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Microsoft sees end of Windows era Apr 17, 2009 Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows. Called Midori, the cut-down operating system is radically different to Microsoft's older programs. It is centred on the internet and does aw... EBay plans Skype public listing Apr 17, 2009 Online auction site eBay is planning to spin off internet call service provider Skype and list shares in the firm in the first half of 2010. EBay said Skype was a "great stand-alone" firm but had "limited synergies" with the onli... UK 'has the worst copyright laws' Apr 17, 2009 UK copyright laws "needlessly criminalise" music fans and need to be updated, a consumer watchdog says. UK laws that make it a copyright violation to copy a CD that you own onto a computer or iPod should be changed, says Consumer Focus. T... Dell's ultra-thin laptop on sale Mar 17, 2009 Computer manufacturer Dell has launched, what it calls, is the world's thinnest laptop. The Adamo weighs 1.8kg and is 1.64cm thick, making it thinner, but heavier, than Apple's MacBook Air. A spokesman for Dell told the BBC that the Adamo was a &qu... India plans cheap laptop option Mar 17, 2009 India says it is planning to produce a low cost gadget intended for use by school children and students. The storage device has been developed as part of a broader national plan to update the technology used by Indian colleges and schools. Details ... Universal charger for phones plan Feb 17, 2009 The world's biggest mobile phone makers and network operators have backed plans to create a universal phone recharger. Most manufacturers now produce chargers which work only with their own devices. The re-charger will consume 50% less stand-by ene... Second 'Google phone' is unveiled Feb 17, 2009 A new phone based on Google's operating system Android has been unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The touchscreen HTC Magic will feature a 3.2 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS, but no slide-out keyboard. The first &quo... Sky to replace 90,000 HD boxes Feb 17, 2009 Thousands of Sky+ HD customers are to have their boxes replaced after a fault was discovered by manufacturer Pace. Ninety-thousand people, about one in 10 HD customers, will be affected. Sky says the fault involves the internal cabling and the qual... Malicious insider attacks to rise Feb 13, 2009   The world's biggest software maker has warned companies to expect an increase in "insider" security attacks by disgruntled, laid-off workers. Microsoft said so-called "malicious insider" breaches were on the rise and woul... NHS boss attacks e-records system Feb 13, 2009     A new NHS computerised medical records system on trial at a London hospital has been criticised by a hospital boss for causing "heartache and hard work". Andrew Way, chief executive of London's Royal Free Hospital, said tec...