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Is it good news from Sun Microsystems, if you are in the market for a generic communication protocol between a key manager and an encrypting device?

It has already become one of the most talked about, and most widespread, worms of recent years. But how do you go about catching the feckers behind Conficker? Conficker is that most typical of tech troublemakers: it relies upon the laziness and stupidity of Windows users. By not bothering to install the MS08-067 patch from last October, they left themselves exposed to infection.

If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery, Apple must have a warm fuzzy feeling as Microsoft attempts to clone it's business strategy. Microsoft has announced plans to define locations and time frames for the opening of the first Microsoft Stores. Retail shops, Microsoft branded, Apple clones. Of course, it is highly unlikely they will be called Microsoft Stores, although your best guesses are welcome.

The BBC is more often in the news for hassling others over the misuse of BBC copyrighted material on the web. Imagine our surprise when we learned that the BBC was on the other end of the copyright infringement stick for a change.

Apple is pinning its hopes of continuing smartphone market dominance with a $99 cheapy iPhone, But will this be enough to combat the Open Handset Alliance with no less than 40 new Google Android handsets coming our way?

The hacker, currently only know as 'uno' claims that the SQL Injection attack on usa.kaspersky.com has exposed activation codes, user details, bug lists and so on.

What do you reckon, has HP lost the plot here? Does it really think that there is so little demand for Linux in the UK, or is this just a money making exercise that it could not get away with in the US?

Surprisingly, the answer could well be yes. At least if a bunch of computer science researchers at Durham University have anything to do with it. The group have taken the 3D game engine that powers the immersive Half Life 2 game and used it to develop a realistic virtual simulation of the university computer science department. More to the point, they have created a realistic fire drill simulator which might just help save a life or two.

[It is nice to see continued evidence of computer games being used to help people rather than the same old stories being rolled out by the mainstream media trying to convince us that all game developers are evil. - Jen]

Thought that Windows 7 would avoid the complicated marketing mess that was Vista by coming in an easy to understand single version like OS X? Think again, Microsoft has confirmed no less than six versions of the new operating system.

Everyone knows that Linus Torvalds 'is a Linux' but did you know he is also a born-again gnome?

It would appear that Gary McKinnon has won yet more time before he gets extradited to the US to face the music on charges of hacking into computer systems not only belonging to NASA but also the US Army, Navy and Department of Defence. And all of this right after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Ever wondered just how many people use the Internet? The answer, according to the latest figures, would seem to be 1 billion. We breakdown that billion to find out where they are all coming from. I can recall getting far too excited last year when the World of Warcraft population whizzed past the 11 million mark.

Ever wondered if that big name website is hosting malicious content or will redirect you to a site that is? Probably not, but in light of a new report out today perhaps you should.

If you are a Windows user and have not installed the MS08-067 patch from last October, then perhaps you had better pull your finger out. Of course, it could well be too late, and you could well be one of the three million or so users who have already fallen victim to one of the most widespread of worms to hit Windows for a long time. If you are a Linux or Mac user, of course, you can sit back and relax.

Sir William Blackstone famously said the Royal Navy was something along the lines of being England's "ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island." But then there weren't many computer viruses around in the 18th century.

Asus might have lost the netbook war to Acer, but it is fighting back as far as the keyboard PC wars are concerned. With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) still a day away in Vegas, the geeky and gadgetry announcements are coming thick and fast. We've already got a taster of the new AMD Yukon platform and now we have the weirdest of wonderful concepts from Asus. The Eee Keyboard PC.

[It looks great. No word about the OS yet, but the pics remind me of Plasma or OpenMoko, so it may be Linux -- Sander]

Think of the two most popular laptops trends, namely big screens and small screens. Now put them together and what do you get? Yep, the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds with one big screen and one small screen. Is this genius or simply the maddest laptop ever?

Just how do you put a value on an open source, free for all, piece of code such as Linux? The Linux Foundation has attempted to do just that, and valued just one single distro at more than USD $10 billion.

Hey Mac fanbois, how come if Apple is so brilliant did it take so long to patch holes in OS X Java. Holes that Sun had patched in Linux 5 months before?

Within 48 hours of launching at the start of September, the Google Chrome open source browser managed to carve itself a pretty impressive one percent share of the global web browser market. That honeymoon period would appear to be over as we approach the end of the month and the market share starts to plummet...