Those of you running Microsoft Vista or Windows Server 2008 may have noticed a new update in recent days. The massive 56.3MB update is to fix incorrect spellings in Microsoft's own dictionary.

Its estimated that over 600 Million Microsoft Internet Explorer users world wide and about half of the UK population are at risk to hacking attacks because the latest security patches and updates have not been applied to their computers.

Online advert system Phorm is illegal in the UK, the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) claim. BT, Talk Talk and Virgin have all signed up to use Phorm, which targets adverts to users based on web habits.

The Safer Internet Day is being marked around the world today. Organised by Insafe, the European internet safety network and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. The aim of the event  is to educate children and parents about the dangers of using the internet and social media websites.

The BBCs Internet blog goes to great lengths to findout how to pronounce "Web 2.0". There seem to be many possible ways of saying this - "web two point oh", "web two point zero", "web two dot oh", "web two point nought", "web two oh", "web two" but three-quarters of a sample of 500 people voted for "web two point oh"

Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista has been released. It is said to address some performance and reliability issues. It was available initially as a separate download from the Microsoft site but is now included in Vistas automatic updates.

Has the social networking phenomenon peaked? latest figures from Nielsen NetRatings show the first drop in monthly traffic to facebook and other social networking sights.

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