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• Am I a Microsoft lackey or what?

  The great thing about writing about Microsoft is that either way, you get killed. Write a favorable piece, and you're hammered by Microsoft haters, who take it all quite personally. Write a negative piece, add a QuickPoll, and you learn that most of your readers really do like Microsoft.

• EU members ignore spam directive

  The European Union's antispam directive, passed in July, has been ignored by most EU member states because it will not stop the spam problem, according to research published Tuesday

• Global police database for fingerprints, airline data?

  Global police organisation Interpol wants the names of all airline passengers and the fingerprints of criminals to be stores on a database, which would be shared amongst its membership of 186 countries.

• Fool spammers with multiple e-mail addresses

  COMMENTARY--The EU's anti-spam laws recently came into effect, but they are unlikely to make any difference at all because most spam comes from outside the EU. Instead, take the spam problem into your own hands and beat them at their own game.

• Coming clean: Who pays for PC recycling?

  First, there was the cardboard box in the kitchenette for old cans and bottles. Then, the plastic bin under everyone's desk for old print jobs and newspapers. Will the next trend in office recycling be a Dumpster for old computers?

Features and Case Studies (6)

• How memory leaks affect Windows PCs

  A bloated pagefile could be the cause of memory and performance problems on a Windows PC. See what can cause this problem and how to fix it.

• Lessons to be learnt from Sasser

  We had the tools to stop the worm dead in its tracks, but it still exacted a high toll in lost productivity, and in the case of the sailors at sea around the coast of England, created a real risk to life.

• Microsoft: More threats to Windows, IIS

  The software giant has issued a flurry of medium-level security threats that Windows administrators need to be aware of. Additional reading: The beginning of the end for Microsoft?

• Microsoft's Vamos in the hot seat

  The company's managing director, Steve Vamos, speaks to ZDNet about its changing competitive landscape, security issues, and the best way to sell software in Australia.

• Google: Gunning for desktop space

  In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

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