Facebook users hit by virus

Miles — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus designed to get hold ...

Can technology spin loose from the downward spiral?

Miles — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:47:00 +0000
Tech industry cycles have often spun upwards even as the rest of the economy slips into recession. Will 2008 prove an exception?

Google and Yahoo! revise ad deal terms

Miles — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:52:00 +0000
The new plan comes as the two online-advertising giants face mounting pressure to ditch or revise the pact by regulators

Google caught up in row over gay marriage vote

Miles — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:23:00 +0000

Google has become embroiled in a row about gay marriage after opponents of same-sex unions in California used the search ...

Gordon Brown says government cannot ensure data safety

Miles — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Gordon Brown has made a frank admission that government cannot promise the safety of personal data entrusted by the ...

eBay buyer faces libel action after leaving negative feedback

Miles — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:57:00 +0000

A man is facing legal action for libel after leaving negative feedback for an item he bought on auction website ...

Yahoo! axes 1500 jobs as profits fall 64%

Miles — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:19:00 +0100

Yahoo!, the online search engine, is to slash 10 per cent of its workforce in a move to cut costs ...

Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones

Miles — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:51:00 +0100

Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans ...

Internet phone calls are crippling fight against terrorism

Miles — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:49:00 +0100

The huge growth in internet telephone traffic is jeopardising the capability of police to investigate almost every type of crime, ...

IP address timebomb

Miles — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:03:00 +0100
IP addresses are as crucial to websites as street addresses are for businesses but some network engineers predict that we will run out of them in two years. What is the solution?

Father of the internet: 'web is running out of addresses'

Miles — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:59:00 +0100

The world is about to run out of the internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, ...

Google phone - the first review

Miles — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:27:00 +0100

Mousetrap blog: A $250,000 snub for the Google phone

The T-Mobile G1 is great. The iPhone is better.

Google’s ...

Ex-Google staff launch rival search engine, Cuil

Miles — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:47:00 +0100

A group of former Google employees is hoping to outmanouvre their old boss by developing a rival search engine they ...

Google takes on Microsoft with browser

Miles — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:23:00 +0100

Google will today launch its own web browser called Google Chrome in another expansion by the search giant into the ...

Will bookworms get their teeth into the Sony Reader?

Miles — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:17:00 +0100

Outside the British Library the slim volume in my hands could mark the beginning of the end for slim volumes. ...

Nokia takes on Apple with 'all you can eat' music

Miles — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:11:00 +0100
A phone that lets owners download an unlimited number of tracks and keep them indefinitely aims to rein in the iPod

Students who cheated their way into business school will be expelled

Miles — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:19:00 +0100

Thousands of business-school students in Britain and abroad are being investigated for cheating. In the latest scandal to hit the ...

Gary McKinnon, British computer hacker, loses appeal over US extradition

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:39:00 +0100

A British man accused of the biggest military computer hack in history is facing extradition after losing his last-ditch appeal ...

Amazon takes on eBay with PayPal rival

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:32:00 +0100
A new online service will allow retailers to offer customers one-click payment by selling via Amazon's website

Google power 'less than thought' as eBay starts boycott

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:29:00 +0100

There was encouraging news for the growing army of Google-haters yesterday when a leading internet advertising researcher suggested that the ...

Amazon launches music download service to challenge iTunes

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:25:00 +0100
Amazon MP3, which will offer songs without copy protection for as little as 89c, is likely present a threat to iTunes, analysts say

The 100-year-olds who use Wikipedia and Google

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:23:00 +0100
Three in every hundred centenarians have used the online encyclopaedia, and four times that number use the web

Overbooked: airlines face a web rebellion

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:19:00 +0100
Technology is giving airline passengers the power to organise resistance to irritating practices as overbooking

Nintendo profits touch $1bn on Wii phenomenon

Miles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:14:00 +0100

Nintendo, the Japanese gaming giant, has more than $1 billion (£500 million) of net profit in the first three months ...

Internet users to pay £30 annual 'licence fee' to download music

Miles — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:22:00 +0100

Internet users face being charged an annual "licence fee" of £30 to download music as part of a new crackdown ...

Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy

Miles — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:11:00 +0100

Parents whose children download music and films illegally will be blacklisted and have their internet access curbed under government reforms ...

Asprox computer virus infects key government and consumer websites

Miles — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:28:00 +0100

Cyber-criminals have attacked key government and consumer websites, allowing them to steal the personal details of anyone browsing the sites, ...

Sharp fall in profits increases pressure on Yahoo!

Miles — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:31:00 +0100

Pressure on Yahoo! to complete a deal with a rival such as Microsoft increased last night after the internet search ...

Millionaire Gary Dean silences gossips by putting divorce deal online

Miles — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0100

When a prominent businessman and friend of the stars divorced the mother of his four children, local gossips said that ...

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Crew sacked over Facebook posts

Facebook users hit by virus

Can technology spin loose from the downward spiral?

Google and Yahoo! revise ad deal terms

Google caught up in row over gay marriage vote

Gordon Brown says government cannot ensure data safety

eBay buyer faces libel action after leaving negative feedback

Yahoo! axes 1500 jobs as profits fall 64%

Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones

Internet phone calls are crippling fight against terrorism

IP address timebomb

Father of the internet: 'web is running out of addresses'

Google phone - the first review

Ex-Google staff launch rival search engine, Cuil

Google takes on Microsoft with browser

Will bookworms get their teeth into the Sony Reader?

Nokia takes on Apple with 'all you can eat' music

Students who cheated their way into business school will be expelled

Gary McKinnon, British computer hacker, loses appeal over US extradition

Amazon takes on eBay with PayPal rival

Google power 'less than thought' as eBay starts boycott

Amazon launches music download service to challenge iTunes

The 100-year-olds who use Wikipedia and Google

Overbooked: airlines face a web rebellion

Nintendo profits touch $1bn on Wii phenomenon

Internet users to pay £30 annual 'licence fee' to download music

Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy

Asprox computer virus infects key government and consumer websites

Sharp fall in profits increases pressure on Yahoo!

Millionaire Gary Dean silences gossips by putting divorce deal online