ZDNet – 3 for broadband
Mobile operator 3 said wireless services can help the government meet its commitment for universal broadband access, providing issues surrounding the release of low-frequency spectrum are resolved.

Silicon.com – Businesses to get hands on Windows 7 in September
Day 1 of Microsoft’s partner conference the software giant announced businesses will get access to Windows 7 earlier. The company said business customers will be able to get Windows 7 ahead of its 22 October retail launch, though they won’t be able to get it immediately after the code is finalised. Microsoft said businesses will be able to order Windows 7 from volume licensing partners as of 1 September.

The Guardian – Microsoft starts to unveil Office 2010, but it’s still perhaps a year away
Microsoft started to publicise details of Microsoft Office 2010, at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans today. The main news is that Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 “have reached the technical preview engineering milestone”. These are pre-beta versions, not suitable for production use. There should be a public beta later this year, with the final release “in the first half of 2010

BBC News – Microsoft Office takes to the web
Microsoft has announced that it plans to release a free web-based version of its Office software next year, the announcement came just days after Google announced plans to release an operating system designed to compete with Windows.

Total Telecom – Tools for Tweets
Twitter is changing the way small businesses market themselves. Now a host of software companies are trying to change the way small businesses use Twitter.