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Twitter focuses on geolocation

24 December 2009, 12:08

The acquisition of Mixer Labs means future tweets will be tagged with your location.

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BPI losing the battle against filesharing

22 December 2009, 10:01

The latest figures from the UK music industry trade body show little progress has been made against illegal music downloads.

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We didn’t do what they told us

21 December 2009, 09:35

Anti-establishment anthem Killing In The Name confirmed at Christmas number one after public backlash to X Factor.

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INQ names the UK’s most influential Twits

17 December 2009, 16:49

UK phone maker rates the relative influence of British Twitter users, and Stephen Fry is not number one.

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Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

17 December 2009, 12:46

Who needs user surveys? Facebook gets all the information it needs just from your surname.

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Facebook rages against the X Factor

16 December 2009, 10:16

A Facebook group opposed to the X Factor domination of the Christmas charts is gaining momentum.

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Google aims to take a slice of the URL-shortening pie

15 December 2009, 10:39

Google has unveiled its own URL shortener in the form of Goo.gl.

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Mysterious Google countdown leads to the unknown

15 December 2009, 09:55

Google's year-end countdown is live, but will there be anything significant at the end?

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Mingleverse virtual rooms allow for content streaming

14 December 2009, 10:49

Canadian firm Mingleverse is offering users a virtual 'living room' of sorts where users can watch live streamed content together and cut carbon emissions to boot.

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Bing better for ad clicks says study

11 December 2009, 08:54

A recent study by ad network Chitika says that despite Google's massive traffic, Bing users click more on search based ads.

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US data consumption goes through the roof

10 December 2009, 09:41

A new study has found Americans absorbed some 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008.

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Cisco says Brazil overtakes US in spamming

9 December 2009, 10:51

A report by Cisco systems has revealed the US has lost its spam crown to Brazil and also warns that phishing schemes on social networks are increasing.

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Murdoch attacks aggregators and regulators

8 December 2009, 12:49

Rupert Murdoch has identified aggregators and misguided government intervention as main threats to the press.

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Apple buys online streaming service LaLa

7 December 2009, 09:32

Cupertino's finest has tied up with a Palo Alto music-streaming firm in a bid to stave off the competition.

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Google gets its own dictionary and buys AppJet for Wave

7 December 2009, 09:27

The Internet giant can't seem to sit still for a minute, announcing its plans for its own online dictionary as well as its acquisition of collaborative editing software firm AppJet.

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Microsoft apologises for Bing outage

4 December 2009, 10:30

Software giant's search engine suffers global downtime.

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Google rolls out new-look home page

3 December 2009, 12:42

World's most popular search engine opts for a minimalist approach.

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7digital CEO disses MySpace Music launch

3 December 2009, 11:54

Ben Drury questions whether MySpace can attract enough users and criticises some of its claims.

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Microsoft revamps Bing Maps

3 December 2009, 11:34

Streetside, Photosynth, an Enhanced Bird’s Eye View and an Application Gallery all arrive on Microsoft's online mapping tool.

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Google's year-end Zeitgeist highlights 2009 trends

2 December 2009, 11:41

Michael Jackson becomes the King of Search, whilst social networking reigns supreme in the UK and US.

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Google’s concession to Murdoch unlikely to be enough

2 December 2009, 10:08

Will the new five click limit on accessing premium content be enough to appease the media mogul?

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Facebook, MySpace block New York sex offenders

2 December 2009, 09:31

Both social networking sites have used data supplied by the state of New York to kick registered sex offenders off their sites.

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MMORPG criminal gets nicked in real world

2 December 2009, 09:26

A British phisher who nefariously used the usernames and passwords he acquired to steal virtual loot in RuneScape has been arrested.

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The dirtiest websites are also the filthiest

30 November 2009, 11:48

Symantec has published its list of the ‘dirtiest websites of 2009’ and unsurprisingly it’s dominated by ‘adult’ sites.

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Surge in ‘premium content’ as social media spend increases

30 November 2009, 10:26

Regional publisher to charge for online content, while most companies plan to spend more on social media.

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Absolute Radio launches iTunes tagging

27 November 2009, 17:28

Now, if you hear song you like while using the radio on your iPod nano, you can tag it to buy later on iTunes.

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Google’s role in the dissemination of content under scrutiny

25 November 2009, 09:28

The search giant has apologised for some content unearthed by its searches, while Eric Schmidt visits Iraq.

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Canada and Australia clear Yahoo-Microsoft ad deal

25 November 2009, 08:47

Both countries have said the proposed ad deal doesn't represent an antitrust threat in their opinion and have given the go ahead to the deal.

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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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