Vivendi halts talks with Zain on Africa operations
Vivendi announced it has halted talks with Zain over acquiring a majority stake in its African assets. "Vivendi has applied its usual criteria of profitability and financial discipline to this potential investment in emerging markets," said a statement from the company.
Total Telecom

Microsoft updates Mac Office 2008
Microsoft has updated Office 2008 for Mac to Service Pack 2. The update adds a tool that beefs up access to documents stored on enterprise SharePoint servers and Microsoft's free Office Live Workspace service.
Computer World

Nokia Siemens Networks Wins 3G Contract in Vietnam
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has won a 3G radio network supply contract from Vietnamese operator, Viettel. Product deliveries begin this month. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide the hardware, software and services required to build and manage the network, including skills training for Viettel's team.
Cellular news

Skype recruits O2 marketing director
Skype has appointed former O2 marketing chief, Russ Shaw, as general manager heading up its EMEA region, as it looks to make Skype more widely available on mobiles.
Mobile Today

Amazon deletes books from customers' Kindles
Late last week, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners picked up their e-book readers and discovered two of the books they'd purchased were missing. Was it a software glitch or a hardware failure? Had some hacker figured out how to access the devices? No. The thief was Amazon itself.
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Google maps the moon
Google has added a 3D moonscape to Google Earth, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The newly created moonscape for Google Earth allows people to explore the lunar surface and follow guided tours from former astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jack Schmitt. There's also a selection of panoramic "street view" photos and video clips taken over the past 40 years of lunar exploration.
PC Pro

Kazaa goes legit
Former peer to peer file sharing service Kazaa has been re-launched as a subscription music service. Originally operating as a peer-to-peer file sharing service, Kazaa was amongst the first services to step in following the shutdown of Napster.
V3.co.uk

BT to resell Microsoft's business cloud suite
BT is to resell Microsoft's cloud-based business messaging and collaboration suite. The Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) will be available to BT's business customers as a fully hosted managed service, including features such as performance management, maintenance and software upgrades.
ZDNet UK

Warner Music and YouTube still talking on deal
Warner Music Group is still in talks with YouTube to license its artists' music videos even after all other major music companies have renewed their partnership already. Videos from Warner artists like Madonna and Green Day were taken off YouTube last December after the companies could not agree on financial terms for the licensing rights.
Reuters

Avaya Offers $475M for Nortel's Enterprise
Avaya Inc. made a $475 million offer for the assets of the company's enterprise business. Nortel’s Enterprise Solutions Business includes enterprise telephony, unified communications, and data networking products, as well as the Nortel Government Solutions unit.
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