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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Google breaks down language barriers   Microsoft tweaks security alerts   Software users must fight for open source   Flexible working can save the planet   IBM offers reward for lost employee data   HP net profit down but sales up 13%   Dell sued for misleading customers   TK Maxx security blunder will cost US$8.3B   Free Software Foundation mobilises against Microsoft   Google pushes forward with Universal Search   IBM joins risk management frenzy
Friday, 18th May 2007
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This morning, Microsoft announced it will release more information to users ahead of upcoming security updates by proving severity ratings, vulnerability warnings and information about affected software.

Also making news, Google is preparing a future update of its search engine that lets users search content in any language.

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Google breaks down language barriers
Cross-language search and query interpretation coming soon.
By Tom Sanders


Security
Microsoft tweaks security alerts
Users to receive more advanced notification.
By Tom Sanders


Applications
Software users must fight for open source
Software users must fight for the right to modify and redistribute open code and its resulting products in light of recent vendor squabbling, analyst firm Gartner warned today.
By Robert Jaques


Research/Trends
Flexible working can save the planet
Flexible working can help save the planet by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, academics claimed today.
By Robert Jaques


Security
IBM offers reward for lost employee data
A contractor lost some tapes containing sensitive information about IBM while driving through New York State in the US to a storage facility back in February.
By Sharon Gaudin


Finance
HP net profit down but sales up 13%
The US company posted a slight fall in net profit due to a one-off gain a year ago, but underlying profit rose 27 per cent, paced by strength in its personal computer and printer businesses.
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Government/Law
Dell sued for misleading customers
State of New York takes action over alleged 'bait and switch' tactics.
By Iain Thomson


Security
TK Maxx security blunder will cost US$8.3B
45 million customers' cards at an estimated US$186 each.
By Robert Jaques


Applications
Free Software Foundation mobilises against Microsoft
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has formed a campaign group to fight any legal action following Microsoft's claims that the Linux kernel contains code that infringes its patents.
By Iain Thomson


Internet
Google pushes forward with Universal Search
Transforming video from entertainment to research tool.
By Tom Sanders


Security
IBM joins risk management frenzy
Big Blue joins McAfee and Symantec in quest for company-wide security.
By Tom Sanders
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