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Microsoft Windows Vista updated

Microsoft has released a major update for its Windows Vista operating system. Vista Service Pack 2 fixes a number of bugs in the software. The download is being made available publicly, however it is currently only available as a Beta version. The... 
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Europe backs mobile roaming cap

Many people are caught out when using their phone while on holiday European telecoms chiefs have backed plans to make it cheaper to access data while on a mobile phone abroad. The measures will slash the cost of sending a text while abroad... 
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You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?

About 100 students at M.I.T. are trading privacy for a smartphone that tracks their calls, messages and movements. HARRISON BROWN, an 18-year-old freshman majoring in mathematics at M.I.T., didn’t need to do complex calculations to figure... 
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For Sony, No Discounts Means Stress-Free Shopping

Eliminating price competition among retailers for high-end cameras and TVs is a great benefit for consumers — or so Sony executives argued Thursday. At a chat with reporters in New York, Stan Glasgow, the president of Sony Electronics in the... 
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Microsoft to offer free security

In a surprise move, Microsoft has announced it will offer a free anti-virus and security solution from the second half of next year. It will stop selling OneCare, its all-in-one security and PC management service, from the end of June 2009.... 
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Psystar antitrust claim against Apple dismissed

A federal judge has tossed out Psystar’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple, one of its most important avenues to remaining in business.  
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