GeneralMicrosoft releases six security patches

Microsoft is distributing six security patches as part of its scheduled monthly patching cycle.

GeneralMicrosoft delivers critical Vista patches in June

Despite the new software security development procedures at Microsoft, Vista has some significant holes that should be plugged right away.

GeneralUsers offered free mobile security platform

Mobile users are being offered a free mobile security system by AVG.

GeneralIPhone Requires iTunes, Apple Says

Customers will need an iTunes Store account to activate the iPhone--separate from the wireless contract.

GeneralMicrosoft outlines Windows Server virtualisation costs

Microsoft has released a white paper to help clarify how its licensing works with virtualised Windows Server environments.

GeneralGoogle, Intel Go Green

Climate Savers Computing Initiative gathers vendors, groups, and EPA to push energy-efficient PCs.

InternetNew Web site to help Iraq vets find jobs (AP)

AP - The Pentagon said Wednesday it has created a new Web site to help veterans who face difficulty returning to their old jobs or finding new ones after deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

InternetMySpace China aims to launch IM service (Reuters)

Reuters - News Corp.-invested MySpace China aims to launch an online messaging service "as soon as possible," its CEO said on Wednesday, as the venture fights for a bigger share of the world's second-largest Internet market.

GeneralFirms prize business confidentiality above customer data

Firms prize intellectual property and business confidential data above that concering customers or employees, but most data breaches involve personal information, according to a new study by the US-based researcher Ponemon Institute.

InternetSite Combines Google, Yahoo Searches (PC World)

PC World - Toll Free Yellow Pages Wednesday announced the launch of SearchBoth.com.au, the nation's first Web site that enables users to search both Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. search engines at the same time.