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Merging PCs, phones will kill 'device categories'

Accenture teams with MIT to bolster staff training

Dell sued for misleading customers

Google cleared in court case over porn thumbnails

Contractor steals classified data from Los Alamos Labs

Research promises cheaper and brighter LED displays

Blackstone Group to buy Alliance Data for US$7.8 billion

Symantec warns of bug in Norton Internet Security

IBM sees software producing 50% of profit by 2010

Judge baffled by the term 'website'

Over-55s taking over the web

Friday, 18th May 2007

Headlines

	Experts comment on fake Dell email
	Merging PCs, phones will kill 'device categories'
	Accenture teams with MIT to bolster staff training
	Dell sued for misleading customers
	Google cleared in court case over porn thumbnails
	Contractor steals classified data from Los Alamos Labs
	Research promises cheaper and brighter LED displays
	Blackstone Group to buy Alliance Data for US$7.8 billion
	Symantec warns of bug in Norton Internet Security
	IBM sees software producing 50% of profit by 2010
	Judge baffled by the term 'website'
	Over-55s taking over the web

This afternoon, a group of IT boffins at a US university claim to have developed cheaper, brighter LED screens, potentially upending the LED market worldwide.

Meanwhile, a New York court has allowed Google to show thumbnails from pornography website, Perfect 10, claiming that using them does not infringe Prefect 10’s copyright but is rather a case of “fair use”.

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Experts comment on fake Dell email
Despite its UK address, the spoofed Dell email targeted Australians.
By Negar Salek

Hardware

Merging PCs, phones will kill 'device categories'
Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, predicts phones will lead the way toward a common platform on which users will talk, text, work and play games.
By Paul McDougall

IT Services

Accenture teams with MIT to bolster staff training
Global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, Accenture, is joining forces with Massachusetts' MIT to offer staff members the opportunity to enhance their IT management skills in two 18-month training courses.
By Sarah Falson

Government/Law

Dell sued for misleading customers
State of New York takes action over alleged 'bait and switch' tactics.
By Iain Thomson

Government/Law

Google cleared in court case over porn thumbnails
Google has been cleared to show thumbnails from pornography sites in its search results, as they are 'fair use', said judge Sandra Ikuta in the San Fransisco case.
By Iain Thomson

Security

Contractor steals classified data from Los Alamos Labs
The woman admitted to printing out classified documents, downloading others onto a thumb drive, and taking the information home.
By Sharon Gaudin

Hardware

Research promises cheaper and brighter LED displays
US researchers have reported a breakthrough in LED manufacture that could pave the way for more efficient, cheaper and higher quality flat panel displays.
By Robert Jaques

Finance

Blackstone Group to buy Alliance Data for US$7.8 billion
The deal is the latest in a series of transactions that have seen private equity firms buy out or attempt to buy out tech companies.
By Paul McDougall

Security

Symantec warns of bug in Norton Internet Security
The security company has issued a product update to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability in an ActiveX control.
By Sharon Gaudin

Finance

IBM sees software producing 50% of profit by 2010
IBM said Thursday it sees software accounting for nearly half of total profit by 2010, up from about 40 per cent last year, as the company shifts toward more-profitable businesses from lower-margin segments such as computer hardware.
By Reuters blank

Internet

Judge baffled by the term 'website'
Judge Peter Openshaw is presiding over a trial in Woolwich Crown Court of three men accused of inciting terrorism over the internet, but has halted the trial to have the word 'website' explained to him.
By Iain Thomson

Research/Trends

Over-55s taking over the web
Internet users in the UK aged 55 and over are on the cusp of becoming the largest group of online users, surfing mostly 'Adult' and 'Search Engine' websites.
By Staff Writers