BBC News – Windows 7 flies off virtual shelf Amazon has said that sales of Windows 7 in the first eight hours it was available outstripped those of Windows Vista’s entire 17 week pre-order period.

Silicon.com – Facebook plots the way ahead as users hit 250 million Facebook has officially grown to 250 million active users across the world, according to a post on the company blog by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Computer Weekly – Cybercriminals adopt business strategies Online criminals are using state of the art business strategies to commit cybercrimes, says network equipment maker Cisco. The Cisco midyear security report published yesterday showed that internet criminals are using software as a service (SaaS), collaborative partnerships, and other enterprise strategies to do improve profitability. 

Financial Times – Cyber-attack investigation has leads but no suspects
The probe of the cyber-attacks on US and South Korean websites last week has turned up a number of suspected command computers, including a possible “master” server in the UK.

Computing – Does Azure have the allure to drive enterprises into the cloud?
Enterprise buyers continue to harbour doubts about putting business-critical applications in the cloud, their chief concerns being security and availability. But with industry heavyweight Microsoft recently unveiling its massively scalable cloud computing platform, Azure, IT leaders may take a closer look at cloud services.