Supports Windows 7, Vista, or XP running via Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, or VMware FusionThe perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn't be complacent, especially if they're also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualisation software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine. VirusBarrier X6 DP aims to be a comprehensive solution, defending you from viruses, malware, phishing, and spyware. You also get a two-way firewall (which keeps the baddies out, and your sensitive information in). On the Mac side, you're protected by VirusBarrier X6, and on the Windows side, there's Intego's BitDefender 2010. VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection is available now. You'll need an Intel Mac running OS X 10.5 or 10.6 and the software supports Windows 7, Vista, or XP running via Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, or VMware Fusion. As we reported recently, pricing was a little complicated with Intego's X6 package, and that's true for Dual Protection as well. The £47.78/$60 standard license for X6 DP covers two Macs and one Windows installation. Bear in mind, however, that this price gives you a twelve-month subscription to the virus updates; after that, you'll have to renew. Intego had not provided pricing information for renewal as of press time. Meanwhile, the £77.68/$85 family pack will protect five Macs (but still only one Windows installation). A full upgrade from X5 DP to X6 DP - which includes the latest and greatest BitDefender 2010 for Windows - is £34.95/$55 for the standard license and £59.95/$80 for the family pack.

Judges expanded on why they agree that Microsoft willfully infringed the patents The verdict, which the appeals court first affirmed in December, required Microsoft to pay more than US$240 million in damages and forced it to remove a feature in versions of Microsoft Word 2007 starting in January. Microsoft had been charged with infringing a patent owned by i4i with a feature in Word 2003 and 2007 that lets people create custom XML documents. ...

Sony's first 3D televisions were launched earlier this week

Microsoft search and map services will be put on Android phones in China firstIt is the second time since Google said it would stop censoring its search results in China that Motorola has turned to a Google search rival for its Android phones there. Motorola revealed a search deal with Baidu.com, Google's main rival in China, soon after Google announced...

Filter implemented at two ISPs in February after trialsNew Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs' (DIA) internet filter is now operational and is being used by ISPs Maxnet and Watchdog.

Over fourty other small issues were addressed in this updateOn Wednesday, MainStage 2 US users woke up to an update from Cupertino, repairing a variety of minor issues, among them stability fixes for 32-bit Audio Unit Bridge plug-ins.

Webster theorises the later stages of the game - four lines and up - will help stimulate the parts of the brainNew York based Kyle T. Webster has illustrated for most major publications in the US, with a client list to die for including The New Yorker, NY Times, Entertainment Weekly, BusinessWeek, Time Magazine and Nike. Webster has now turned his creative hand to creating his first iPhone application with 'White Lines' a 59p a simple but tricky memory game. "iPhone apps are the perfect place for creative people to try out something new and release it to a huge audience, without the usual expense involved in such an endeavour," Webster told Macworld.The game, riding high in the US and UK iTunes charts, has already been updated with added OpenFeint support for leader boards, achievements and more.'White Lines,' is designed for all ages, and asks players to redraw lines that travel across the screen in the same order and direction in which they originally appeared. Webster designed the game in black and white with sparse graphical elements an effort to make the game stand out from the arcade-style games that are currently on a busy iTunes Store for games. Webster theorises the later stages of the game - four lines and up - will help stimulate the parts of the brain that are used for short term recall because the core game model makes use of the four basic elements required for such stimulation -  concentration, repetition, pattern building, and information absorption. Available from the Apple iTunes App Store, White Lines costs 59p and requires the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. You can read a full Macworld interview with here.

BT and TalkTalk, add the amendment to the Digital Economy Bill has "obvious shortcomings"Google, Facebook and eBay are among the tech giants that have slammed the government's plans to tackle internet piracy, claiming it will "threaten freedom of speech".

Allows users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS XParallels Desktop 5 for Mac beat the competition and Parallels Desktop 4 in a recent independent comparison test. MacTech magazine published the results of extensive in depth benchmark testing of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac compared with both Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac and VMware Fusion 3.  Introduced in November 2009, Parallels Desktop 5 software allows users, currently around 2 million of them, to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X. At launch, the company promised more than 70 new features in Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, offering users greater flexibility in how they run a PC on a Mac.The magazine compared Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac (build 9308) versus VMware Fusion 3.0.1.

But online banking fraud continues to rise, according to figures from financial institutionsFraud losses due to counterfeit payment cards fell by half in 2009 from the year prior in the U.K., but online banking losses continued to rise, according to new banking industry figures released Wednesday.

Publishes iPhone developer license, blasts Apple for 'troubling' clauses

With a price of £5.99, everything about this iPhone game is high-endStudents of the hadouken have a new venue to test their fighting mettle: Street Fighter IV launched Wednesday for the iPhone and iPod touch. This seminal arcade fighter brings high-end graphics, complex combos, and a memorable cast of characters to the mobile platform.

The deal, which runs until 11th April 2010, is one of several green campaigns currently availableApple Premium Reseller KRCS is offering up to £100 off a Mac when they recycle any computer.The deal, which runs until 11th April 2010, is one of several green campaigns currently being run by  Apple Premium Resellers."Now’s the time to upgrade your PC to a new Mac at KRCS," the company insists in a promotional email."Bring your old computer, regardless of manufacturer, to one of our high street stores and we’ll give you up to £100 off a new Mac. We’ll even recycle your old computer responsibly, using European recycling centres, for free!"The following KRCS discount deals are offered:£50 off 21-inch iMacUp to £70 off MacBook Pro 13-inch£100 off MacBook Air & MacBook Pro 15-inch/17-inchMore details can be found at www.krcs.co.uk or by calling the company directly.

A number of companies plan to ride Apple's coattails with tablet devices of their ownThe launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said Wednesday, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally. The coming swarm of tablets has even prompted Arm, Intel's main rival in the mobile microprocessor business, to rent more space at the Computex electronics trade show in Taipei this year to show off the devices, in addition to e-readers, mini-laptops and other devices that use Arm processing cores. "The first tablet devices will launch in the second quarter by [mobile network] carriers," said Roy Chen, Arm's worldwide mobile computing ODM manager, during a press meeting in Taipei. "You'll see a lot more in the third quarter," he added. He said many tablet-like devices will be launched in China, but companies everywhere plan to launch tablets this year, including the top 10 telecommunications network operators. He declined to name specific companies. Like many chip makers, Arm often gains an inside view of products its chips are being used in, sometimes when asked for additional engineering support and other times due to partnership programs. The company showed off two tablet devices at the Taipei news conference, both running Google's Android mobile OS.

Online retailers will both start selling Apple's new device in AprilOnline retailers Play.com and Expansys will both stock Apple's iPad when it hits the UK at the end of April.

Twitter will shorten some links sent through the service to twt.tlTwitter launched a new link-screening service on Tuesday aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks against users of the popular microblogging service.

Google Apps Marketplace continues push into the enterprise with help from third-party vendorsIn another move to work its way into the enterprise , Google has unveiled an online store where users can buy cloud-based applications designed to work with Google's own apps.

Jonathan Schwartz is starting to share stories about his days at Sun, possibly in preparation for a bookDon't expect Jonathan Schwartz,  former CEO of Sun Microsystems, to go quietly. Instead he has taken to his personal blog, provocatively titled "What I couldn't say...," to dish some industry dirt and tell his side of the story about the demise of Sun. He has already hinted at plans to write a book, and a new post Tuesday suggests a tell-all tome could indeed be in the offing. "I feel for Google -- Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too," Schwartz writes, apparently referring to Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC, which makes Google's Nexus One smartphone. Schwartz says he had just unveiled Sun's Linux desktop, Project Looking Glass, in 2003, when Jobs called him to assert that Sun's graphics were "stepping all over" Apple's intellectual property. If Sun tried to commercialize the technology, Schwartz says, Jobs told him, "I'll just sue you." As Schwartz tells it, he responded by reminding Jobs about Sun's considerable arsenal of OS-related patents. "Steve was silent," Schwartz writes. A later meeting with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer ended on a similar note, according to Schwartz. The Microsoft duo, then its CEO and president, had flown to Silicon Valley to meet with Sun's executive team. "As we sat down in our Menlo Park conference room, Bill skipped the small talk and went straight to the point, 'Microsoft owns the office productivity market, and our patents read all over OpenOffice,'" Schwartz writes. OpenOffice is the open-source productivity suite that Sun backed heavily as an alternative to Microsoft Office. "Bill was delivering a slightly more sophisticated variant of the threat Steve had made, but he had a different solution in mind," Schwartz writes. Gates offered Sun a patent license. "That was code for 'We'll go away if you pay us a royalty for every download' -- the digital version of a protection racket."

Two separate problems could be affecting some BlackBerry users in the USOn Tuesday, some BlackBerry users in the US complained of an inability to use data services for the second day in a row.

Samsung launches new 3D TV sets Samsung rolled out new devices including 3D TVs with screen sizes from 19 inches to 65 inches. The TVs, announced at an event in New York, will play back 3D content while providing the option to play back 2D content. The TVs will be available worldwide. A basic 3D model -- the UN40C7000 with a 40-inch screen -- is priced at US$1,999 with availability in May. The most...

Gives Macs the freedom to be accessed from virtually anywhereRecently available in beta, LogMeIn has announced LogMeIn Pro2 remote access for Mac.The premium remote access service offers the the ability to remotely control a Mac from virtually anywhere. LogMeIn Pro2 promises secure file transfer and folder synchronisation, printing from a remote Mac to a local computer over the web, on-demand desktop sharing with a remote use and more.LogMeIn Pro2 for Mac is available now with pricing starting at $69.99 (around £45) per-year, per-Mac, with multi-computer discounts also available. Users can sign up for a free, 30-day trial at http://www.LogMeIn.com/welcome/Pro4Mac. No credit card is required for the 30-day trial. LogMeIn adds that LogMeIn Free for Mac is still free. The software now comes with improved navigation, providing users with quicker and easier access to remote control settings, faster performance  and expanded browser support, including 64-bit Safari. LogMeIn also offers an iPhone application for accessing your Mac desktop or laptop on the go. A Macworld review of LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone can be found here.

EFF requested a copy of the agreement and a revision dated March 17, 2009 was providedIf you’ve followed the news of App Store rejections over the past couple years, you may have wondered what exactly is engraved upon the stone tablets that govern the terms of Apple's App Store and developing for the iPhone. The trouble is we haven’t been able to tell you, as the agreement itself contains terms that prohibit publicly discussing it. But on Monday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) legally obtained and published a copy of the agreement for the first time.

Support for Adobe Flash could make HP's Slate a strong challenger to Apple's iPad.What will HP's Slate Tablet have that Apple's iPad won't? It's Adobe Flash, a key Internet technology that HP is touting as the key difference between the two platforms. And, HP is right, though how Flash support will translate into sales remains to be seen.

Resolution demands that secret trade talks are opened up to public scrutinyEuropean Parliamentarians are set to debate whether to formally oppose an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) being negotiated in secret by the European Commission with trading partners including the U.S., Canada and Japan.

"Those living in areas known as 'the Final Third' still receive no proper access to broadband"A number of rural organisations have teamed up in  a bid to encourage the government roll out 2Mbps broadband in the countryside.

Malicious PDF running amokUsers of Adobe PDF Reader should check they are running the latest version of the software after the discovery of an exploit that takes advantage of a serious flaw patched only three weeks ago.

Secret iPhone developer licence agreement disclosediPad and iPhone developers beware. Apple reserves the right to kill an app at any time with no reason, and Apple's liability in any circumstance is limited to $50 (£30).

Phone had three different types of malicious software programs on its internal memoryUpon further investigation, Panda found that the employee's phone contained three malware programs: a client for the now-defunct Mariposa botnet, the Conficker worm as well as a password stealer for the Lineage game, said Pedro Bustamante, Panda's senior research adviser.The malware programs were on the phone's 8GB microSD memory card, which mounts as an external drive...

Apple owned database software adds new Charts, Reports and moreApple owned FileMaker has announced FileMaker Pro 11 and FileMaker Pro Advanced 11 with a range of new features and enhancements. The latest versions of the cross-platform database software includes FileMaker Charts, which promises to let users create attractive eye-catching reports in five different styles including vertical bar, horizontal bar, area, line and pie charts. Users can publish the results directly to the Internet using FileMaker's Instant Web Publishing tool.FileMaker Pro 11 allows users to create quick reports in a spreadsheet-like format with the ability to group and summarise information on the fly directly in Table View to create professional looking reports. A new enhanced Layout/Report Assistant offers a streamlined interface, which guides users step-by-step in building reports with grouped data, with the option to select styles and themes and add headers, footers, subtotals or scripts.  Snapshot Link lets users save a specific set of records at a point in time. Any changes users make to the file will be updated in the database, with the chance to email the Snapshot Link to anyone who has FileMaker Pro 11 for better collaboration.In FileMaker Pro 11, users can establish a Recurring Import from Microsoft Excel, CSV or TAB files. Users need only set this up once FileMaker notes. Every time users open the database, the data from Excel spreadsheet or data file will update automatically in FileMaker Pro.

At least two of the companies have billed their tablets as imitation Apple devices

The bug could allow arbitrary code to run on a computer, although two Windows security features can reduce the dangerOpera Software will soon patch a vulnerability in its Web browser that could allow an attacker to run malicious software on a Windows computer.

National No Smoking Day is tomorrow, Wednesday 10th MarchNHS Choices has launched a free NHS Quit Smoking application for iPhone and iPod touch in time for National No Smoking Day. The application, which aims to help you successfully stop smoking, provides users with a daily support message during the first 30 days of stopping, along with instant tips and facts at any time. A real-time counter displays the minutes, hours and days you’ve been smoke free and keeps track of the money saved, a significant amount considering the cost of cigarettes and rate of tax.Users can speak to an adviser by tapping the NHS Smoking Helpline button. The helpline is available seven days a week between 7am to 11pm. Available from the Apple iTunes App Store, NHS Quit Smoking is free and requires the iPhone 3.0 Software Update or later. National No Smoking Day is tomorrow, Wednesday 10th March. More details can be found here.

Vodafone cuts are part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme announced in 2009Vodafone, Apple's latest partner for the iPhone in the UK and potential iPad partner, is cutting 375 jobs across its business from this month.The cuts, part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme, will hit mainly back office positions in a number of locations including its headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire according to the Press Association.The news is not all bad for Vodafone however, with the company announcing 170 new staff, with an additional 50  graduates starting work in September, from a total of 3,000 who applied for jobs as part of a University leaver programme."We're committed to increasing the number of customer-facing employees which will help us simplify our business and continue to deliver outstanding communications services across the UK's best network," said Matthew Brearley, human resources director at Vodafone UK.

Vodafone cuts are part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme announced in 2009Vodafone, Apple's latest partner for the iPhone in the UK and potential iPad partner, is cutting 375 jobs across its business from this month.The cuts, part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme, will hit mainly back office positions in a number of locations including its headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire according to the Press Association.The news is not all bad for Vodafone however, with the company announcing 170 new staff, with an additional 50  graduates starting work in September, from a total of 3,000 who applied for jobs as part of a University leaver programme."We're committed to increasing the number of customer-facing employees which will help us simplify our business and continue to deliver outstanding communications services across the UK's best network," said Matthew Brearley, human resources director at Vodafone UK.

Popular US show aimed at people who make robots and other creations comes to the UKNewcastle is gearing up to host the Maker Faire this Saturday 13 March at the Centre for Life and Discovery Museum.

63 free QuarkXPress 8 eSeminars to focus on Adobe Flash designDesktop publishing specialists Quark have announced a series of free QuarkXPress 8 eSeminars.

Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2,Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half Life seriesWell, that was quick. After gamers found "evidence" that Valve may bring some of its wildly successful gaming products to the Mac, and Valve teased as much last week, we now have official confirmation. Valve is coming to the Mac in a big way.In a press release Monday, Valve announced that Steam, its "Source" gaming engine, and a number of its most popular titles will be available on the Mac in April. Selections from Valve's library that will be available at launch include Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2,Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half Life series.Valve also announced that game licenses can transgress platforms, so any game that you purchased for the PC will also work once it comes to the Mac, with no additional fee.Valve will bring Steam, its wildly popular Windows game marketplace, to the Mac as well, and it sounds like third-party publishers are on board:"Our Steam partners, who are delivering over a thousand games to 25 million Steam clients, are very excited about adding support for the Mac," said Jason Holtman, Director of Business Development at Valve. "Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks APIs, and we have added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge. For example, Steam Play, in combination with the Steam Cloud, allows a gamer playing on their work PC to go home and pick up playing the same game at the same point on their home Mac. We expect most developers and publishers to take advantage of Steam Play."This should be great news for Mac gamers who have become accustomed to using Boot Camp or building an entirely separate Windows PC. Valve notes that they specifically wanted to go with native development solutions, and not just emulation, which rarely yields a great experience. The company also confirmed that its upcoming Portal 2 sequel will be its first official simultaneous release for Mac OS X and Windows.

Narayen also missed out on Adobe's executive bonus planCompensation for Adobe Systems president and CEO Shantanu Narayen took a big hit in 2009, as did the company’s annual revenue and income.

Company has detected a sudden rise in targeted attacks on US universitiesUniversities and their population of students have been marked out as the next soft target by online criminals, security company RSA has reported.

The PlayStation 3D upgrade is due at about the same timeSony will begin selling 3D TVs in Japan on June 10 and worldwide at about the same time, it said Tuesday. A firmware upgrade to its PlayStation 3 console that adds 3D support and other 3D-compatible home electronics products will also be available to coincide with the television launch.

US students talk about how the iPhone is like an extension of their bodiesRemember what life was like before the iPhone? Back when we had to print out maps for trips, do simple calculations in our heads, drive around to find a good restaurant, and watch YouTube videos on a device no smaller than a laptop? Dark times, indeed.

Technology could end noisy phone calls on the trainResearchers have unveiled lip-reading technology, which could be integrated into mobile phones, allowing users to have 'silent conversations'.

11,000 people voted in Google's awardsA winding, cobbled street in York has been voted the most picturesque street in Britain in the inaugural Google Street View awards.

Some of Apple's strategy makes sense and is actually consumer-oriented.Apple's campaign to get tough on iPhone applications is reportedly continuing with a new target: template-based iPhone applications. You can find services that build these so-called cookie cutter applications all over the Web, and they have been used by a variety of prominent celebrities, bloggers, and brands including Ashton Kutcher, blogger Seth Godin, and the U.S. Army.

Local police had special access to laptop photographs, lawyer claims

11 major organisations in the UK have their IT strategy led by women.Gordon Brown, to get some coverage on International Women's Day, says the lack of women on the boards of companies is "unacceptable". Considering his cabinet is a bit thin on the influence of women, this could be seen as a bit ironic. Although the men dominate the CIO world, there are a number of very impressive women heading up the IT operations in the UK. There are 11 major UK organisations whose IT strategy is led by women, click on the hyperlinks to learn more about them. The leading women CIOs are: Tania Howarth, CIO and HR director for food maker Birds Eye led an impressive split from Unilever to create a Greenfield IT site and strategy. Tiffany Hall has recently become the CIO of national cultural organisation the BBC and helping the broadcaster adapt to how technology is changing the face of the media. Christine Connelly has probably the hardest brief a CIO can have, leading the modernisation of IT in the NHS as CIO of the Department of Health. Anne Moises is CIO of one of the youngest government IT positions, heading up technology for the new and very modern Scottish Government. Just along the M8 at Glasgow City Council the IT strategy is led by Cathleen Nelson. Elsewhere in the public sector Ailsa Beaton heads IT for Britain's largest police force the Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard and Catherine Doran is very well respected as head of IT at Network Rail and Caroline Smith is navigating technology issues such as subsidy payment problems at Defra, the department responsible for keeping British agriculture feeding the nation. In financial services Veronique Arnoldi is pulling together IT at Aviva Investors, part of the Aviva insurance and pensions empire and Yasmine Jetha is putting her impressive record into IT improvements for insurance and private healthcare provider Bupa. In the utilities sector Theresa Hayes leads IT at one of the largest energy providers RWE Npower. Technology companies are not to be outdone either with Adobe and Avaya having their own IT operations governed by women.

Available at the end of March in time for the delayed UK release of the iPad next monthCygnett, a manufacturer of iPhone, iPod and MP3 accessories, has announced plans for a range of new iPad products.Available at the end of March in time for the delayed UK release of the iPad next month, the range includes protective sleeves, pockets and bags, screen protectors, connect and charge accessories, speakers and headphones.The Cygnett range will include:iPad Protection:OpticClear: Anti-glare screen protectors offers a sheer, smudge and fingerprint resistant coating promising less cleaning and clearer access to the multi-touch screen and its many functions.Glam: Glossy patent cover designed to be stylish an protect your iPad.Secondskin: Super soft, slim-fitting case, specially moulded to fit your iPad like a glove the company claims and equipped with base supports for a firm base.

The free London event on Tuesday 9th March starts at 5pm.Famed British film director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and United 93) will be appearing at the flagship Apple Store, Regent Street tomorrow night to talk about his latest film.Greengrass discusses his new thriller Green Zone starring Matt Damon, which opens at selected cinemas on Wednesday and across the UK on Friday. Green Zone is set in the chaotic early days of the Iraq War and tells the story of Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon), a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region."I don't really start with a story; I start with the area I want to be in," Greengrass recently told The Guardian, explaining the movie's genesis. "It was summer 2004, and I was thinking about 9/11 on the one hand and the war in Iraq, which was less than a year old, on the other. Those twin events are what are driving our politics and our culture, and that was the headwind that was making the Bourne films lift. So I wanted to make a film about the real world that was begetting those Bourne feelings, a film that basically asks that audience to step behind that curtain."The free event on Tuesday 9th March starts at 5pm. The event will also be recorded and made available to download as a podcast from the iTunes Store.The Apple Store is located at 235 Regent Street, London, W1B 2EL, 020 7153 9000. The nearest tube station is Oxford Circus.

Users can now take a detailed map of the whole UK with them awayRouteBuddy and the Ordnance Survey have introduced new RouteBuddy GB 25K REGIONS Maps. According to the pair, for the first time on any mobile device Ordnance Survey digital map users can now take a detailed map of the whole UK away with them.

Dubbed iKey by Mac enthusiast sites, users would need only to enter a key code via the iPhone to open car doorsThe next generation of Apple's iPhone could allow users to lock and open cars according to a new patent filed by the company.Dubbed iKey by Mac enthusiast sites, users would need only to enter a key code via the iPhone to open car doors. Cars would need to be fitted with electronic pads  reports claim, and the same technology, known as Near Field Communication, could be used to secure properties. The Apple patent, filed with the US Patent Office reveals the following: "The external device may be any suitable electronic device such as a portable media player, personal data assistant or electronic lock that may be used to access a door, car, house or other physical area."