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News Archive June 2005

30th June

• Yahoo Search Gets Social
• A moving test – Guardian Online feature
• Microsoft has Gaelic LIP on
• Google sued over "click fraud" in Web ads

29th June

• Microsoft backs GCap downloads in 1 year sponsorship
• Phishing pair jailed for ID fraud
• AMD hits Intel with antitrust suit
• Pakistan Internet link repairs to take three days

28th June

• Norway says yes to Open Source
• File-sharing suffers major defeat
• Phishers scamming data right from Emails
• Google launches in-browser video player

27th June

• Veritas-Symantec merger gets shareholder nod
• Microsoft expands its indemnity program
• 210 reasons to refuse a Freedom of Information request
• Sun Micro to publish more software source code

24th June

• Electronic forgery menaces humanity
• E-commerce now a turn-off - official
• EBay launches Web store-building service
• Microsoft to share its plans for Longhorn RSS support

23rd June

• Internal security attacks affecting banks
• Patent absurdity
• Supercomputers step up the pace
• Japan nuclear data leak raises security concerns

22nd June

• Microsoft to build Web-based 'Communicator'
• Japan cardholders 'hit' by theft
• IC pioneer Jack Kilby dies
• Young people switch off TV and radio to be online

21st June

• Internet adspend beats the market with 51.5% rise
• PC illiterate mother faces prison for music download
• The downside of search advertising
• Dark blogs and voices in the wilderness

20th June

• Online calendars make another appointment with Web
• Phishers look to net small fry
• PayPal under threat from rival Google system
• Change proposed in EU Microsoft case

17th June

• Nominet faces High Court over iTunes row
• UK Government warns of massive Trojan attack
• One-fifth of Web users prefer online news
• Search engine to donate 50% of revenue to charity

16th June

• Microsoft sues four companies for counterfeit sales
• Asian hackers 'target UK firms'
• Voice Over Wi-Fi on the way
• Users remain married to Windows 2000

15th June

• Opening time for OpenSolaris source code
• Yahoo buys VOIP provider, blog updates service
• Cisco pays over $1m per employee in takeover
• Online rush for Jackson news

14th June

• ISPA warns on choosing an ISP
• Apple tops list of fastest growing brands
• Blog reaction divided on Jackson acquittal
• Feature Article: Google, how big can it get?

13th June

• Happy birthday eBay
• VeriSign wins renewal of .Net control
• Bogus Jackson suicide claim used to spread malware
• Microsoft deletes 'freedom' and 'democracy' in China

10th June

• Chinese blogs face restrictions
• The bloggers have all the best news

9th June

• Wall St. does a numbers job on Linux
• Domain system creator honoured
• Hotmail users exposed to cookie snaffling exploit
• Google is richest media empire on Earth

8th June

• Veritas embraces 64-bit Windows/Linux on Opteron
• New domains must protect trade marks, says WIPO

7th June

• EU praises Microsoft reform plans

6th June

• Plans for creation of adult .xxx dotcom are slammed
• Apple to announce Intel 'Switch' - WSJ
• Google's long memory stirs privacy concerns
• Yahoo ditches fees on U.S. Web auctions

3rd June

• Microsoft admits MSN hack in S. Korea
• Making SSL More Secure
• Sex sites get dedicated Net home
• Poker firm comes up trumps in £5bn floatation

2nd June

• Parliament slapped for rubbish web presence
• Windows shopping
• eBay to buy Shopping.com for $620m cash
• EU gives Wales green light to go digital

1st June

• OSI Group to Slow License Influx?
• Blank virus blanks Email
• Microsoft meets Brussels deadline
• IE 7 not for Windows 2000 as OS support expires