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In the news this week. Why are AOL and Yahoo set to charge for receiving email? From The Guardian Because they are trying to thwart spammers, and make a bit of cash on the side. US web phone firm Vonage to float
 Vonage, the broadband phone company, is to float its shares in the US, the first big company of its kind to do so. Dell in search tests with Google. Computer-maker Dell is running tests with Google to see if it will install the firm's software on its products. Microsoft Sets Pricing on OneCare Live Security Service
From SCI-TECH TODAY. Microsoft has detailed pricing and availability for OneCare Live, a security service that is designed to bring antivirus, antispyware, and backup capabilities into one constantly updating online package. Apple unveils cut-price iPod nano. The smaller-capacity, 1-gigabyte Nano sells for $149.

Profits down, sales up at Cisco. Added expenses from staff share deals contributed to the dip in profits. Eating at Your Desk Bad for Your Health . Early bird-registration for the European Shareware Conference is open.

 The Kiss My Butt award of the week. This week it goes to all those nice people that are members of the United States Telecom Association. Representatives of the US telecoms groups said the high level of investment needed to extend broadband networks meant they should have the power to charge internet companies fees in return for guaranteeing a specific level of service.

News from Henk Devos of SharewareBlogs.com  Digital River has again announced huge profits. In the fourth quarter of 2006, they earned $17.7 million. Big news from VMWare: They announced the availability of a free version of their server software. An interesting Valentine action is coming from Aha Software. They are offering their IconLover software for 50% off.


News from Dave Collins of SharewarePromotions The wrath of Google, Google kicks BWM out of the Google index. Google Talk and ads. Amazon competing with Google?

 Our guest this week is Nick Michaelson of Silver Fox  Nick's company develops labeling solutions in Great Britain. Silver Fox has been honoured with the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise – International Trade 2005. This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC.