Read the latest Internet and technology news from around the world.
| IPS ditches e-passport system | 8 Jul 2008 |
| The Identity and Passport Service has written off £10.8m in dropping a scheme for electronic passport applications. |
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| Online risk due to browser flaws | 8 Jul 2008 |
| Almost half the online population is at risk because users have not installed security updates to their browsers, says a study. |
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| Microsoft open to Yahoo acquisition "with new board" | 8 Jul 2008 |
| Microsoft has revealed it would consider proceeding with an acquisition of Yahoo if its shareholders elect a new board next month. |
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| Jobsite hack used to market identity harvesting services | 7 Jul 2008 |
| Hackers have turned the harvesting of personal information from Monster.com and other large US jobsites into a lucrative black market business |
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