Return to internet news archive

News Archive September 2009

30th September

• Google wave trial launch
• More Google empolyees head to AOL
• OS Intuitive?
• Advertising Online hits new high
• Dropbox Shows the Efficiency of Cloud Hosting

29th September

• Twitter ads clicked on twice as much
• Two Billion Apple apps downloaded

28th September

• UK webhosts in champagne throwing cat fight
• Google doodle celebrates search engine's 11th anniversary
• McAfee, Adobe Partner on Enterprise Security

25th September

• Google Threatens Cyanogen Android Hacker
• Companies Still Not Securing Customer Data
• Microsoft's Got a Deal for Small Web Dev Firms
• Google Responds to Chrome Frame Security Concerns

24th September

• Google Brings Commenting to Any Web Page
• Social networking sites leak personal information
• Drudge, other sites flooded with malicious ads
• Microsoft's 'Pink' emerges from Danger's shadow

23rd September

• Facebook Sued over Social Networking Patent
• US bringing most traffic growth to UK news sites
• Bing Takes a Little Bite Out of Google
• SEM: Adding up changes - PPC Campaigns

22nd September

• Study: 43% of UK Firms Have No Measure of Website Effectiven
• Is 'Pink' Key to Microsoft's Mobile Strategy?
• The Role of Free Software in Education
• What Microsoft could do with its No. 3 brand

21st September

• O2 adds fixed-line services for business bundles
• Adobe Launches Flash Platform Services
• Skype trade secrets were stolen to help eBay sale, founders
• Premier League clamps down on web pirates

18th September

• Microsoft launches Office Web Apps preview
• Firefox's Flash check drives 10M to Adobe's download
• Microsoft sues over malicious online ads
• Thief Nabbed After Forgetting To Log Out Of Facebook During

17th September

• New phishing attack chats up victims
• Google Plans Private Government Cloud
• Opera Releases Mini 5 Browser
• Bing lunges ahead; Microsoft grabs 11% of search market

16th September

• New Africa broadband 'ready'
• Facebook passes major user, financial milestones
• BT offers solution for notspots
• Watchdog axes Sky Broadband ad

15th September

• Microsoft Bing adds visual search
• Recession hasn't slowed global Internet traffic
• Google Launches Fast Flip To Accelerate News Browsing
• Yahoo sells direct stake in Alibaba.com

14th September

• Speed is the main need for Mobile 'Net Users
• Mono swings .NET development into iPhone
• India poised for 3G auction in December
• Tomorrow's World classics go online
• Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry

11th September

• Report: iPhone to Stay With AT&T for Now
• Can You See Me Now? Google Grows Search Box
• Microsoft forms, funds new open-source foundation
• Facebook strips down to Lite site
• Dell renews Ubuntu Linux desktop lineup
• Mums and disadvantaged groups spend most time online

10th September

• Microsoft to help 500,000 into work
• Microsoft overturns Word sale ban
• Red Hat announces RHEL 5.4
• The new features of Linux 2.6.31

9th September

• Google targets kids: 5 million sign up to education apps
• Monopoly game launches on Google
• policing digital crime
• EC to tackle 'misleading' online gadget sellers

8th September

• Twitterers prepare for Twestival
• former Google China boss launches £70m investment fund
• Active Twitterer celebrates 104th birthday
• US, Brazil biggest spam and virus sources
• Microsoft Doloto tool makes AJAX webpages more responsive

7th September

• Gmail outages could turn off enterprises
• Investors angry as Yahoo bosses cash in
• ISPs face fines and more for failing on child porn
• small town 'online crime hotspot'

4th September

• restoration starts on one of oldest computers
• the future of libraries, with or without books
• Microsoft's premature patent proposal
• Amazon really, really sorry about irony-riddled 1984 flap

3rd September

• reboot for UK's 'oldest' computer
• rival ISPs unite against 'misconceived' anti-piracy plan
• VMware service links public and private clouds
• Intel boss sees end to PC slump
• caution: your mum is stalking you on Facebook

2nd September

• Apple approves Vonage mobile VoIP app
• Gmail outage caused by overloaded servers
• Wi-Fi draws air travelers

1st September

• Microsoft unveils Hyper-V Server R2
• U.S. Open warns against Tweets
• search: Google rules, Europeans do it more
• eBay 'reaches deal to sell Skype'