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News Archive July 2009

31st July

• hacker loses extradition appeal
• ISP Tiscali UK questioned over user's data security
• West African internet access hit hard by cable damage
• where do lost megabits go?

30th July

• Facebook erroneously sucking in Twitter updates
• Symantec profits fall in Q1
• British Council to offshore 85 IT posts
• SaaS: the next generation of on-demand services

29th July

• Chinese firms write 'world's first' SMS worm
• Microsoft issues emergency fixes for IE, visual studio
• report finds that fake anti-virus is on the rise

23rd July

• unsung heroes save net from chaos
• Yahoo! confirms Gmail add-on buy

22nd July

• Google spins YouTube into future profit machine
• China iPhone man commits suicide
• two years in jail for IT director who wiped medical data

21st July

• Ofcom helps kids stay safe online in the UK
• Nationwide Building Society is latest to opt-out of Phorm
• U.K. court clears Google search in defamation case
• Google Earth adds moon to celebrate Apollo 11 landing

20th July

• report: hacker broke into Twitter e-mail with help from Hotm
• Microsoft gives Apple a slap
• Chinese internet users surpass US population

17th July

• Intel exec talks virtualization security
• Google sees quarterly profit up

16th July

• Microsoft's Office moves online
• Twitter calls lawyer over hacking

15th July

• woman twitters her way through a bank heist
• experts: Cyberstrikes originated from Britain
• Microsoft 'is king of UK brands'
• Bing: fewer ads means more relevance

14th July

• Ghost's operating system comes alive
• Search Engine Marketing (SEM) ready to rebound?

13th July

• Google peels beta label off most online apps
• Olympics loses tech provider
• NHS hospitals infected by 8,000 IT viruses

10th July

• Intel is working with Google on Chrome OS
• no trial for Twitter 'panic' man

9th July

• Microsoft knew of nasty IE bug a year before attacks
• media bear the brunt of internet onslaught
• Indian on hacking charges extradited to US
• malware traffic soars

8th July

• Google to launch open-source Chrome OS this year
• Governments hit by cyber attack

7th July

• Microsoft produces PepsiCo's biggest online campaign
• where to watch the Jackson memorial online
• Niagara Falls to power next Yahoo! data centre
• Lords label Gordon Brown's use of YouTube 'constitutionally

6th July

• BT drops Phorm targeted ad service over privacy
• Twitter to give bushfire alerts
• Google code cloud punts on-demand embarrassment
• Primark staff criticise 'pikey' customers on Facebook

2nd July

• Google Toolbar for IE speaks your language
• Bing adds Twitter posts to search results
• innocents accused of net piracy

1st July

• Government criticised for plan to hire "naughty boys"
• Conficker cost Manchester council £1.5m
• do URLs matter anymore?
• workplaces set to get 'smarter'