Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
News The software maker has been granted a US patent on 'navigating paginated content in page-based increments' [15:39 BST]
Nasa hacker loses final legal challenge
News Gary McKinnon now faces deportation to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations [13:17 BST]
Best Western details hotel hack
News The hotel chain admits systems in a Berlin hotel were compromised but claims only 10 customers have been affected, rather than eight million [16:46 BST]
Users hidden by the fog of browser wars
Leader Internet Explorer 8 is tracking user concerns on privacy and security. Putting features first may not be for the best [16:39 BST]
IE8 steps up to the competition 
Photos Beta 2 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 reveals an emphasis on customer-oriented features, with many elements familiar to users of Opera, Safari and Firefox [13:00 BST]
Copyright owners profit from infringing YouTube clips
News Google says copyright owners are embracing a YouTube filter that lets them generate advertising revenue from unauthorised videos [11:59 BST]
Dell unveils low-cost PCs for emerging markets
News The PC maker is continuing its international push, with notebooks and desktops made for countries such as China and India [11:54 BST]
Cisco buys email provider PostPath
News By acquiring the email and calendaring apps maker, Cisco is aiming to enhance its software-as-a-service collaboration platform [11:45 BST]
US flights grounded by failure of '70s-era' tech
News The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to upgrade its decades-old tech for flight-plan processing after a corrupt file led to 646 flights being delayed [11:09 BST]
McAfee: Criminals hijacking virtual worlds
News The security vendor says phishing, viruses, spam and money laundering are rife in virtual worlds [10:31 BST]
Microsoft, Nikon agree patent-sharing deal
News Nikon will compensate Microsoft in the cross-licensing deal, which the companies say will improve new consumer electronics products and features [09:43 BST]
Edinburgh Council inks multimillion deal with BT
News The council has agreed a three-year, £3.2m deal with BT to provide a fixed-rate telephone network [09:16 BST]
Third of UK homes still lack internet access
News In its 2008 Internet Access report, the Office for National Statistics has revealed that despite the rise of broadband, more than a third of households are without a web connection [09:00 BST]
Security flaw exposes password-protected iPhones
News Users have reported a security hole in iPhone 2.0.2 that opens mail, texts, voice messages and browser to strangers, despite the device being password-protected [08:39 BST]
Microsoft unveils second public beta for IE8
News Beta 2 for Internet Explorer 8 offers features similar to those found in Opera, Safari and Firefox, plus a few extras [08:22 BST]
Linux Foundation plans end-user summit
News High-profile users of Linux will get a chance to meet the kernel community at a New York summit in October [27 Aug 2008]
Museum gets funding to promote the web
News A museum in Bradford that aims to promote understanding of the web's impact on our lives will benefit from funding from the Wolfson Foundation and the government [27 Aug 2008]
Linux cryptography attacks seen in the wild
News Secure Shell keys are being compromised and stolen from Linux-based systems, US-CERT has warned [27 Aug 2008]
Researchers exploit web protocol to hijack traffic
News At the recent Defcon security conference, Alex Pilosov and Tony Kapela demonstrated an attack on BGP, the core internet routing protocol [27 Aug 2008]
Lenovo to bring UWB laptops to Europe next year
News The manufacturer will launch ultrawideband-toting notebooks — probably using Wireless USB — in the EMEA region in the first quarter of 2009 [27 Aug 2008]
Full disclosure: The only protocol for net security
Leader The big BGP threat to the internet isn't new at all — but a bigger fix is required [27 Aug 2008]
Copan and Quantum team up on persistent storage
News Combining Quantum software and Copan's Maid technology, the companies have developed a system for handling the protection of large amounts of storage [27 Aug 2008]
Google helps lay submarine cables in Asia, Africa
News The company is reportedly helping to build an undersea cable to bring more internet capacity to Asia, while also looking for partners for an undersea cable to Africa [27 Aug 2008]
Firefox tool counters man-in-the-middle attacks
News Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed software to guide Firefox users to safe websites and away from malicious ones [27 Aug 2008]
HP completes EDS acquisition
News With the £7.5bn acquisition of EDS finalised, HP hopes to be able to compete head-to-head with IBM's software and services business [27 Aug 2008]
