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eBay downtime at the worst time

24 November 2009, 09:04

The e-tailer suffered some serious downtown this weekend, just as Americans get ready to kick off the holiday season with Thanksgiving and shop-till-you-drop Black Friday.

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Search engines to pay for content?

23 November 2009, 10:35

The FT reports Microsoft is in talks with News Corp to list its news content exclusively on Bing.

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Legislation seeks to nix Internet censorship

23 November 2009, 09:25

A Republican-led bill is seeking to prevent Internet search giants like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft from complying with restrictive regulations in authoritarian regimes like China.

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Google executives talk up Chrome OS

20 November 2009, 09:25

They answered questions about its potential, its limitations and its ability to revolutionise computing.

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Google buys VoIP firm and prepares for Chrome OS

16 November 2009, 08:47

The Internet giant has been busy recently, with the acquisition of Internet phone startup Gizmo5, and rumours that Chrome OS will emerge next week.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: 7digital, mobile Internet and piracy

13 November 2009, 12:04

In part two of our exclusive interview with 7digital CEO Ben Drury, we cover the broader trends affecting his business.

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Vatican learns from from Facebook, Google

13 November 2009, 10:08

The Holy See is being advised by web executives attending a Vatican symposium on the Internet and digital youth culture.

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Microsoft launches Bing UK

13 November 2009, 09:33

The search engine moves out of beta and introduces some localised features.

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Microsoft adds computational knowledge to Bing search results

12 November 2009, 11:29

Partnership with Wolfram Alpha bolsters Bing's search credentials.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: 7digital and the future of the music business

11 November 2009, 13:43

Ben Drury, the CEO of digital media company 7digital, talks about his company and how the music industry is adapting to current realities.

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Murdoch to remove sites from Google’s index

9 November 2009, 19:19

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says his News Corporation will make its content unfindable on Google when it launches its paid content strategy.

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Google battles Big Brother image

9 November 2009, 13:22

The firm's CEO says it is trying not to cross the "creepy" line when it comes to data collection and dissemination.

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Facebook phisher reeled in

3 November 2009, 08:29

A facebook spammer has been fined a whopping $711 million in damages after a phishing scheme which compromised tens of thousands of users.

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Bundle Box takes the guess work out of U.S. imports

29 October 2009, 17:30

Fancy yourself a Zune HD, or found a product cheaper over in the U.S.? Bundle Box can import it for you.

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Google tells FCC it only blocked 100 sex lines

29 October 2009, 12:51

Google has responded to a letter from the FCC asking the Internet giant to explain why its Google Voice system was blocking certain high cost numbers.

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Amazon unveils PayPhrase system

29 October 2009, 11:58

The e-tail giant is allowing punters to choose memorable phrases and a four digit PIN to facilitate shopping online.

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Google launches music search feature – but only in the US

29 October 2009, 10:21

The search giant decides to get into the music business as its tentacles spread ever further.

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ICANN to allow URLs in non Latin script

28 October 2009, 11:37

The body charges with setting rules and regulations for URLs and domain names has said non-Latin script should start making an appearance in URLs early next year.

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Popular technology blog falls foul of malware scam

27 October 2009, 17:10

Technology blog Gizmodo has warned that it may have passed on malware to its readers.

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Google's Brin weighs in on Bing

23 October 2009, 14:00

Google's co-founder and president of technology, Sergey Brin, says it's a shame Yahoo has had to team up with Microsoft.

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Amazon unveils Kindle for PC app

22 October 2009, 20:10

For those who can't afford, or don't want, to cough up for a Kindle, Amazon is releasing a new Kindle app for PCs next month.

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Bing and Google to include tweets in search results

22 October 2009, 11:06

Both search engine giants announce deals with Twitter, with the Bing version already in public beta.

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Sky announces Sky Player Windows 7 integration

21 October 2009, 20:04

Sky has announced that its new Sky Player Internet TV service will be integrated into Microsoft's new Windows 7 Media Centre.

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Virgin America and Google offer free Wi-Fi

20 October 2009, 14:19

For the holiday season, Virgin America airlines and Google have teamed up to offer passengers free Wi-Fi.

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Social media dos and do nots revealed

19 October 2009, 22:25

Two separate surveys shed some surprising light on the new "manners" of social media, especially when it comes to mobile internet devices

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Microsoft says most Sidekick data has been recovered

15 October 2009, 09:37

Having been warned that their personal data was lost, it looks like affected Sidekick users are OK after all.

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Sky News now available online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

14 October 2009, 11:07

Sky News has been made available online, for free, at news.sky.com.

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Microsoft and T-Mobile in cloud mega-fail

12 October 2009, 10:16

Users of the Sidekick smartphone have probably lost all their personal data thanks to a server failure.

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Study warns of need to wake up to cyber threat

12 October 2009, 08:56

Research organisation says dealing with cyber threats to national security should be given extra importance.

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HEXUS.TalkingShop: e-victims and the human cost of phishing

9 October 2009, 16:36

The recent leaking of thousands of email account details has brought phishing onto the front pages.

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Yahoo! says it hasn't neglected search

8 October 2009, 14:08

Yahoo! is rolling out a host of new search tools in order to remind people the firm is still dedicated to the Internet query market, despite an imminent deal with ...

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Gmail victim of phishing scam too, admits Google

8 October 2009, 14:00

Google has now confessed that its free Gmail service was also affected by a recent phishing scheme that rendered 10,000 to 20,000 email accounts - including Hotmail, Yahoo and others ...

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