Microsoft, Vodafone in pact for messaging service
Barcelona: Vodafone and Microsoft have said they would work together to deliver an enhanced co-branded and seamless Instant Messaging (IM) service that can be accessed from both the PC and mobile phone.

This would provide a next generation messaging service based on the Windows Live Messenger platform and will provide millions of customers with enhanced communication opportunities and will be launched in select European markets later this year.

This would mean that customers will be able to use the address book functionality and see the "presence" of their messenger contacts and exchange messages when these contacts are either on their PC or mobile devices.

The co-branded Instant Messenger experience will be available on wide range of Vodafone consumer handsets, including those on the Windows Mobile platform, bringing together customers of other mobile network operator IM networks.
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Google said to be gaining from sale of pirated movies
New York: Media companies have accused Internet search engine Google of benefiting from the sale of pirated movies and providing business support to two Web sites which are suspected of offering access to illegal film downloads.

The flare-up comes amid negotiations between Google and the big film and TV studios over the unauthorized use of copyrighted programming by YouTube, a free video Web site Google bought last year after the site quickly became a cultural phenomenon.
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Cadbury to be prosecuted over salmonella contamination
London: Chocolates and confectionery major Cadbury is likely to be prosecuted under British environmental laws over the salmonella contaminated chocolates scam. Last year, more than a million Cadbury bars were taken out of the shops across Britain over fears that they may have been contaminated.

Officials are said to be close to finalising the lengthy and complex process of interviewing and evidence gathering. They have been investigating the likely cause of the original contamination, which could be leaky factory pipes and questionable hygiene standards.

They have also been trying to find out why the company did not alert Government health authorities like the Food Standards Agency and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) after finding it had a salmonella problem at its Marlbrook plant near Leominster in Herefordshire in January last year.

The company only admitted to the contamination after an alert from the HPA six months later.
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