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News Archive October 2006

31st October

• Second Life interest grows, with age of its visitors
• Old bugs blight shiny new browsers
• ABC News courting next generation on Internet
• Virgin ends viral campaign with anarchic site

30th October

• World discusses Internet future
• Online Christmas shoppers cost companies billions
• Who on Earth Would Pay $1 Million for Hell?
• Microsoft responds to Vista license concerns

27th October

• Google will not tolerate copyright breach by YouTube
• US agency views web’s raw talent in search for stars
• Pirates, sexy women popular online costume searches
• Private conversation is aim of new blog software

26th October

• ID theft scam hunt goes global
• Hackers disrupt on-line brokers
• Yahoo gears Toolbar, Bookmarks for social search
• Why it matters to master your domain

25th October

• Web watchdog outlines porn battle
• Autonomy targets China's online video market
• Hacker unlocks Apple music download protection
• US: Companies need to report cyber attacks

24th October

• 'ID theft risk' on bank websites
• IBM sues Amazon over web patents
• Google unveils ‘custom’ searches
• Firefox 2.0 Released: 'Bon Echo' Lives!

23rd October

• Stelios to sell cruises on eBay
• Google revenues surge 70% as profits almost double
• Goal footage warning for YouTube
• AOL CEO says sales may shrink

16th October

• Online world to get news bureau
• Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention
• Webcasting is next frontier for sports
• Feds bust Craigslist software pirates

13th October

• Call me Dave, want my kids?
• Bin Laden webmaster arrested
• UN forum focuses on Internet's future
• Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

12th October

• YouTube deal a catalyst for online video
• MySpace founder loses court case with News Corp.
• Virus busters wash their dirty linen in public
• Carphone Warehouse buys AOL to boost online expansion

11th October

• Google pushes into Office space
• Jamie Oliver hosts live masterclass via the web
• MySpace wants to expand relationship with Google
• eBay best match search worrying sellers

10th October

• Google nets YouTube in $1.65bn takeover
• How insecure do you think you are?
• Chinese crackers attack US.gov
• MusicNet, Napster agree digital royalties deal

9th October

• Internet gambling law may loosen - paper
• MySpace attracting an older Internet crowd
• Net crime 'big fear' for Britons
• Dramatic rise in email marketing activity revealed

6th October

• Viacom's Redstone balks at Facebook's $1bn price tag
• Internet 'diminishes influence of states'
• Tory leader falls victim to cybersquatters
• MySpace founder seeks probe of News Corp. deal

5th October

• Consolidation of formats helping online advertisers
• Google launches literacy portal
• U.S. pushes Russia in talks to close mp3 website
• Yahoo Ads in your pocket

4th October

• Analyst firm predicts YouTube is 'goin' down'
• Firefox zero-day code execution hoax?
• Virus infections drop, spam on the up
• Google boss warns politicians about Internet power

3rd October

• Vista hit by EC fears and McAfee ire
• EU welcomes autonomy plan for Internet governance
• AOL offers parental controls software to all web users
• Google opens full scale New York office

2nd October

• Online gaming in crisis after U.S. ban
• Podcasters plea for Microsoft's ear
• Internet control 'nears autonomy'
• Ebay's Express to take on Amazon