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News Archive December 2010

31st December

• Broadband Powerline Communications due a relaunch?

30th December

• Server overload causes Skype crash
• Groupon raises equity after rejecting Google
• Facebook "Most Visited Site of 2010"

29th December

• Lawsuit questions privacy of Apple apps
• Second broadband satellite launches successfully
• Cybercriminals a greater threat in 2011

24th December

• Money Put into Quantum Computing to Power Algorithms
• Google Ousts Facebook on Mobile Web says Opera
• Google Nexus S Recieves Over Air Update
• Online Shoppers to Spend £150m on Christmas Day

23rd December

• Report says DDoS Attacks May Ruin Free Speech
• Apps to be Billed to AT&T Directly

22nd December

• Mozilla Releases Another Beta of Firefox 4
• FCC Set to Pass Rules in Vote
• 2010 IT Education - The Breakdown.
• Cyber-Criminals Frame Wikileaks Hackers with DDOS
• Facebook CEO Talks with China about Interenet Market

21st December

• AOL Acquires About.me for Reinvention
• RIM, Microsoft and Nokia to Make Conference Intense
• Web Users Admit to Using Personal Passwords

20th December

• Lord Judge Pushes Social Media in Court
• Yahoo Palming Off Delicious
• IT Cut Backs Saved £1 Billion

17th December

• Internet Retail Growing Fast
• US to target fake pill peddlers
• Opera Releases V11 of its Flagship Desktop Browser
• Stock Market Float For Twitter?
• Healthy Second Quarter Results for Oracle
• Nokia's Patent Row with Apple Escalates
• Yahoo Puts More Apps on the Chopping Block
• FBI: Dell, AMD Executives Sold Inside Information

16th December

• Assange is Granted Bail But Still Wanted
• Google Not Ready to to Launch SF Broadband

15th December

• Manchester will Lead Smart Cities Sheme After £2m Win
• Celebrities Donate £200k for Assange Bail
• Oracle Taken to Court Over Java Licence
• Symantec Adds New Machine Learning Feature
• Yell Speeds up Business Listings

14th December

• Microsoft Puts Bump in Road for Google
• Hacker Accomplices Could be in Firing Line
• Twitter Owes 25 Billion Tweets to World Cup
• Google Launches Teach Parents Tech Site
• EU Issues Warning Against Smartphone Security

13th December

• Amazon's Weekend Light Out Sparks Speculation
• Twitter Warns People to Steer Clear of Acai Berries
• Internet Regulator Postpones Approval of New Domains
• Gartner Doesn't Rate Cloud Computing Hype
• Cameron and Johnson Appeal to Twitter for HQ
• Google Ranking Caues a Stir with Rivals

10th December

• Facebook Hosts Hacker Developee Challenge
• Hacktivists to Target British Government over Assange

9th December

• Wikileaks Cyberwar Show Hits Sweedish Gov
• Zuckerberg to Donate Half of His Wealth to Charity
• UK Phone Network Map Highlights Regional Call Areas
• Google's Android Closing Gap on Symbian
• O2 Launches Search for Favourite Angry Bird

8th December

• MobileMe to Revamp the Site After Customer Dissatisfaction
• Mastercard 'Hit by Wikileaks Revenge Attacks'
• Ofcom Says that Older Generations are Growing Broadband
• UK Crawling Behind in World Broadband Speeds

7th December

• Google Treats Itself to Two Tech Companies
• Amazon to Release Mobile e-Book App
• Government Digital Hub Plans Get Thumbs Up.
• Downtime Risks as More Adopt Saas
• Julian Assange Held in Britain and Refused Bail
• ISPA Claim Business Rates Undermine UK's Internet Ambitions

6th December

• Facebook to Shake Profile Pages Up Soon
• Chinese Company Builds UK Security Centre
• Google Netbook Expected on 7th Decemeber
• Wikileaks Stir China and Google Censorship Issues
• Google Release New Chrome 8 Browser Update

3rd December

• Wikileaks DNS Provider Pulls Domain
• Group Letter to Ed Vaizey Pleads for Open Net

2nd December

• FCC Proposals Spark Fury in US
• Britain Paves way for Broadband says Ofcom
• Sage See's 20 Per Cent Rise in Year
• Japan Approves Yahoo-Google Search Alliance
• Google up 26 per cent in Browser Market
• Microsoft Posts new Add-Ons for Azure Cloud

1st December

• FAST to Educate North West Businesses
• GRC Compliance Issues Costs Billions
• Julian Assange under Target by Interpol