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News Archive November 2005

30th November

• US Net body challenged over .com
• EBay traffic leads online shopping sites
• Microsoft stands by Vista ship dates
• Young ‘need lessons’ in legal downloading

29th November

• France leads Europe in Internet usage - study
• Kazaa to install anti-piracy tool
• Sober Worm fake CIA emails remain a threat
• Supremes look again at US patent law

28th November

• Man held over fake news
• Online fraud set to soar this Christmas
• Partnerships are Key to Online Travel Search Survival
• Santa cashes in on Christmas.co.uk

25th November

• Opera *nixed by security bug
• Kazaa given deadline to alter system
• Fake FBI virus catches Net users
• The complications of a botched operation

24th November

• Consumers underestimate computer virus threat-BT
• Visits to UK retail sites beat busiest period in 2004
• Google testing click-to-call service
• A truly open Office for Microsoft?

23rd November

• Students plagiarising Internet essays -report
• Internet TV 'to boom' in Europe
• Google gift to help digitize world
• Search usurping email as top Internet activity

22nd November

• Film-makers asked to spread Firefox word
• Online criminals shift focus of attack-study
• 'Highly critical' flaw in Google Mini search appliance
• Lads from Lagos set up Anfield branch

21st November

• MSN to power Times Online search function
• The world doesn't get it - no one 'owns'the Internet
• Google lets websites sign up advertisers directly
• Thousands of hits crash first rogues' gallery on Internet

18th November

• "Digital divide" not so easy to close, Kenyans find
• Media freedom issue blows up in Tunis
• Chinese Web users slow to buy, quick to have fun
• Google shares top $400 threshold

17th November

• Technology company in trouble over 'murder' copy
• Cashing in on fake blogs
• U.N. backs off Internet Governance
• GoogleNet conquers Mountain View

16th November

• U.S. House to vote on Net Governance
• Microsoft eyes supercomputer market
• Keyloggers jump 65% as info theft goes mainstream
• Firms 'ramping up online prices'

15th November

• Fishing 4 survival - media forced online
• Alleged techie killer Googled 'neck snap break'
• MSN expects China to be top five market by 2010
• Supercomputers set processor pace

14th November

• Tesco in e-mail marketing assault
• Teenage threat to corporate security
• 20 Years of Windows
• Internet showdown looming

11th November

• Suspect in 'rogue-dial' Internet con is arrested
• UN slates online costs for poor
• Microsoft and Satyam forge China partnership
• Yahoo! bows out of AOL takeover race

10th November

• Leaked Gates memo about perceived Google threat
• Call to outlaw Net ticket touts
• ICANN working to resolve U.N. issue
• A DIY kit for wannabe software developers

9th November

• Net pioneers awarded top honour
• Anti-Spyware takes a bite out of cookie accuracy
• AMD Takes the Lead in Intel's Red October
• Online ID theft worsens, scares US bank customers

8th November

• Microsoft's Next Generation
• Firefox fanbase reaches new high
• Sleepycat, PostgreSQL Snazz Up Their Open-Source Databases
• Web giants 'back net censorship'

7th November

• Yahoo, Google to launch new wireless services
• Microsoft brand calls to US talent eyeing India return
• Microsoft lead suitor for AOL: report
• How market researchers can use blogs

4th November

• U.S. charges 'Botmaster' in unique computer crime
• Microsoft to fit 'Live' with FolderShare
• Firefox gains ground on IE
• US online travel market shows strong growth

3rd November

• Time for the web pioneers to pick sides
• Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 RC1 roll out sparks complaints
• High-speed net could disappoint
• Action from Google as libraries post first books online

2nd November

• Google Revs up its scanners
• Delays hit hospital appointment system
• Microsoft shifts to ad-backed web software services
• Phishing gang jailed for £200,000 eBay scam

1st November

• Worm affects AOL instant messages
• Opera takes to the sky with Thales deal
• Wikipedia may go to print, says founder
• US take on fraud on the Internet