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Competition inquiry delays broadcasters' online service
Ambitious plans for an online video on demand service offering more than 10,000 hours of classic TV shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 were hit yesterday by a decision to refer them to the Competition Commission. ITV's chairman, Michael Grade, criticised the decision on the project, known as Kangaroo, saying it would put British broadcasters at a disadvantage compared with American rivals. ...read more
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637 million browser users at risk
A group of researches on Tuesday said 637 million Web users are surfing with outdated Internet browsers and therefore at greater risk of Web-based attacks. Using data collected from Google Web searches and security firm Secunia, the researchers, Stefan Frei (of ETH, Zurich), Thomas Dübendorfer (Google), Gunter Ollmann (IBM ISS), and Martin May (ETH, Zurich), analyzed the browsers used in a ...read more
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Sony: A New Focus
Sony is currently in research of ways to broadcast content straight to its hardware, without the need of a secondary device, such as a Blu-Ray player. Their ideas came to light in conference, when Sony announced they are looking to incorporate this into the PS3, via a digital movie service. But Sony isn't containing its movie streaming to its games consoles, as the company has also revealed ...read more
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Suddenly Jerry Yang needs Microsoft
If you haven't been following the latest on the Yahoo front, the company's stock price has plummeted (it's at $21.61 right now, way down from its $29 share price back in February); executives are getting out of town as quickly as possible as a reorganization gets underway; Carl Icahn is exerting unbelievable pressure on Yang; and shareholder confidence in Yahoo is dropping by the minute. In ...read more
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New version of OpenOffice.org fixes critical bug
OpenOffice.org has issued a patch for a security vulnerability affecting several versions of its open-source office suite. The latest version, 2.4.1, is available for download on the organization's Web site. The vulnerability is a memory problem called a heap overflow, OpenOffice.org said in an advisory. It can be exploited if an attacker sends someone an OpenOffice.org document that can take ...read more
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Google Beefs up Trends Tool
Number-crunchers can rejoice as Google Inc offers deeper access to the underlying figures for users' Web searches, giving some insight into trends based on the relative popularity of various words. The Internet search leader is expanding its existing Google Trends service to allow users to see underlying numerical data on the popularity of any particular search in Google's vast database of ...read more
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Many UK government sites hosted in the US
The hosting of UK government sites such Job Centre Plus and the Pension Service in the US is a slap in the face to UK businesses, according to search engine optimisation firm NetCallidus. Routine research and analysis performed by the the company discovered a number of .gov.uk sites being hosted in Sunnyvale, California. "At a time when the UK economy is teetering on the edge of a recession, ...read more
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Windows users: Patch now or turn off Bluetooth
Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday release included a critical fix affecting all Windows Vista and XP systems, which could allow attackers to wirelessly steal confidential information from laptops by exploiting a flaw in the Bluetooth stack. The Bluetooth stack flaw, detailed in Microsoft bulletin CVE-2008-1453 and rated 'critical', could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected ...read more
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Patch Tuesday Fixes for Windows XP/Vista & Server
Patch Tuesday brought several fixes to Windows yesterday, and thanks to Neowin user fr33k we have them listed below. Windows XP users are urged to fire up Windows Update and install these if you don't already allow for "Automatic Updates". Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP/Vista/2000/Server 2003/Server 2008 (KB950759) Security issues have been identified that ...read more
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T-Mobile calls it a day for WAP
UK operator T-Mobile is disconnecting its CSD-WAP subscribers from July 9th, suggesting customers might like to switch to GPRS or something a little more 21st century, and disposing of pay-per-minute internet access. Circuit Switched Data (CSD) was how mobile phones accessed data services in the early days, or at least the technology that allowed them to try. Technically equivalent to a dial-up ...read more
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