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News Archive November 2008

28th November

• Woolworths IT jobs under threat
• Anti-virus no defence against botnets, says vendor
• Woman cleared of MySpace bullying
• Can supercomputers help save the economy?

27th November

• Secondhand PCs Go Unused Despite Demand
• Lycos Europe to close after failing to find buyer
• Internet worm exploits Windows vulnerability
• Yahoo tops in Japan, Google close behind
• Obama names Internet commerce expert to new economic board

26th November

• Phishing attacks boosted by smarter malware
• Researchers argue over spam levels
• Google admits breaking App Store rules
• Spam Levels Creep Back Up 2 Weeks After McColo Shutdown

25th November

• Facebook awarded $873 Million damages against spammer
• HP's sales up 19 percent, earnings down slightly
• YouTube videos get widescreen treatment
• Google's new Chrome beta gets bookmark control

24th November

• Online fraudsters 'steal £3.3bn'
• Gmail exploit may allow attackers to forward e-mail
• 2 engineers sentenced for espionage
• Police investigate 'live suicide' on internet

21st November

• Google gives users a say on search results
• Phishing, e-mail money laundering scams on the rise
• Online time 'is good for teens'
• Government still losing at least a computer a week

20th November

• Internet-savvy Britons lead digital league
• BNP row: On the blogs
• Employees sue for unpaid Windows Vista overtime
• Amazon: We're a Technology Company

19th November

• Yahoo Shares Soar as Jerry Yang Agrees to Quit CEO Post
• Teen hacker confesses three-year crime spree
• New Firefox app lets users pimp their browsers
• US 'cyber-bullying' case begins

18th November

• Spam drop could boost Trojan attacks
• Microsoft in patent battle over Visual Studio
• HP to Extend Holiday Shutdown to Cut Costs
• Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss

17th November

• Adobe wants to bridge gap between PCs and cloud
• Young people, men more optimistic when tech fails
• Microsoft: First exploit ratings show success
• UK identities sold for £80 online

14th November

• Second Life affair leads to couple's real-life divorce
• Telcos: Don't mess up the Internet with regulation
• Capita gets £60m deal to merge NHS websites
• Companies look to outsource data centres

13th November

• 3 launches 'Facebook phone' for Christmas mobile war
• AMD seeks redemption with 'Shanghai' chip
• Windows Live tries to show its social side
• Google tries AdWords model to make money from YouTube

12th November

• Programmer unlocks hidden Windows 7 features
• Microsoft security patch was seven years in the making
• Google now tracking flu trends via search
• Rash of Intel, AMD warnings issued by analysts

11th November

• 72% of businesses say reliable internet vital
• 1.3m DNS servers vulnerable
• Google CEO Says 'No Thanks' to Obama CTO Job
• Vintage IBM tape drive in Apollo moon dust rescue

10th November

• MGM first to post full-length features to YouTube
• MSN hosts online sci-fi series Kirill
• University lecturer gets £5,000 to study Wii
• Of Dell's self-encrypting laptop

7th November

• Cisco, Recession Fears Send Stocks Plunging
• Bloggers getting bigger and messier
• Microsoft cold shoulders Yahoo!'s interest in new talks
• Facebook CEO doesn't lose sleep over company's $15B valuatio

6th November

• Mobile Users Can't Get Enough of Search
• AMD slashes 500 more jobs
• Yang 'disappointed' after Google deal collapses
• EBay prepares for £15m UK media pitch

5th November

• E-voting: What will it take for a smooth election?
• Is the internet going down down under?
• Internet now a voter disenfranchisement tool
• The end of an era - Windows 3.x

4th November

• Barclays and Goldman Sachs squeeeeze IT staff
• Firefox cracks 20% market share in October, then slips
• Yahoo and Google retool advertising agreement
• IBM Expands Ways to Get a Grip on Data

3rd November

• Internet audience measurement survey launched
• Microsoft takes two big leaps into the cloud
• How to Encourage Employees to Strengthen Password Security
• Government Gateway login details found in pub car park