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EU proposes Internet lessons

20 August 2009, 13:49

European bureaucracy reckons it’s important that we know how to use the Internet...

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MySpace to buy social music service iLike

18 August 2009, 11:15

Online social media competition hots up further as MySpace reciprocates recent Facebook acquisition.

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New web browser backed by Netscape founder

14 August 2009, 15:12

There are also signs that the browser could be made in cooperation with Facebook.

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Twitter used as command channel for botnet

14 August 2009, 14:05

A new botnet spreads itself by using twitter updates containing downloads or executables.

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Next-gen Google gets a caffeine rush

11 August 2009, 10:18

Google has unveiled a next-generation architecture for its hugely-popular search engine.

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Facebook acquires FriendFeed

11 August 2009, 09:45

The social media world consolidates as message and file aggregator is swallowed up by social networking giant.

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Gloggy arrives as the micro-blogging alternative to Twitter

7 August 2009, 14:25

Wait for the leading micro-blogging site to suffer a denial-of-service attack, then launch one of your own? Sounds a good idea.

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Twitter attack designed to silence one blogger?

7 August 2009, 11:28

The denial of service attack that affected social media sites was reportedly targeting a single person.

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Twitter goes down – world copes

6 August 2009, 16:54

Internet phenomenon du jour Twitter suffered a denial-of-service attack today and was down for an hour or so.

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News Corp to charge for all news websites

6 August 2009, 11:14

After announcing a full-year net loss of $3.4 billion, Rupert Murdoch decides things need to change online.

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Microsoft launches free UK TV service

30 July 2009, 10:27

MSN Video Player beta will be ad funded and stream older TV programmes from the BBC.

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Microsoft Yahoo! search deal expected to be announced today

29 July 2009, 10:18

Bing will become the default search engine on Yahoo! but Yahoo! will handle the sales.

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Twitter purges follower numbers

24 July 2009, 12:12

Online egos take a bettering as spammers are automatically removed from Twitter accounts.

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IE8 tip: analyse performance by checking add on load times

22 July 2009, 11:38

Want to know what could be slowing down your IE8 browsing experience? Read this.

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Microsoft to pull the plug on Soapbox

22 July 2009, 11:05

Microsoft's alternative to YouTube will be discontinued at the end of August.

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Yahoo gets a new look

21 July 2009, 16:44

Yahoo, one of the world's most popular web portals, has been given an overhaul.

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EU to hold Google Books hearing

21 July 2009, 14:16

Europe schedules a fact-finding exercise to look into the European antitrust implications of the settlement.

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Barnes & Noble takes on Amazon with eBookstore

21 July 2009, 10:39

Claims to be the world’s largest and is compatible with a wide range of devices.

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Microsoft Yahoo! search deal may still happen

20 July 2009, 16:43

Deal reportedly close to being finalised as large Yahoo! shareholder says he’s keen.

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EVE Online bank gets ripped off

3 July 2009, 13:54

Boss of a virtual bank in the MMO steals pretend money to turn into real-world cash.

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Google books deal to be investigated

3 July 2009, 10:06

The US Department of Justice has opened an antitrust investigation into the settlement with publishers.

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YouTube increases maximum size of video uploads from 1GB to 2GB

2 July 2009, 13:11

YouTube's now accepting large uploads of up to 2GB, but that doesn't exactly mean you can upload longer videos.

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Parliament not convinced by Digital Britain report

1 July 2009, 13:29

Announces new investigation to investigate findings of previous investigation...

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Joost loses out to Hulu

1 July 2009, 11:33

CEO steps down as strategy shifts to providing white label online video platforms for media companies.

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The Pirate Bay acquired by Global Gaming Factory X

30 June 2009, 14:03

Infamous file-sharing site sold for approximately £4.7 million. New owners outline plans for a legal future.

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VMware drops the ball with Microsoft attack

16 June 2009, 12:24

Virtualisation market leader forced to publicly apologise over Hyper-V YouTube attack.

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Universal and Virgin to offer unlimited music downloads

15 June 2009, 13:18

The inevitable has finally been acknowledged with subscription service launched planned by Christmas.

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Vanity URLs coming to Facebook this weekend

10 June 2009, 11:28

Want a custom Facebook URL? Sign up this Saturday.

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With a Bing and a Wave, the Microsoft Google battle continues

28 May 2009, 18:07

Microsoft claims Bing moves beyond search engines, while Google unveils Gmail on steroids.

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Microsoft to fight Google's search dominance with Bing?

27 May 2009, 15:07

Microsoft's keeping its next-gen search engine under wraps, but the Kumo codename may not stick.

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US video streaming site Hulu set for UK launch

22 May 2009, 10:47

Popular free US TV streaming service is reported to be planning to launch over here in September.

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Wolfram Alpha goes live

18 May 2009, 11:06

New ‘knowledge engine’ occupies the space in between Google and Wikipedia.

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Google admits to “embarrassing glitch”

15 May 2009, 09:23

Millions of Google and Gmail users suffered a compromised service yesterday due to a Google error.

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