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News Archive June 2007

29th June

• MySpace changes its technology strategy to meet rivals
• Google and Yahoo in top 10 social media brands
• IBM & Microsoft partner for midmarket cluster server
• How to keep your child safe online

28th June

• One in three teens bullied online
• Security is brought to the virtual world by Layer 7
• Red Hat version of Linux software announces profit
• Beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux launched

27th June

• Internet surpassed TV as "most essential" medium
• Even skeptical computer users fall for email scams
• Second generation hit by Windows Live
• Cost hampers green IT structure

26th June

• Microsoft dismisses Google's latest legal maneuver
• ICANN considers major expansion of available IP addresses
• Linux coders tackle power efficiency
• Plaxo looks to social networking market

25th June

• Anonymity of the Internet is a lure for sexual predators
• Stress can lead to insufficient productivity
• Fake Adobe Shockwave Player tricks users
• Next generation of network firewalls

22nd June

• Top level domain names have huge asking price
• Privacy weirdness: It's not just for Google anymore
• Users secretly ashamed of activities online
• British democracy undermined by e-vote

21st June

• Companies failing to exploit value of IP, says PwC
• One in four web merchants do not know web shopping laws
• BBC.co.uk may lose number one position to YouTube
• Social networking sites are growing up

20th June

• Google lobbying on environmental issues
• YouTube tailored to local culture in nine countries
• Solving the Distributed Data Protection Problem
• News Corp may buy MySpace for 25% stake in Yahoo!

19th June

• Google opens blog to tackle internet privacy
• Websites infected by Trojan that installs malware
• Customers can find better deals by effective searching
• UK police smash global Internet pedophile ring

18th June

• Wireless networks tax cities because of technical concerns
• Will internet collapse under its own weight?
• Microsoft to make its products more interoperable

15th June

• Wireless networks almost trebled in London
• Novell and Open-Xchange update collaboration offers
• Tivoli software combines with Cisco's Active Network Abstrac
• Men jailed after attempted £2m con

14th June

• Microsoft inks a deal with Linspire
• New ways of developing blur border between online & offline
• Firms slash the power consumption of technology
• Web inventor awarded the Order of Merit

13th June

• Microsoft uses favourite regional dialect words
• Search friendly = user friendly
• New security patches from Microsoft
• Symantec cleans up Veritas data centre clutter

8th June

• Do-gooders doing Google Earth
• Bugs let attackers snatch control of Windows PCs via IM
• Windows challenged by Google
• DOS attack hits Windows XP

7th June

• Internet weighs about two ounces
• Fishermen "salvaging" fibre-optic lines
• Growth in domain name game
• Not all publicity is good publicity for Yahoo! & Google

6th June

• Europeans visit Google most
• Firefox 3.0 may block malicious websites
• Google buys server software firm Peakstream
• Internet could 'change beyond all recognition'

5th June

• Microsoft and Linux in open source deal
• Bugs found in Microsoft and Mozilla camps
• Google, Salesforce.com customer relationship management
• Facebook 'groups' set up by H&M and Apple

4th June

• Group rips Microsoft over Internet user profiling research
• RSS company FeedBurner bought by Google
• Five simple steps to greening your data centre
• Virtual world avatars used by kids to socialise

1st June

• Mozilla has plugged a few holes in Firefox
• Fedora 7 Linux gives wider reach to developer community
• Notorious spammer arrested
• Price is less important in online shopping