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News Archive April 2007

30th April

• Red Hat has new open-source OS strategy
• Google releases custom add-ons to system
• Microsoft embraces web strategy at Mix07
• Spammers avoid filters

27th April

• Company re-engineers testing suite to target dynamic apps
• Google 'frantic' about personalised home page glitch
• Sony launches rival to YouTube
• Online archive provides details 100,000 slaves

26th April

• Heir paid detectives to hack e-mails of estranged wife
• Dial-through fraudsters using VoIP to outwit detectives
• Microsoft starts testing Windows "Longhorn" server
• Red Hat acquires MetaMatrix

25th April

• Google enhances MySQL databases
• Website to report cyber-crime considered by government
• Innovation limits, network-provider liability on the table
• More cyberattacks to originate from the web than email

24th April

• First online debate between presidential candidates
• Teachers say Wi-Fi making us sick, students crazy
• Microsoft critical bug in DNS Server
• Hackers break into a system and sabotage data

23rd April

• Teens keep online profiles private
• Variety of e-voting and counting techs to be deployed
• E-invoicing designed to operate across borders
• Data-source issues hinder IT embrace of Web 2.0 tools

20th April

• Cybercrime victims given a voice in portal scheme
• Two out of three sites have serious flaws
• Google delivers solid earnings to $1bn
• eBay profits increase as user fees pumped up

19th April

• Cybercrooks better at hiding malicious code
• Virtual life coaches needed
• Youth crime in China can be blamed on Internet
• microsoft signs cross-licensing agreement with Samsung

18th April

• Chip and pin machine at home to cut fraud
• Privacy advocates uneasy over Google-DoubleClick
• Person who leaked Windows Home Server identified
• Web 2.0 is less participatory than assumed
• Illegal users of wi-fi cautioned

17th April

• Firms worry about unfettered usage of USBs
• Broadcasters reassured by Google
• HTML may be getting its first major point update
• Employers warned on email spying

16th April

• Joost adds shows, crosses fingers
• Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
• China launches online porn purge
• DNS shows signs of stress from financial maneuverings

13th April

• Google launches Paypal rival in UK
• Cybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw
• Massive spam of 'Storm Trojan' reaches record proportions
• Customers stop shopping at stores that suffer data breaches

12th April

• How much will a data breach cost your company?
• Patch Tuesday brings fixes for critical Windows flaws
• UK escapes global SPAM dirty dozen
• Speed boost plan for file-sharing

11th April

• Google building data centers at fast-food franchise speed
• Dell claims rack servers better than blades
• Yahoo to sign deal for 33 Viacom websites
• High-tech eatery adds social networking spin

10th April

• Websites urged to act on bullies
• Google apologises to Sohu.com for 'mistake'
• Hackers dupe users with spam about bogus US-Iran war
• Shortlists for Metro blog awards

5th April

• Can the internet be truly neutral?
• EU blow to Microsoft on Windows
• Google lets users create own maps
• UK.biz still reluctant to report cybercrime

4th April

• Freed blogger calls release a victory
• FBI checks gambling in Second Life virtual world
• Intel launches Quad-Core Chip for embedded systems
• Cyber bullying threat to teachers

3rd April

• SOA Software, Red Hat Tout 'Open Source SOA'
• Broadband kills off consumer ISDN
• MySpace frees up firms to sell digital downloads
• New vulnerability strikes heart of Web 2.0

2nd April

• Theft of 45.6M card numbers largest heist yet
• Tiny files set for a big future
• Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw
• SonyBMG deletes demo CDs, logs onto blogs