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Dell Starts College Gaming League

Dell has teamed the Championship Gaming Series to back a College Gaming League, open to students and faculty members, with tournaments that could lead to a pro gaming career for winners.

ICO Has Concerns Over Street View

Britain's Information Commissioner has said he has privacy concerns over the face-blurring technology in Google Street View and will be contacting the company.

MEPs Back EU Telecoms Amendments

Members of the European Parliament have voted to put amendments into a telecoms bill that could see illegal file sharers thrown off the Net.

DNS Security Patch Released

Over the last six month, researchers have secretly developed a patch for an error in the DNS system that can let criminals redirect people to fake web pages, even if they typed the right address.

DRM-Free Tracks Boost 7Digital Sales

Online music retailer 7Digital claims that signing DRM-free deals with Warners and EMI has drastically boosted its sales.

Microsoft Fights European Fine

Microsoft is putting its case against the $1.4 billion fine imposed by the EU for violating a 2004 antitrust settlement.

E.U. To Throw Illegal Fire Sharers Offline?

New proposals before the European Parliament could see persistent illegal file sharers banned from the Web, and have governments decide what software is allowable.

Google Asks Viacom To Respect User Privacy

Legally forced to give up YouTube user logs, Google has asked to be allowed to anonymize those logs before producing them in court.

Google Faces UK Street View Problems

As Google starts taking pictures prior to a UK launch of its Street View mapping tool, a privacy group says it's breaking data protection laws and might refer the plan to the Information Commissioner.

Skype Gets New COO

Scott Durschlag has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Skype after five years at Motorola.

Tax Checks Spent On Online Porn

Market research seems to indicate that many of those lovely tax checks mailed out recently are being spent on porn.

Early July Malware Spike

Security company MXLogic says that Independence Day and the upcoming launch of the 3G iPhone will bring a spike in malware.

U.K. Govt. Starts Data Mash-Up Competition

The British government is starting a competition to find new uses for public information, with a total of $40,000 in prizes.

IE8 Has Two New Security Features

Microsoft will include a pair of new security features when it releases Beta 2 of its Internet Explorer 8 next month.

Pandora Wants To Go Back To Europe

Online music service Pandora had to cut off service outside the US over royalty disagreements, but wants to head back to Europe.

Firefox 3 World Record Official

Guinness World Records have given the official thumbs-up to Firefox 3 claiming the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours, with 8,002,530.

Warning For UK Music File Sharers

The BPI is sending letters that warn of the consequences to hundreds of Virgin Media customers in the UK who illegally share music files, in the hope of stopping them.

PS3 Gets New Features in Firmware Update

Sony has announced a new firmware update for the PS3 which will include Xbox-like trophies, as well as an expansion of the friends list to 100 contacts.

Google, Yahoo Team With Adobe

Google and Yahoo are joining with Adobe to add dynamic content to search results using Adobe's Flash player, making searches fuller.

U.K. Agency Loses Details On Laptop

An NHS Trust has managed to lose the details of 21,000 patients, when an unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's car.

Experiment Shows Spam Threat

Security company McAfee persuaded 50 people to spend a month online without spam filters, and they recorded an average of 70 spam mail a day.

Netscape Founder Joins Facebook Board

Marc Andreessen, the man who started Netscape all those years ago, has been named as the fourth member of the board at social networking site Facebook.

Hands Free Only In Cali

As of today it will be illegal to use a cell phone while driving in California, unless you use a hands-free device — and CHP warns it will be aggressively enforcing the law over the holiday.

Turkish Hackers Penetrate ICANN

A group of Turkish hackers, NetDevilz, has managed to hack into the body that assigns domain names, just as the body has approved generic domain names.

Man Sells "Entire Life" On eBay

A Briton living in Australia had sold his "entire life" on eBay for around $400,000 after splitting up with his wife.

Spam Fighting Guidelines Published

The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group has published recommendations that could drastically cut the amount of spam e-mail.

Google Hit With $1 Billion Lawsuit

Google has been sued for $1 billion by a start-up, LimitNone, that claims the search giant stole the migration tool it had developed.

E.U. Mobile Costs To Fall?

The European Commission is going to lower the amount operators charge each other to use their networks by 2011, which should lead to lower charges for consumers in Europe.

In-Car Internet For Chrysler

Car maker Chrysler has announced that most of its new vehicles will have a wireless Internet option, beginning next year.

Kentucky AG Victim of Identity Theft

Less than a month after setting up a cyber crime unit, Kentucky's Attorney General, Jack Conway, has been a victim of identity theft.

Nintendo Not Very Green

A Greenpeace survey ranks games company Nintendo last among eco-friendly electronics companies, although Nintendo says that's simply because it didn't provide data.

Visa Advertises On Facebook

Visa is paying Facebook $2 million to advertise its small business service on the site and is offering ad credits to businesses from the site that begin using its services.

Firefox 3 Up To 19 Million Downloads

After setting a record in its first 24 hours, during the first week 19.6 million people have downloaded the Firefox 3 browser.

Windows XP Support Continues Until 2014

Microsoft has sent out a letter stating it will continue support for its XP operating system until 2014 and promises to have Windows 7 available by 2010.