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'Godfather of Spam' sentenced to four years

News Alan Ralsky and many of his gang of spammers have been given prison sentences for a pump-and-dump spam operation [25 Nov 2009]

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Google updates BlackBerry apps tool

News The new version of the tool makes it possible to support Apps access on up to 500 BlackBerrys from a single BlackBerry Enterprise Server [25 Nov 2009]

Microsoft CFO Liddell steps down; Klein takes reins

News Chris Liddell is stepping down after four-and-a-half years as Microsoft's chief financial officer, and will be replaced by Peter Klein of the company's Business Division [25 Nov 2009]

Kindle gets better battery life, native PDF support

News Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, Amazon has announced it is offering some small but notable upgrades to its Kindle e-book reader [25 Nov 2009]

Government starts building ID card database

News The National Identity Register, which underpins the ID card scheme, has added more than 500 people since going live in October [25 Nov 2009]

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Beams all round as LHC progress accelerates

News Flagship experiment is making rapid progress towards its first new science, says Cern [24 Nov 2009]

UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests

News Two people were arrested in Manchester earlier this month on suspicion of distributing the Zeus banking Trojan [19 Nov 2009]

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Google shows Chrome OS, promises 2010 launch

News Google's long-awaited Chrome OS aims at security, speed and simplicity in netbook cloud computing [19 Nov 2009]

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Digital Economy Bill: Industry disputes gov't claims

News ISPs are fiercely contesting government claims that they support the Digital Economy Bill's anti-copyright-infringement measures, while Telnic has warned of official threats to Icann's authority [20 Nov 2009]

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Google shows Chrome OS, promises 2010 launch

News Google's long-awaited Chrome OS aims at security, speed and simplicity in netbook cloud computing [19 Nov 2009]

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Government starts building ID card database

News The National Identity Register, which underpins the ID card scheme, has added more than 500 people since going live in October [25 Nov 2009]

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Ballmer touts speed of Windows 7 sales

News At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO said the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows [20 Nov 2009]

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