http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/ PC Pro news en-gb Mon, 12 May 2008 23:15:06 +0100 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:15:06 +0100 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 site.editor@pcpro.co.uk webmaster@pcpro.co.uk http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/196359/google-turns-ordinary-sites-into-social-networks.html Google has announced its Friend Connect service, which allows websites to easily embed social-networking features onto their pages. Mon, 12 May 2008 18:38:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/196419/uk-computing-graduates-lack-security-skills.html The vast majority of UK computing students receive virtually no security training when it comes to developing new software applications, according to government funded research. Mon, 12 May 2008 15:48:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/196362/microsoft-appeals-antitrust-fine.html Microsoft has confirmed it's to appeal the £711.4 million fine imposed by European Union regulators for failing to abide by an original 2004 antitrust agreement. Mon, 12 May 2008 15:20:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/196191/microsoft-bolsters-messenger-with-video-clips.html Microsoft has bolstered its instant messaging service with the introduction of a video clip sharing facility. Mon, 12 May 2008 12:36:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195660/voting-starts-for-pc-pro-awards-2008.html Voting is underway for this year's PC Pro Reliability & Service Awards. Mon, 12 May 2008 12:33:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/196185/apple-runs-out-of-iphones.html Apple has stopped supplying the iPhone, with out of stock messages appearing on its websites on both sides of the Atlantic. Mon, 12 May 2008 12:28:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195990/innovative-search-hits-wikipedia.html Powerset has unveiled the first beta of its semantic search engine, allowing users to search by conversational phrasing instead of keywords. Mon, 12 May 2008 10:56:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195921/apple-settles-ipod-battery-lawsuit.html Apple has settled two class-action lawsuits that alleged the company misled consumers over the battery life of its iPods. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:49:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195915/microsoft-to-slash-price-of-xp-for-lowcost-laptops.html Microsoft is to offer heavy discounts on the price of Windows XP to low-cost laptop makers, as it aims to see off the threat of Linux in the budget market. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:29:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195909/blackberrys-bold-new-smartphone.html Research in Motion is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, as well as the broad retail market. Mon, 12 May 2008 07:59:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195831/the-week-in-your-words-lawyers-3dfx-and-malware.html In a week that saw a game studio go on the offensive, 3dfx stoke fond memories and malware make an even greater nuisance of itself, we take a look back to see what our readers have made of it all. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:53:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195771/office-2007-service-pack-hits-automatic-update.html Microsoft is set to roll out its first Service Pack for Office 2007 through Automatic Update next month. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:43:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195687/toshiba-to-launch-laptops-with-ps3-processor.html Toshiba has announced it will begin to ship notebooks with graphics chips based on the PlayStation 3's Cell processor. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:25:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195666/arm-to-enter-lowcost-laptop-fray.html ARM is ready to throw its hat into the low-cost laptop ring. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:08:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195621/myspace-opens-profiles-up-to-yahoo.html MySpace has announced that profile information, pictures and videos stored on the social networking site will be made openly available to its user's accounts on Yahoo, Ebay, Photobucket and Twitter. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:08:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195564/london-lawyers-demand-600-for-game-download.html A London legal firm is demanding in excess of £600 from people who it claims are guilty of downloading a single game from a file-sharing service. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:17:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195549/openoffice-3-hits-beta.html OpenOffice 3 has arrived in beta form, ushering in broader format and platform support, as well as a host of other incremental updates. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195513/dell-to-replace-wonky-keyboards.html Dell has offered to replace the keyboards on a recent batch of Vostro laptops, which had the keys in the wrong places. Fri, 09 May 2008 08:57:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195501/malware-hits-500000-computers-in-seven-days.html McAfee is warning users to be wary of a new piece of "malware" which has affected around half a million computers in just seven days. Fri, 09 May 2008 08:43:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/195483/iphone-stifling-innovation.html The rise of gadgets like the iPhone threaten to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the internet, an academic has warned. Fri, 09 May 2008 08:17:00 +0100