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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    ActiveX flaw leaves Adobe apps vulnerable   Battery recall to impact holiday laptop sales   Genesis' online success rocks the Web   Open source lawyers take on e-learning patent   Word Perfect to support both ODF and Microsoft formats   MessageLabs enter the small business market   McAfee: Top 2007 threats will be money-makers   Security experts warn of Vista-specific malware   Nokia says patent row to determine wireless future   Regal arms theater-goers with mobile phone busters   Sony game unit's Kutaragi to become chairman/CEO   Think video game jobs are all fun? Think again   Vodafone urges quick decision on spectrum re-use   Yahoo rebuffs Google in digital book case-AP
Friday, 1st December 2006
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This afternoon, Sophos reported that one Vista-affecting baddy, the Stratio-Zip worm, overtook Netsky-P as the most widely circulated piece of malware, accounting for one-third of the total threats reported.

Also making news, the recent notebook battery recall is likely to cause a major shift in market share figures for the mobile segment, analyst firm IDC projects in a new study.

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ActiveX flaw leaves Adobe apps vulnerable
'Critical' flaw affects Acrobat and Reader.


Battery recall to impact holiday laptop sales
IDC predicts marketshare shifts as users lose faith in their existing vendors.


Genesis' online success rocks the Web
Catching up with Keane and Il Divo.


Open source lawyers take on e-learning patent
The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a request with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that is seeking to invalidate an "Internet-Based Education Support System" patent that is owned by e-learning provider Blackboard.


Word Perfect to support both ODF and Microsoft formats
Corel application positioned as independent third road.


MessageLabs enter the small business market
Integrated messaging and web security provider, MessageLabs, is entering into the small business market with the launch of its Small Business Solutions.


McAfee: Top 2007 threats will be money-makers
Researchers at McAfee Avert Labs predicted this week that the top security threats in 2007 will revolve around increased production of malware by organised criminals for monetary gain.


Security experts warn of Vista-specific malware
With Vista launching today, a security firm warned that its list of the top 10 viruses detected worldwide during November 2006 includes three types of malware capable of infecting Microsoft’s next-gen Windows platform.


Nokia says patent row to determine wireless future
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said the winner of a fight over patents on third generation (3G) mobile telecoms technology would set the conditions for all future wireless standards.


Regal arms theater-goers with mobile phone busters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The next time you talk on your mobile phone in a movie theater, beware: Your neighbours are listening.


Sony game unit's Kutaragi to become chairman/CEO
TOKYO - Sony's game unit said on Thursday its president, Ken Kutaragi, known as the "father of the PlayStation", will become chairman on 1 December while keeping his post as chief executive.



Think video game jobs are all fun? Think again
LOS ANGELES - Think a job in the video game business will involve shooting monsters and taking on virtual missions all day, every day? Think again.


Vodafone urges quick decision on spectrum re-use
LONDON - Vodafone Group on Thursday urged European regulators to grant mobile operators greater flexibility in using radio spectrum, saying European mobile consumers were missing out on cheaper tariffs.


Yahoo rebuffs Google in digital book case-AP
NEW YORK - Yahoo has rebuffed rival Google's attempt to learn more about its efforts to create digital copies of books, dealing Google another setback as it prepares to fight a copyright infringement suit, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
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