Microsoft is shedding another 7,800 jobs as it reorganises its Nokia mobile phone unit.

 Windows 10 is going to be the last major revision of the operating system.

 Microsoft has issued a security warning about a bug that could let attackers spy on supposedly secure communications.

VietNamNet Bridge – Microsoft’s mobile Office was offered for free on November 6 but it still cannot be used on mobile devices in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Samsung and Microsoft this year relocated their smartphone production bases in Vietnam as they have closed factories in other parts of the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has decided to delay the enforcement of a new regulation to pave the way for Microsoft to bring used equipment into the country.

The emergence and expansion of international technology corporations in Vietnam in the past two years shows an important shift in investment. The Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Foreign Investment Enterprise talks about this trend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Microsoft has decided to relocate its Nokia production base in China to Vietnam, but it may not be allowed to reuse old machines and equipment at its production base in Vietnam.

 Boeing, Microsoft boost co-operation with VN; Trade surplus hits $1.7b as exports see growth; Manufacturing boosts production index; Farm exports hit US$20.22 billion;

 US multinational companies – Boeing, Microsoft and Carix – told Vietnam Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong, who is on a Washington State visit  from August 19-20,  they hope to expand cooperative ties with Vietnam.

Parental awareness of child sexual abuse and its consequences is very low, especially in rural areas, Ngo Thanh Thuan of the Can Tho Family Planning Association, said at a seminar yesterday in HCM City.

 Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia's mobile phone business for 5.44bn euros ($7.5bn; £4.5bn).

For a variety of reasons, many Vietnamese computer users, both institutional and individual, have not taken any action to protect their computers from security holes since April 8, when Microsoft ended its support for the Windows XP operating system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese computer users still prefer Windows XP to Windows 8, though they have been warned that their computers are at a high risk of being hacked.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first time a foreign-invested enterprise in Vietnam was sued and had to pay the high compensation for using pirated computer software.

 VietNamNet Bridge – International organizations regularly announce the figures about the damage caused by the use of unlicensed software. However, it’s still unclear how reliable the figures are.

 A former Microsoft manager Brian Jorgenson, and his friend Sean Stokke, have been charged for insider trading by the US securities regulator.

 The Vietnamese telecommunications and technology giant, FPT, signed an agreement with Microsoft on Thursday to allow the use of Microsoft based solutions such as Windows Server and Microsoft Office.

Many people have been tricked out of money in a rush to buy low-cost plane tickets as the busy year-end season approaches.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Ngoc Son, Vice President of BKAV, the Vietnamese leading Internet security firm, pointed out that Microsoft’s MS12-027 has served as the most powerful weapon supporting the spyware campaigns in Vietnam.