Windows Server 2008 delayed

Microsoft has again delayed the release of Windows Server 2008, saying development of the software could take as long as another three months beyond its previously planned December release, reports PC World.

The new plan calls for the server to be released to manufacturing (RTM) between 1 January and 31 March 2008. RTM means the software's development is complete and the bits are ready to be pressed onto distribution media.

The delay, which is being blamed on the need for more testing, means the server possibly will not be ready for the "launch event", in Los Angeles, on 27 February that Microsoft is hyping. The server delay may mean Microsoft has nothing to launch that day.

Malicious hackers are posting fake entries on some blogs on Google's blogger site, reports BBC News.

The fake entries contain Web links that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC. Infected computers are being hijacked by the gang behind the attacks, and either mined for saleable data, or used for other attacks.

The attack is the latest in a series by a gang that has managed to hijack hundreds of thousands of PCs.

The Nokia Music Store, which will be launched later this year, gives mobile phone users access to millions of tracks for as little as 68p each - iTunes' tracks are 79p, reports the Telegraph.

Users will be able to download the songs from their computers or directly onto their handsets, providing they have new upgraded handsets.

They claim the mobile music market is growing so quickly that phones will replace computers as the main device for buying and downloading digital music within five years.

YouTube has signed a deal with the MCPS-PRS Alliance to pay royalties on copyrighted UK songs used on its Web site, reports VNUNet.

The video-sharing site has agreed to pay a flat fee in exchange for licensing the library of music.

The MCPS-PRS will split the money between the 50 000 composers, songwriters and publishers whom it represents, based on an estimate of music usage.