Photos: The latest Windows Phones from HTC, Sony Ericsson
Windows Mobile 6.5 does the rounds

Bing sheds its beta skin in the UK
News in brief: Microsoft's search engine takes the stabilisers off

The Weekly Round-Up: 13.11.09
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Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
Whitehall's green IT champion doesn't like pies with his chips

Intel and AMD bury the hatchet with $1.25bn deal
News in brief: Legal disputes settled

Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung X120
"Slim, light and very portable"

£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
Watchdog gets teeth - but only after more than 700 data breaches

Future mobiles, Windows 7, iPhone apps and the latest gadgets
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HP goes after networking with $2.7bn 3Com buy
News in brief: Setting its sights on Chinese market

UK cybersecurity centre starting operations in March

The agency responsible for UK cyberdefence will recruit people who 'understand the teenage hacker mentality' from within UK intelligence and law enforcement

Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share

Microsoft's mobile operating system lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share over the past year, according to analysts at Gartner

3 to throttle P2P traffic in peak periods

From Monday, file-sharers using 3's mobile network will take second place to other users in some areas

BT: Fibre maps don't show the whole picture

BT has responded to the Point Topic maps, of fibre rollouts planned across the UK over the next few years, that we published yesterday. The telecoms giant, which will be rolling out the majority...

Microsoft declares Bing UK ready for action

The company's search engine, which has a UK market share of just below three percent, is now out of beta

Qualcomm readies 3G/4G mobile chipsets

The company says it is sampling dual-mode chipsets that can switch between 3G and 4G wireless networks, and commercial products are expected next year

Microsoft to let multiple pupils work from single PC

The software maker is working on new option that will let will let several students work independently off a single PC, each with their own screen, mouse and keyboard

Google Voice acquires VoIP client Gizmo5

Terms of the deal for the VoIP software company were undisclosed, but the acquisition will be used to help Google Voice

Verizon to trial campaign of 'copyright notices'

The US company, known for its reluctance to intervene in anti-piracy cases, will forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry to those suspected of illegal downloading

Cloud helps Skype to 'business grade', says exec

The cloud-computing revolution and consumers driving IT adoption provide an opportunity for VoIP player to shake off non-enterprise grade label, says a Skype Asia-Pacific exec

Google SPDY protocol could boost web speeds

Researchers are playing with a new web protocol that could theoretically decrease the time it takes to load a web page by a significant amount

MPs urge Nasa hacker clemency

Home secretary Alan Johnson should use his discretion in deciding whether extradition to the US would breach Gary McKinnon's rights, according to the Home Affairs Select Committee

MoJ consults on £500k data breach fines

Under government plans, organisations could be fined up to half-a-million pounds for serious data breaches

Maps show UK fibre rollout plans

The research firm Point Topic has drawn up maps based on its predictions of UK fibre coverage by the end of 2012

Intel and AMD settle, agree cross-licensing deal

Intel will pay AMD $1.25bn and the two companies will share patent rights for the next five years, while AMD has cancelled all antitrust litigation against Intel

Bing integrates Wolfram Alpha results

Microsoft's search engine will use Wolfram Alpha computation engine APIs for results in areas including nutrition, health and advanced mathematics

BIS moves closer to web rationalisation

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills signs a deal with Eduserv for the Sitecore CMS on an unlimited user licence

Fujitsu strike called off

The three-day strike by members of the Unite union has been cancelled, following 'constructive talks' with Fujitsu's management

National Archives buys petabyte of digital storage

The government's official archives has extended its storage capacity with a digital tape library system

Google plans first-ever share buyback

If the company's $750m acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset the impact of issuing $750m in stock by buying back an equal amount

Microsoft investigates Windows 7 vulnerability

The software giant is looking into claims of a possible exploit in its new operating system that could allow a denial-of-service attack

Apple issues security update for Safari

Available for Windows and Mac, the Safari 4.0.4 update addresses multiple security holes in the browser

HP plans 3Com acquisition

The £1.6bn deal will enable HP to boost its networking business in the expanding Chinese market

Chrome Mac beta due in December

Google plans to release the first Mac beta version of its browser in early December, according to a Chrome product manager

DNA details of innocent will be kept for six years

The government has announced that it plans to keep innocent people's DNA details for up to six years. In response to a consultation it launched last December, the government said in a statement...