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News Archive October 2008

31st October

• Nationwide works to cut servers by half via virtualization
• Google brings text-messaging to online chat
• iPhone gaining ground with lower-income fans
• Microsoft takes lid off Azure pricing

30th October

• Hurdles remain on Google's books deal
• Facebook worm resurfaces on Google
• IBM claims safer banking with 'security on a stick'
• Windows 7 will not fix UAC problems, says vendor

29th October

• Google settles lawsuits over online library
• Women more likely to get injured in tech workplaces
• Bank bailout puts NHS computer project in jeopardy
• IT security spending not darkened by economic gloom

28th October

• Microsoft: We didn't 'forget' Azure trademark
• Individualisation and mash-ups are key for staff productivit
• London consumers trounce corporates in wireless security
• Verizon reports increased profits

27th October

• Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
• Professional networks surge in popularity
• Use of Web spells end for Cleveland IBM user group
• Yahoo to axe 10% of workforce

24th October

• NHS 'not making enough use of IT'
• Amazon wins over sceptics about web services
• Google's Russian purchase blocked
• First internet access for sovereign CDS

23rd October

• UK tech, media and telecoms attract investment
• Bill Gates launches stealth bgC3 LLC project
• LinkedIn raises another $22.7 million
• Google extends global search ad lead

22nd October

• Eee PC series to get Windows 7 but not Vista
• GMail gets auto-replies
• Yahoo's profits plunge 64%, and 1,500 staff could go
• Google releases Android source code

21st October

• Microsoft Launches Global Effort to Fight Software Piracy
• Yahoo expected to point to advert drop-off
• OpenOffice.org 3.0 scores strong first week
• Complaints pour in about new iGoogle home page

20th October

• Web content 'disturbing children'
• Major tidal power plan revealed
• Yahoo plans cost-cutting moves, layoffs
• Digital economy to 'reboot' Britain

16th October

• Timing is key to netting phishing victims
• YouTube Rebuffs McCain Palin Campaign Ad
• Ebay revenue to decline for first time
• Google update stomps Chrome browser bugs

15th October

• Microsoft's Patch Vital For Windows Server 2000 Users
• Court ruling over internet gaming
• Adobe Releases Flash Player 10
• Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1

14th October

• Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS
• Sarah Palin ordered to preserve Yahoo! emails
• OpenOffice Hits 3.0: Can It Challenge Microsoft?
• YouTube offers full-length shows

13th October

• MessageLabs buy a headache for Symantec?
• Music fans back legal downloads
• MySpace targets small advertisers with new program
• McAfee sees rise in stock scams, social engineering attacks

10th October

• Yahoo investor: Sell to Microsoft for $22 a share
• Nearly 75% of workers will be mobile by 2012
• Google aims to save mail users from themselves
• US telco: 'Public broadband is illegal'

9th October

• EC wants pan-Euro online shopping laws
• MessageLabs sold to Symantec for £397m
• Geode - the Firefox add-on that knows where you are
• Skype slams China partner on monitoring

8th October

• Red Hat looks to mainstream markets for growth
• Yahoo worker accused of role in India terror
• Tories plan streamlined children's database
• Government backs IT training academy

7th October

• AMD to spin off manufacturing
• Online adspend up 21% while total ad market falls 0.7%
• Marketers should use social networking sites to talk not sel
• EBay spends £760m on acquisitions

6th October

• Kids keep parents in the dark about cyberbullying
• Warner in online move to stop DVD piracy
• IBM launches Bluehouse, a Facebook for business
• Search engine Ask gets a facelift

3rd October

• Online virtual poppy field created to honour fallen soldiers
• Credit crunch hitting IT mergers
• Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing
• Facebook picks Dublin for international HQ

2nd October

• Cisco and Microsoft team up on new appliance
• Google 'Goliath' Microsoft says
• Dell customers ignore the offer to plant a tree
• Tools Help Families Combat Cyber Bullying With Alerts

1st October

• Facebook boycott called as millions blast new design
• AOL brings AIM for Mac back from the dead
• Slide adds CBS, Comcast, Time Warner to its friends list
• Fighting the scourge of scareware