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News Archive September 2007

28th September

• Google on defensive over Microsoft claims
• Microsoft gears for battle with sharper search tools
• Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay
• Google looking at privacy protections for users

27th September

• Microsoft revamps Windows Live search, eyes Google
• 10 times faster broadband connections
• Google to expand European presence
• Dell commits to Carbon-Neutral operations

26th September

• Red Hat beats Q2 expectations with Linux sales
• IBM introduces web scripting tool
• Java security gets the Microsoft treatment
• New cracks in Google mail

25th September

• Microsoft in talks to buy Facebook stake
• Microsoft sets pricing on Office 2008 for Mac
• iPhone hacks void warranty, Apple says
• The bill looms for Broadband Britain

24th September

• Mozilla reveals new Firefox security features
• Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows
• Blogger Beware: The legal risks of blogging
• Seeking the key to web privacy

21st September

• Intel launches developer-focused sites
• PDF added to list of invisible attacks
• Google plans move into UK mobile and broadband market
• Fight cyber bullies, schools told

20th September

• Firefox won't save you from IE flaws
• Microsoft PerformancePoint hits the street
• Intel pushing technology from high-end to low
• Yahoo Messenger hit with ninth zero-day exploit of the year

19th September

• Mozilla updates with the QuickTime fix
• Self-regulation often works better than legislation
• Is there such a thing as 'Green' data centre?
• ICANN 9th anniversary as backbone of internet

18th September

• Insurers adopting internet more aggressively than others
• Cash reward for Facebook programs
• Data Protection Directive apparently botched by UK
• New MySQL Enterprise Suite due soon

14th September

• South Korea Sends Intel Antitrust Statement
• Microsoft dispells rumours of stealth Windows updates
• China warns of virus-tainted mooncake e-cards
• Net gains for tiny Pacific nation

13th September

• Canada says Google Map could break privacy law
• Firefox gets BitTorrent
• Emmy-winning TV creators launch show on Web
• Microsoft bows to Google's Vista beef

12th September

• China says it suffers "massive" internet spy damage
• Microsoft and Novell open joint development lab
• Software developer sues to muzzle website users
• Patent law passed in US, but Presidential veto could follow

11th September

• News Corp won't pull videos from iTunes
• AMD To Release Faster Quad-Core In December
• Skype worm blows bubbles at victims
• Gates says goodbye at Microsoft's annual meeting

10th September

• Are you ready for the mobile computing revolution?
• Google in corporate desktop push
• Microsoft backs cricket to woo Indian employees
• Pump-and-dump spam nets scammers $20 million

7th September

• Spam up, PDF spam down
• Net neutrality hopes hit by DoJ criticism
• Microsoft aims at VMware's virtualisation lead
• Google leaps on patent reform bandwagon

6th September

• Windows servers continue to dominate
• Most Malware Made in China
• 'Every 10 seconds' a cyber crime is committed
• ITV raises stake in online gambling

5th September

• Threats of wireless and VoIP ignored by firms
• Facebook - choice to keep listing private or not?
• How internet secrets are unlocked
• Government email addresses and passwords posted

4th September

• Holidays in China spent online by children
• The out of office email - a novelty
• Spammers add a new dimension to junk mail
• Reliability of collected online data challenged

3rd September

• UK online gambling regs go live tomorrow
• Green data centres are the future
• Teachers use internet maximise students learning
• Online memorials are a natural evolution