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News Archive December 2009

31st December

• Facebook tops Google for most visited site on Christmas
• Google slapped in domain name spat

30th December

• 2010 gears up for explosion of 3D
• The US virtual economy is set to make billions

29th December

• Mobiles offer new view of reality
• Intel's next-gen laptop chip leaked
• Mozilla pushes back Firefox deadlines

24th December

• Google's Admob plans scrutinised by US regulator
• Twitter buys geo-firm

23rd December

• Imminent launch for mobile Firefox
• Amazon's Kindle has copyright protection hacked

18th December

• IT spending to resume in US Next Year
• Google gives web designers a user's eye view
• Twitter hacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army'
• File-sharing Bill could give Govt control of internet
• Iraq insurgents 'hack attack on US drones'

17th December

• Netbooks boost end of year PC sales
• Google Fast Flip pulls in more news outlets
• Website performance: when seconds count
• UK consumers enjoy 'advanced' digital communications

16th December

• YouTube considering subscription fees
• Scammers lurk behind Google Doodle
• Adobe offers advice on avoiding Reader hack attacks

14th December

• TechCrunch files lawsuit against former partner
• Russia and US in secret talks to prevent cyberwar

11th December

• AOL completes spin-off from Time Warner
• Pressures on water supplies make metering essential
• GigJunkie.net and Bebo launch tour dates app for music fans
• Yahoo pulls Twitter into search results
• Google unveils technology to monitor deforestation
• Apple preps adaptable gadget adapter

10th December

• Twitter, MySpace to shower devs with data
• Cisco to counter HP with Chinese expansion
• Facebook privacy changes draw mixed reviews
• IBM opens new cloud lab while Microsoft reorgs

9th December

• YouTube's VEVO, an internet imitation of MTV, launches tonig
• Microsoft, Cisco, IBM and others form cloud computing group
• Five possible futures of computer memory
• BT to deliver fibre for BBC's new Manchester home

8th December

• Google decision could end free online content
• Dell sales via Twitter leap more than 100 percent
• Seagate announces its first solid-state drive
• New cloud hacking service steals Wi-Fi passwords

7th December

• Yahoo launches ad privacy manager
• IBM: Envisioning the world's fastest supercomputer
• Microsoft Bing down
• Facebook forms safety advisory board
• Online retailers predict record sales on busiest day

4th December

• Cisco moves ahead with Tandberg acquisition
• Google enters DNS space
• Can streaming end illegal filesharing?
• Bing search site suffers outage
• European research network gets bandwidth boost

3rd December

• Facebook revamp draws mixed reactions
• Fake websites shut down by police
• Murdoch's diverting tiff with Google
• Microsoft promises 'open' Bing strategy

2nd December

• IBM opens analytics centre in London
• Stealth: Dell's other server business
• Google to allow publishers to limit free news access
• Web selling can beat recession, says Adobe
• Facebook kills regional networks in privacy revamp

1st December

• IBM offers Tivoli monitoring tool for Amazon cloud
• Twitter news service taken over by MSNBC
• Microsoft offers Twitter-style service in China
• Government outlines five year IT strategy