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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Cognos tops expectations, stock jumps   Intel Viiv remains work in progress   Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software   Time Warner says YouTube, Facebook overvalued - FT   HP says CEO Hurd to appear at House hearing   Amazon gives ex-Microsoft exec US$12.8 million incentive   Two OEMs embed copyright protection in set-top boxes   Internet reportedly plays pivotal role in movie-going decisions   Yahoo reportedly courting Facebook   IBM says to add 3,000 new employees in India   Online advertising scrutinised after Yahoo warning   US Senate seeks deal on protecting phone records
Friday, 22nd September 2006
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Welcome to this afternoon’s iTnewswire,

This afternoon, Microsoft has said it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google in the business software market.

Loss-making BenQ Mobile plans to outsource production of its handsets as it struggles to make a profit from the business it took over from Germany's Siemens last year.

Still on the mobile front, South African Christians seeking a quick spiritual boost will be able to download the entire bible on to their mobile telephones phones as part of a drive to modernise the scriptures.

A surprise revenue warning by Yahoo has marketers, media buyers and Internet companies scrutinising the health and future of online advertising, which has grown at the expense of newspapers.

Two OEM set-top box manufacturers, Pace Microelectronics and Samsung, have said they would embed copyright protection for content into their set-top box hardware.

Will copy protection in the box stop piracy? What services do you look for from your mobile? Why not mail us your comments.

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