UK.gov backdoor probe Exclusive Chinese networking giant Huawei is battling suggestions it could be in ...

+ EC rejects Microsoft's browser promises + Smoke + mirrors The European Commission seems unimpressed with Microsoft's chest-beating - the company said yesterday it would ...

+ Microsoft to bomb Europe with IE-free Windows 7 + You want antitrust? Updated Microsoft's approach to packaging of its signature desktop operating system couldn't be much more ...

+ Microsoft plays recession card with Novell + Who's helping who? Linux and open-source companies have made much about how the recession is creating opportunity at the expense ...

+ HP taps Symantec cloud backup + More Norton for HP PCs and notebooks HP is distributing Symantec's cloud backup software on its consumer PCs and notebooks, which ...

+ SAP hits on-demand button + U-turn a go-go SAP, in a spectacular U-turn, has leapt on board the software-as-a-service bandwagon - the company confirmed its ...

+ Microsoft wins competition court case + Not a headline you often see Microsoft has finally won a competition case - albeit a civil case brought in South Korea by two ...

+ Microsoft abolishes Money + Credit crunch in action Microsoft is pulling the plug on Money - its personal finance and small business software package.… ...

+ Symantec, McAfee cough up $750,000 on auto-renewals + 'Hide the ball' suspended Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay $375,000 apiece to settle charges they charged fees against ...

+ Fedora 11 leaps into filesystem unknown + Data vanishes along the way Review It seems like Fedora 10 came along just yesterday, but already Fedora 11 is here .… ...

+ McAfee downplays service pack fail + Virus update leaves PCs unbootable A recent McAfee service pack led to systems being rendered unbootable, according to posts on ...

+ Red Hat goes one louder with Fedora 11 + And why not? Linux distributor Red Hat and its affiliated Fedora Project, which creates the development release that eventually ...

+ T-Mobile hack data is genuine + How deep does the rabbit hole go? T-Mobile has confirmed that files posted on a full disclosure mailing list are genuine - but ...

+ LxLabs boss found hanged after vuln wipes websites + Shocking development in VAserv megahack affair The boss of Indian software firm LxLabs was found dead in a suspected suicide on ...

+ Apple takes Snow Leopard for walk + Claws Windows, embraces Exchange WWDC Apple today released some intriguing details about the next version of Mac OS X, Snow ...

+ Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites + Vaserv suspects zero-day virtualization vuln A large internet service provider said data for as many as 100,000 websites was ...

+ Best Buy leaked memo spills Windows 7 upgrade details + Move along from Vista, people. Nothing to see here A leaked memo has revealed that Best Buy will begin pre-selling Microsoft’s ...

+ German hacker-tool law snares...no-one + Security researchers are put out On August 10, 2007, a new section of the German Penal code went into effect. The statute, [...] on Cybercrime, could be interpreted to make the creation or distribution of computer security software a criminal offense.…

+ Adobe's quarterly patch cycle to commence Tuesday + 'Critical' fix for some, but not all Adobe Software's new quarterly patch cycle will commence on Tuesday with an update that ...

+ Oracle's Ellison gambles with OpenOffice's future + Dazzled by JavaFX? Oracle was the first top-tier IT vendor to announce it was putting its key product - the database - on Linux. ...

+ At long last, internet's root zone to be secured + VeriSign and ICANN to share DNSSEC duties The US government said Wednesday it plans to digitally sign the internet's root zone by ...

+ Moblin Linux boosters go global + The world versus Google Computex Intel continues to push the adoption of the open-source Moblin Version 2 mobile operating ...

+ Xandros - the Linux company that isn't + 'Users don't care about Linux' Xandros has spent the better part of a decade trying to take Linux to the masses and build itself [...] is getting another chance at going mainstream and taking Linux with it. Even if people don't know they're using Linux.…

+ Sun rallies mobile faithful to simplified Java tests + Once more, with feeling JavaOne Sun Microsystems and mobile partners are taking another stab at portability of Java ...

+ Windows 7 to ship October 22 + Development wraps in July Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22, Microsoft confirmed today.… ...

+ Ellison pits Sun and Oracle against AJAX and Google + JavaFX for OpenOffice and netbooks JavaOne Under Oracle's charge, Sun Microsystems will fuel PCs and phones with Java and ...

+ US Patent Office backs Nvidia with Rambus rejection + 41 infringement claims swatted Nvidia said Tuesday the US Patent and Trademark Office has initially rejected 41 claims by Rambus ...

+ Google puckers up to biz world + Goes after big fish, little fish with new products Google released a brace of new products today pitched at SMBs and high-end, ...

+ EC pressure on Microsoft grows + Kroes trains legislative guns on Redmond The European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes is considering ordering Microsoft to ...

+ A Geeks Guide 2 ...Windows 7 Training + Free Windows 7 Training at Reg Books Geeks Guide 2 If the development of Windows 7 were a Grand Prix, Microsoft would be [...] remains to be seen, but as the release date comes ever closer, Microsoft has begun delivering training content for Windows 7.…

+ Google Docs caves to MS Office 2007 file formats + But misses out PowerPoint 2007 Google has finally added support for Microsoft’s Word and Excel 2007 default file formats to its ...

+ BSA urges London companies to check for pirate software + Protect against pirates, me hearties The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has written to more than 1,000 companies in London, ...

+ Scotland strikes national Oracle deal + Four years unlimited use for pretty much everyone Procurement Scotland has agreed to pay Oracle £18.7m to obtain a four year ...

+ TechNet goes Virtual with online conference for all + Doors open on June 19 Microsoft’s TechNet is running its first virtual conference for the UK tech community, and it's a ...