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News Archive January 2008

31st January

• Free utility condenses Windows Vista from 15GB to 1.4GB
• Researchers dismiss Microsoft's bug claim
• Internet services in Egypt and India disrupted
• Feeling lucky? Don't tell Google

30th January

• 2010 for next big Windows release?
• IBM adds Linux support to Unix
• Yahoo looks to the future despite big losses
• Firefox gains share in Europe

29th January

• Intel wires into green energy
• PayPal amps up fraud-fighting with acquisition
• Google adds experimental views of search results
• Office 2003 SP3 set to be an autoupdate

28th January

• Online shoppers prefer books
• SQL server 2008 delivery delayed
• Windows Home Server vulnerable to critical bug, too
• Microsoft: Virtually end-to-end

25th January

• What's next for CEP vendors?
• Windows Vista helps Microsoft report record growth
• Users demand response to online enquiries within 24 hours
• Sorrell and Levy trade barbs over Google partnership

24th January

• AT&T offers free Wi-Fi and superfast broadband
• Phishing kit pits wannabe scammers against pro fraudsters
• Mozilla security chief confirms data leakage bug in Firefox

23rd January

• Broadband sewer plan in pipeline
• For second straight quarter, Apple breaks Mac sales record
• Dell, Microsoft looking for some Red ink
• Microsoft fires opening shots in virtualisation battle

22nd January

• Linux attack worse than feared
• Popular broadband router open to VoIP hijacking
• Apple growth will draw malware attacks
• Intel offers first dual-core Celeron chip

21st January

• Dell launches new blade servers
• Intel, AMD don't see demand falling off cliff
• Facebook-inspired funding heats up
• Banks hit as Britons turn to internet for advice

18th January

• Critical Skype flaw discovered
• Time Warner to test usage-based broadband pricing
• Fears as Windows attack code is released

17th January

• Microsoft releases tools to boost Web accessibility
• Vision needed for next-generation broadband
• Microsoft warns corporate users of impending auto-update
• The big switch to utility computing
• Mystery web infection grows, but cause remains elusive

16th January

• Mozilla gets 'Humanised'
• Oracle security update packs 26 critical patches
• Microsoft confirms Excel bug, hacks; recommends blocking fil
• The nuts and bolts of the Vista SP1 RC Refresh

15th January

• Brighton professor bans Google
• EC to Microsoft: Assume the position
• Fasthosts breach blamed for new web attacks
• Small businesses moving to Vista fastest, report says

14th January

• Microsoft changes mind, goes public with Vista SP1 refresh
• Intel offers Partners Modular Server System for small busine
• DataSynapse launches data centre management tool
• Microsoft learns enterprise search can be pricey

11th January

• AMD delaying two Phenom chips, moving others forward
• Oracle preps critical security patches for next week
• Warning over fake drugs on the internet
• Microsoft sends patch to wrong users

10th January

• Rain and shine hit Google Maps and Google Earth
• Spammers hijack Microsoft's SkyDrive service
• BT bets its future on broadband 20 times faster than now
• Microsoft preps Vista to thwart rogue gadgets

9th January

• Datacentre robbery raises new security spectre
• New Apple server twice as fast as predecessor
• Microsoft's fast search bid puts heat on Google, IBM
• Spam hits record high during December
• Microsoft issues two security patches, one for 'critical' fl

8th January

• Dell does four-core Xeons and Opterons with new blade box
• Windows Home Server to get feature boost in '08
• SQL attacks infects thousands of sites
• Intel finally responds to anti-trust charges

7th January

• Wikia search engine launched
• Red Hat committed to open source
• Microsoft backs down over Office 2003 SP3 file blocking
• Microsoft to offer Windows Home Server perks

4th January

• UK prepares to get tough on hacking
• Spoofing Firefox Login Windows
• China moves to limit online video posting
• Microsoft: Critical Vista patch coming
• Virtual PCs add new layer of security

3rd January

• Windows predominates on virtual machines
• Office 2003 update quietly zaps older file formats
• The big switch may turn off jobs
• Cyber thieves target social sites

2nd January

• Upgrade timing demotes KDE variant of Ubuntu Linux
• Microsoft warns on Home Server bug
• More than a fifth of Windows apps go unpatched
• Does Vista's stunted growth hint at the death of the desktop