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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Former HP chairwoman Dunn pleads not guilty   Orb aims to beat YouTube at wireless Web video   Zune music player's slow first day no surprise   Pirated versions of Vista won't last long, Microsoft promises   Running Windows (alongside OS X) on your Mac   Ericsson says open to acquisitions in multimedia   Survey reveals service providers plan to make big investments in IP   Zero-day attacks top security threat list   Dell buys ACS to expand UK technology consulting   EU Commission mulls code of conduct on video games   Microsoft CEO touts company "bet" on Web services   Nintendo shares hit record high ahead of Wii debut   Nintendo to ship 400,000 Wii units for Japan debut
Thursday, 16th November 2006
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This morning, former Hewlett-Packard Board chairwoman Patricia Dunn pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony charges related to the company's media leak probe.

Also making news, Microsoft on Wednesday said that pirated copies of Windows Vista "will be of limited value" because the operating system's integrated anti-counterfeit technology would disable the fakes in short order.

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Former HP chairwoman Dunn pleads not guilty
The defendants' lawyers are expected to appear in court again Friday to schedule future proceedings.


Orb aims to beat YouTube at wireless Web video
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privately held Orb Networks plans to offer Web videos from YouTube.com on mobile phones with a new software launch this week, well before the wildly popular Web site makes its own cell phone service available.


Zune music player's slow first day no surprise
NEW YORK - Donna Murphy is no fan of the ubiquitous iPod music player so on Tuesday she became one of the first to buy Microsoft's new rival Zune device.


Pirated versions of Vista won't last long, Microsoft promises
Unauthorized versions of the software will be shut down by Microsoft because they don't have proper activation keys, the company says.


Running Windows (alongside OS X) on your Mac
Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows can now live nicely together without fighting - if you've got either Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop for Mac. Here's the scoop on how they work.


Ericsson says open to acquisitions in multimedia
TOKYO - The head of Swedish mobile network equipment giant Ericsson said on Wednesday the company is open for acquisitions in multimedia and other Web-based services for future growth.


Survey reveals service providers plan to make big investments in IP
Carriers also plan to increase their focus on customer service and network infrastructure.


Zero-day attacks top security threat list
A dramatic surge in zero-day attacks and exploits of Microsoft Office have been the two most important threat trends for 2006, the SANS Institute reported on Wednesday.


Dell buys ACS to expand UK technology consulting
SAN FRANCISCO - Dell has bought consultant ACS (UK) to expand its technology consulting business in Britain.


EU Commission mulls code of conduct on video games
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Wednesday it was considering a voluntary industry code of conduct on violent video games to protect children, urging EU states and the industry to start talks on the issue.


Microsoft CEO touts company "bet" on Web services
BELLEVUE, Wash. - Microsoft is making a "big bold bet" on Web services, which it sees as the most important technological development of the next decade, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.


Nintendo shares hit record high ahead of Wii debut
TOKYO - Shares in Japan's Nintendo hit an all-time high on Wednesday on soaring expectations that its new game console, the Wii, could repeat the success of its hot-selling handheld machine, the DS.


Nintendo to ship 400,000 Wii units for Japan debut
TOKYO - Nintendo said on Wednesday it will ship almost 400,000 units of its new Wii game console for its Japan launch on 2 December, offering four times as many machines as Sony did for its PlayStation 3 debut last week.
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