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Steve Jobs has said that there is a 3G iPhone in the works. There’s still no word on exactly when it will be available to buyers, though it’s expected to be ready some time late next year.
This confirms speculation that a 3G iPhone will be on its way, after Apple teamed up with InterDigital. The […]

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The iPhone appears to have an installed base somewhere upwards of one million units according to Apple’s official numbers.
A majority of those units have been sold to early adopters; that is people with a certain adventurous spirit, not just those who got to the story early.
Some have been hacked by hand, others through tools like […]

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Microsoft has lost its long-running competition court case against the European Commission on all key points. But what’s the impact of the ruling?
Why did Microsoft lose, and what is it all about?
Considering how fast the world of computing is evolving, this dispute feels a bit like ancient history.
The European Commission’s competition watchdog had accused Microsoft […]

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Mobile phone operator O2, owned by Spain’s Telefonica, has won the exclusive contract to sell Apple’s much-hyped iPhone in the UK.
The phones will be sold in O2, Carphone Warehouse and Apple stores from 9 November costing £269 including VAT.
“We are coming to the UK and wanted to pick the best carrier and that is O2,” […]

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Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute.
The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position.
A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of freezing out rivals in server software and […]

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Internet crime is becoming a major commercial activity, according to a report by the security firm, Symantec.
Its report into threats to internet security describes underworld auction sites where bank details and credit cards are on sale.
Commercial software used by criminals to launch attacks on websites is also being traded, the report says.
It also warns that […]

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This was a courtroom battle of two giants - the culmination of seven years of intensive investigations, legal arguments and media jousting.
In the end, the two sides could agree on very little - except that the outcome of the case will have huge implications for the future of the software industry.
At issue was whether or […]

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Technology that translates spoken or written words into British Sign Language (BSL) has been developed by researchers at IBM.
The system, called SiSi (Say It Sign It) was created by a group of students in the UK.
SiSi will enable deaf people to have simultaneous sign language interpretations of meetings and presentations.
It uses speech recognition to animate […]

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Social bookmarking sites have experienced tremendous growth and popularity in the last year. Wikipedia defines these sites as “an increasingly popular way to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources through the practice of tagging and inferences drawn from grouping and analysis of tags.”
SEO experts all agree that these sites are an excellent source of […]

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SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. released four software patches Tuesday to fix security flaws, including one flaw that could allow hackers to take over computers running the company’s instant-messaging programs.
Only one of the flaws carried the company’s most severe “critical” rating, and it applies only to the Windows 2000 operating system.
To be affected, users would […]

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