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Microsoft warns of nasty IE bug - Friday 24th March 2006Microsoft is warning users of its Internet Explorer browser to use caution on the Web, after the disclosure of an unpatched bug that could allow attackers to seize control of a PC running the browser software.

iPhone 'definitely' on its way - Friday 24th March 2006An iPod phone is definitely coming, according to sources in Taiwan. The Australian online technology magazineSmarthouse says that it has received confirmation that Apple is currently negotiating with Taiwanese suppliers to build the as yet un-named and unannounced iPhone.

UK to pioneer download-to-own movies - Friday 24th March 2006Film fans will soon be able to download and keep DVD quality movies quite legally. Universal Pictures, one of the big Hollywood movie studios, says it will introduce the download service in the UK from next month and expects it to spread rapidly around the world shortly afterwards.

BBC New Media builds strategic partnerships - Wednesday 22nd March 2006Ashley Highfield, the BBC's director of New Media & Technology, yesterday set out what he saw as the key business and technology challenges for the BBC as it enters the on-demand world.

Samsung offers 32GB SSD drive - Tuesday 21st March 2006Users may soon see flash-based disks in laptops and other mobile computers after Samsung announced that it's already offering a 32GB drive to customers, the beginning of an industry change that could have sweeping consequences in the technology industry.