Colour e-readers a hit at book fair
Taiwanese e-reader makers jockeyed to show off new technologies at the Taipei International Book Exhibition over the weekend and said the emerging model for the devices is to sell them as part of a content bundle. They hope to push down device prices while upping the ante on features this year to compete with newcomers such as Apple's iPad. Several companies were showing off devices with regular LCD screens on board, mostly aimed at schoolchildren..
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China’s domain name rules spur website flight
China’s tighter regulation of internet domain names is driving website owners to register overseas, according to industry sources and internet activists. Industry experts said the trend was triggered by swift implementation of a stricter website registration regime. The ministry of industry and information technology reiterated in December that domain names must be registered with the government, and those that were not would “not be resolved or transferred”..
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Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
A Downing Street petition is calling for the UK government to drop Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and move to a more modern browser. The petition says that IE6 has security flaws and uses outdated technology, creating a burden for developers. The petition comes as the Department of Health advised the NHS to move away from the old browser. Other government departments - and many firms - still use the software, which was first released in 2001.
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Google to open App Store for Google Apps
Google may open as early as March an online store to sell third party software that complements its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite, the Wall Street Journal reported. Google would let customers purchase the software from its store and charge the third party developers a commission, according to the Journal, whose article was based on anonymous sources.
TechWorld

The UK is a bunch of texting addicts
UK mobile users now send around 11 million text messages an hour, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association. According to the report, last year the UK collectively sent an average of 265 million text messages and 1.6 million picture messages every day, totaling 96.8 billion and 600 million respectively across the whole year. The latest figures show that growth of both text and multimedia messaging continues although it has been slightly lower recently than in previous years..
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Warning over tax return deadline e-mail 'phishing' scam
Tens of thousands of fraudulent emails have been sent out ahead of Sunday's tax return deadline, officials say.  Recipients are told they are due a tax refund and asked to fill in an online form with bank or credit card details.  Victims have their accounts emptied or card limits used, and risk having the details sold to other criminal gangs. 
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