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Wikipedia offline for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA

17 January 2012, 13:43

Wikipedia flexes its muscles in protest of anti-piracy bill.

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UK Student faces 10 years in US jail for copyright infringement

17 January 2012, 11:13

Extradition approved for TVShack founder, who could face years behind bars.

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UK cities bid for share of £100m for higher broadband speeds

21 December 2011, 11:49

UK cities prepare to get "super-connected," but they'll have to fight for the cash first.

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Firefox 9 released, speeds up browser by up to 30%

20 December 2011, 14:48

Officially released tomorrow, but available to download today.

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100,000 XXX domains on sale today

6 December 2011, 12:05

New porn site domains up for grabs to the general public from 4pm today.

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Microsoft's file hosting service, SkyDrive gets overhaul

1 December 2011, 12:00

A host of improvements land for Windows Live SkyDrive.

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Police to have powers to shut-down UK websites immediately

25 November 2011, 09:49

Measures being put in place to allow UK police to shut-down sites without a court order.

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The 25 worst passwords for your online accounts revealed

24 November 2011, 10:26

If you use one of these passwords it's time to make a change...

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Google cuts Wave, Gears and other services

24 November 2011, 09:26

Google axes seven products as it focuses on getting Google+ up and running.

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Facebook porn spam attack under control

17 November 2011, 12:20

Facebook's family-friendly image affected by spam of violent and pornographic photos.

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Firefox 8 released, what's new?

9 November 2011, 09:11

Mozilla launches latest version of its web browser.

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Google+ adds Pages for businesses, brands

8 November 2011, 09:55

Now you can see what you're favourite brands are up to in Google+

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Top 5 browsers revealed, Internet Explorer loses ground

4 November 2011, 09:18

Google Chrome catches up with Firefox, but IE still most popular browser.

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Gmail refresh launches, adds host of new features

3 November 2011, 10:21

The new look email service from Google is now available.

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Mozilla and Microsoft release Firefox with Bing

28 October 2011, 09:27

Firefox binged with Microsoft's search engine.

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Revamped Gmail and Google Reader almost ready to launch

25 October 2011, 10:24

Google streamlines the interfaces for two of its popular services.

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Beware of Twitter phishing scams

24 October 2011, 10:35

Twitter phishing scams spreading like a virus. Here are the latest ones...

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Internet porn block measures will "protect our children"

12 October 2011, 09:26

Four UK ISPs set to offer government-backed opt-in, opt-out scheme.

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German government admits planting trojan to spy on citizens

11 October 2011, 13:27

Pressure from hacker group causes German officials to admit planting "R2D2" trojan.

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“R2D2” - backdoor Trojan invading privacy?

10 October 2011, 09:39

Claims that government-backed Trojan Horse records conversations and keystokes.

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Google brings YouTube Movies to the UK

7 October 2011, 17:08

The search giant goes toe-to-toe with Amazon’s Love Film.

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Anonymous declares war on NYSE in support of Wall St. protests

6 October 2011, 09:02

Hacking collective warns of a day never to be forgotten as it plans attack on NYSE.

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Hotmail overhaul continues as new Android app "trends"

5 October 2011, 10:25

Microsoft tempts email users back to Hotmail with new features and Android app.

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Twitter buzzing with UARS satellite jokes

23 September 2011, 17:36

Tweeters make light of inevitable crash of UARS satellite.

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Google introduces several new search features

15 June 2011, 09:32

The search giant gets back to basics with a number of new features designed to make search easier.

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Google algorithm change targets low quality content

25 February 2011, 11:35

A major change to the Google ranking system will affect 11.8 percent of searches.

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Sony debuts cloud digital music service

22 December 2010, 14:32

Yet another musical monthly subscription plan.

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LinkedIn publishes top ten clichés used in profiles

20 December 2010, 11:39

A toe-curling list of the buzzwords we use to persuade people to give us a job interview.

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Surfin' Bird aims to be this year’s X-Factor killer

16 December 2010, 11:52

Once more a Facebook group attempts to ensure the X-Factor winner isn’t Christmas number one.

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The top Facebook status update trends for 2010

14 December 2010, 15:30

If you suspected you were out of touch before, this latest list will surely confirm it.

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Cuban government launches its own Wikipedia

14 December 2010, 11:38

No profit motive...but a clear political agenda.

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The iPad and Paul the Octopus make 2010 Twitter Trends

13 December 2010, 17:09

But Gulf Oil Spill takes the top spot.

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Antoine Dodson’s Bed Intruder Song 2010’s most watched on YouTube

13 December 2010, 15:10

Google has published the top ten most watched videos of the year on YouTube.

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