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News Archive February 2010

26th February

• EU cautions Google over Street View photos
• Bug causes Facebook messages to misfire
• Google sets out search ranking explanation

25th February

• Web designers hold wake for Internet Explorer
• British Library warns UK's web heritage 'could be lost'

24th February

• EC to investigate Google over anticompetitive behaviour
• Adobe patches critical bug in Flash

23rd February

• Twitter, Facebook use up 82 percent
• Google search share slips in China, Bing tiny in 2009

22nd February

• E-waste to hit developing world hard
• Chinese universities deny role in Google cyberattack
• US school accused of web spying

19th February

• Chinese university linked to Google attacks
• Facebook aims for one billion users with Zero version

18th February

• Google gives Wikipedia £1.3 million
• Massive hack attack hits 75,000 PCs
• What Google needs to learn from Buzz backlash
• Mozilla patches old version of Firefox

17th February

• Adobe patches PDF vulnerabilities
• Google ready to add Flash to Android
• Facebook faces class action over privacy changes

16th February

• Adobe to launch AIR and Flash Player on mobiles
• Socitm slams government IT strategy
• Google tweaks Buzz after privacy complaints

15th February

• YouTube's fifth birthday
• Google in fresh retreat on Buzz
• Adobe joins Linux-phone group to spread Flash

10th February

• Facebook, AOL link instant messaging
• Google takes on Facebook and Twitter with network site

9th February

• Microsoft, Google split over browser bug bounty
• Student file sharers allegedly extorted
• Bill Cosby hasn't died, but rumours fuel hacker attack
• PayPal suspends payments to India

8th February

• One fifth of companies to ditch IT infrastructure in 2010
• China shuts down training website for hackers
• Google working on speech translation for phones
• Demand rises for IT-related university courses

5th February

• Mozilla confirms Firefox add-ons slipped through security
• EU awards supercomputing strategy contract

4th February

• Apple, Google, and the importance of Bing
• Carbon trading phishing scam nets 3m euros
• Old security holes bigger threat, says TrustWave
• Twitter forces password reset to protect some accounts

3rd February

• Microsoft integrates Visual Studio with security tools
• IT workforce is "crucial to the UK's recovery"
• Apple patches critical flaws in iPhone, iPod Touch
• Police hit by Conficker worm virus

2nd February

• China hacking laws to get tougher
• Spam via social networks rises sharply
• Twitter resets passwords after phishing attack
• Google Hot Search is 'useful security tool'
• Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
• Apple's 27-Inch iMac displays get firmware fix

1st February

• No more support for IE6 says Google
• IE8 is now the world's top browser, says NetApps