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News Archive June 2008

30th June

• ICANN red faced as hackers redirect website
• Microsoft denies XP a last-minute reprieve

27th June

• Yahoo trumpets reorganization
• MySpace opens up data portability initiative
• Internet address suffix choice expanded
• He said, she said: Which is it? Facebook asks

26th June

• Google names Bell Canada exec as its new CFO
• Microsoft's Yahoo strategy: Betting on Yang
• BBC revamps catch-up service
• Internet set for domain name goldrush

25th June

• YouTube home to nearly half web clips watched in UK
• China's famed Shaolin temple kick starts online store
• Yahoo shares yo-yo on buyout talks
• Google Offers Tools To Place Ads On Right Web Sites

24th June

• iVillage's Parentshood online comedy to debut in the autumn
• For sale on eBay: One man's life
• Google to offer audience measures for advertisers
• Social sites seek fresh ad ideas

23rd June

• Mozilla investigates Firefox bug, talks security
• Facebook heads MySpace in unique visitors
• Teenage hacker fakes earthquake warning online
• One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth

20th June

• AVG fake traffic spares Google AdWords
• Blogger launches "Google bomb" at McCain
• Yahoo seen planning reorganisation
• Facebook begins march on China

19th June

• Yahoo UK appoints Mark Rabe as sales chief
• Google gives priority to fast ads
• Yahoo Mail hopes to lure users with 'ymail.com'
• Yahoo-Google Deal Faces Scrutiny Antitrust Experts Say

18th June

• Red Cross uses Web 2.0 to update disaster victims, relief wo
• Facebook and Google still not ready to connect friends
• Google sees benefits in Yahoo "experiment"
• Skype's latest puts focus on watching who you call

17th June

• Woman pleads innocent in Myspace hoax suicide case
• Firefox aims for download record
• Yahoo exec leaves to work at venture firms
• Google Ads and Yahoo deal rings alarm bells for agencies

16th June

• Obama Campaign Seeks Web-Site Security Help
• Google Wins, Yahoo Still Standing
• eBay Open Up Wide to Developers
• US abusing extradition says hacker's lawyer

13th June

• Jail sentence for botnet creator
• MySpace plans redesign for next week
• House of Lords 'reaches out' into the blogosphere
• Manners still matter when you're poking on Facebook

11th June

• Google lets users measure the power of words

10th June

• Microsoft and Virtualisation

9th June

• UK trailing in global broadband league
• AMD shows off new quad-core Opterons
• Intel antitrust trial pushed back to 2010
• Acer and HP end patent dispute
• Mirror Group launches online research community

6th June

• Intel, AMD lawsuit pushed off to 2010

4th June

• Windows XP reprieved until 2010

3rd June

• Internet seen shrinking to 2 strong players
• Google boosts hosted site search

2nd June

• Intel set to demonstrate Wimax on Centrino 2
• KDE releases first beta of new open source desktop