Gareth Halfacree

A little-known networking company has been granted a patent on live-updated icons - and is, surprise surprise, looking for damages from Microsoft, Apple, and Google.

The build of Windows 7 - version 7000 - which will form the public beta in January has been leaked ahead of schedule over the BitTorrent P2P networks.

Microsoft has issued a bulletin announcing an as-yet unpatched hole in its SQL Server database software which can lead to remote code execution.

Lance Atkinson has been ordered to pay £35,500 in fines by a New Zealand Court - but has already been fined $2.2 million by the FTC without seeming to slow his efforts down.

The Janus team - creators of the pro-privacy JanusVM - has announced a hardware based 'privacy adaptor' that routes all traffic across a VPN or the TOR network.

Google has ditched the traditional cash bonus this Xmas in favour of giving all employees an Android-based G1 handset - which they can't resell, even if they already have one.

Lenovo is to announced the W700ds ThinkPad at CES next month, with an on-board digitising pad and a second 10.6" screen which deploys from the main 17" display.

Mozilla has released an update for the popular Firefox web browser which addresses several security flaws deemed 'critical'.

Google has added 3D building meshes for almost every structure in Manhattan to its Google Earth software - and the result is pretty darn impressive.