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News Archive March 2007

30th March

• Orange launches Bebo Mobile
• Online news readers don't have shorter attention span
• YouTube adds features, test site
• BBC launches mobile TV trial with Orange, Vodafone & 3

29th March

• MySpace and Eisner link up for online drama promotion
• Web filters mistakenly blocking Yahoo
• Users want more tools to slay spam
• Hackers build private IM to keep out the law

28th March

• Microsoft buys into cross-browser development
• ID theft threats have surged 200% in US this year
• Yahoo to offer unlimited email storage
• MySpace sues the ‘Spam King’ for $100m

27th March

• EU gives Microsoft more time to correct 'abuses'
• EMI, Bertelsmann settle Napster suit
• 100s of email passwords exposed by entertainment website
• Bulgarian 'stole $350k' from Americans in eBay scam

26th March

• Many net users 'not safety-aware'
• Google's expansion comes at a price: it's losing popularity
• Microsoft spins out new search and advertising group
• Many Americans see little point to web: survey

23rd March

• Old media fights back with online video site

22nd March

• Xbox Live accounts 'not hacked'
• Video war erupts between Clinton, Obama backers
• Can filesharers be made to pay?
• Man hijacks 90 eBay accounts

21st March

• Virgin Media frontrunner in race to acquire Pipex

19th March

• IE7 phishing bug nets concern
• 'Surge' in hijacked PC networks
• Google expansion leads to impatience
• Two plead guilty in U.S. Internet gambling case

16th March

• Sony unveils a 3D MySpace with games
• Web 3.0 survives the wrath of Wikipedians
• Europe exec confirms Google Phone
• Mozilla Security: More Than Meets The 'Aye'

15th March

• The unsung guardians of the Internet
• Microsoft buys voice tech company
• Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole
• Shanghai jails leaders of online betting ring

14th March

• Disney’s launches ‘wiki’ website aimed at parents
• Report: Government domains safe—unless it's Romania
• Microsoft expands cybersquatter fight
• Viacom opens $1bn legal battle against Google and YouTube

13th March

• News International joins Internet Watch Foundation
• Microsoft's Raikes: Office won't go online
• UK.gov not ready to share on data sharing
• Internet name system in growing danger: U.N. agency

12th March

• Game over for China's net addicts
• Discovering your dream house on YouTube
• Data centers meet 'green building' standards
• Human error more dangerous than hackers

9th March

• Hole in pyjamas reveals Internet plagiarism
• Wikipedia intends to challenge Google, Yahoo
• Geological knowledge to go online
• MySpace to take on YouTube

8th March

• Google, Baidu race to set up online library in China

7th March

• New website may smooth patent process
• 'Adult' spam hits all-time low
• UN to tackle global guidelines for mountains of e-waste
• Internet use up 10% worldwide

6th March

• eBay users targeted by advanced Trojan
• BBC and IBM strike 'web 3.0' deal
• Webcasters face doubling of royalties
• A new angle, peer-to-web publishing
• China bans new Internet cafes for a year

5th March

• The rise of technology addiction
• Teens online: not all fun and games
• Get ready for the data dump
• A do-it-yourself social network

2nd March

• Superbug threat to computer networks
• Viacom boasts of higher web traffic after YouTube clash
• Online ads diet planned for Adobe Photoshop
• 'Harry Potter' author fights e-book fraud on eBay
• BBC signs deal with YouTube for top shows

1st March

• Recording industry urges students to stop downloads
• Google to offer more click fraud protection
• Trading hurt by failing servers
• The political power of the network