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News Archive October 2009

30th October

• UK Holiday Makers use Mobile Broadband to Stay Connected
• China claims supercomputer among world's fastest
• Microsoft cleans up bugs after biggest patch release
• Microsoft's lawyers will be busy in the next few months

29th October

• Music search is Google's newest tune
• Happy Birthday to the Internet - 40 Years old
• Facebook woos developers with a roadmap
• ITV revamps email marketing to boost traffic and ad revenue

28th October

• Facebook Password Spam Conceals Malware Attack
• Data-losing companies may be forced to spill to public
• The UK North and South Digital Broadband Penetration Divide
• Microsoft retracts Family Guy sponsorship

27th October

• Bloggers go ballistic over non-existent wireless tax
• Online TV services gather momentum
• Google Custom Search Engine Gets Tune-Up
• First Look: Google Social Search

26th October

• Smartphone security threats likely to rise
• Hackers target Guardian Jobs site
• Social media at work causes £1.4bn 'black hole'
• Nigerian fraud fighters close down 800 scam email addresses

23rd October

• AOL: We're working on something big and secret
• Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever
• Botnet click fraud at record high
• Google Co-founder Sergey Brin not after Twitter

19th October

• Google delivers forecast-beating financial results
• Google launches first major UK ad campaign
• Tories would scrap broadbandand licence fee plans

16th October

• Facebook swells to one in seven UK page views
• Google's happy days are here again

15th October

• Google gains more ground than Bing in September
• OFT to scrutinise online pricing
• One in 10 businesses will require 50% more bandwidth in 2010

14th October

• Sky News goes free
• Google now largest source of internet traffic
• 10 Ways for Apple to Capitalize on Windows 7 with Mac OS X
• Youth 'cannot live' without web

13th October

• Apple director quits Google board
• Next Firefox can detect computer orientation
• T-Mobile says Sidekick data may yet return
• Getting everyone online would save billions, Martha Lane

12th October

• England match gets online audience of 500,000
• Online ads could boost future of niche sports
• Greenpeace activists protest on roof of parliament
• Yahoo! to Serve Up Sponsored Ads on BOSS

9th October

• Enterprises Invest in Online Communities
• Carphone Warehouse gains as consumers reject mobile internet
• Botnet caught red handed stealing from Google
• Windows 7, Bing and mobile will determine Ballmer's future

8th October

• It's time to say good-bye to GeoCities
• Spammers jump on Gmail, Hotmail mass-hack gravy train
• New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars
• Fourth 'Firefox Mobile' alights on Nokia Tablets
• London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux
• Cisco a major Linux server vendor overnight
• Linux saves Aussie electrical grid
• Linux source code passes 10 million lines

7th October

• Cybercriminals pay for access to infected UK and US PCs
• Why smartphones are not suffering in the recession
• Bing slips, Google inches ahead in search war
• Avoid being a victim of an e-mail phishing scam

6th October

• Hotmail users advised to change passwords
• Ask launches Ask Deals for bargain hunters
• Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market
• Is There Such a Thing as a "Best" Browser?

5th October

• Most Brits feel their UK ISP Internet Connection is Secure
• CNET Conversation with Steve Ballmer
• Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices
• Windows 7 Leaked To eBay

2nd October

• Microsoft Bing Loses Search Share
• Report: Apple snagged Google Maps rival
• Targeted e-mails distribute malware in PayChoice breach