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News Archive May 2010

28th May

• Google Misses Wi-Fi Data Deadline
• Governement ID Cards To Be Scrapped
• iPad Market Open For iPad
• Scientists Launch Test For Anti-Terror Spyware

27th May

• Government Scraps Plans for Web Science Institute
• Google Offers Option to Block Analytics
• FCC Reveal 1/6 People Receive Suprising Mobile Bills
• Apple Music Policies Under Fire From Regulators

26th May

• Google releases Chrome for Mac and Linux
• Queen Speech Stating Broadband Still a Priority
• BroadVision to Launch New Social Network for Businesses
• IBM & Sybase upgrade analytics
• BBC Launches New Verison of iPlayer
• EU Report Reveals Fragmented Nature of Internet Market
• Minister Confirms There Will Be No Repeal Of Digital Economy
• Google Will Allow Users to Opt Out of Analytics

25th May

• The economic impact of Google
• Zuckerberg Confirms Changes to Privacy Settings
• Pac-Man Google Doodle to Become Permanent

24th May

• Google Addresses WiFi Privacy Snafu With Encrypted Search
• AT&T Raises Early Termination Fee on Smartphones
• Twitter Stand-Off Ends With a Wimper
• Facebook Promises Greater Privacy
• Terracycle Launch UK Online Shop
• Yahoo and Nokia to combine mobile and online services
• Stock Exchange Takes a Hit From MilleniumIT Takeover

21st May

• Google Introduces Google TV
• Rivals Line Up Against Facebook
• City Wide WiFi for London 2012 Olympics
• Millions of over 55s missing out on benefits of the web
• Governement Publish New ICT Plans
• Nick Clegg Pledges To Roll Back Big Brother State
• How to Design a Web App for Google TV

20th May

• Cartoon Contest Leads Pakistan to Shutter Facebook
• Europe Outlines Plan to Boost Broadband by 2020
• Google takes on Skype with Global IP buy
• Google Reconsiders Software For Facial Recognition
• Pakistan Blocks Access to YouTube in Internet Crackdown
• Facebook Strikes Deal with Farmville Maker

19th May

• Survey Shows Britons Spend More Than '1 Day a Month Online'
• WTO to Investigate Great Firewall of China
• Lib Dems Demand Repeal of Digital Economy Laws
• Google Call Truce With Murdoch
• Ofcom: Northern Ireland People Cautious About Internet

18th May

• GQ's iPad Version: 365 Copies Sold
• Spotify Opens Up to Free Users But Caps Listening Hours
• Google Wi-Fi Data Collection Causes Controversy

17th May

• YouTube Hits Benchmark - Receiving 2 Billion Daily Viewers
• Wikipedia Has Radical Revamp
• U.S. Asks China to Keep an Open Tech Policy
• Google Admits Mistake in Wi-Fi Data Collection

14th May

• BT to launch iPad rival
• Real-Time ID Service boosts B2B commerce
• Web revolution sweeps Whitehall
• Facebook goes quiet on privacy policy meeting
• Single Phishing Gang Dominated Attacks in 2009

13th May

• Wikipedia's porn purge, and cleaning up for the iPad
• Cisco reports 'strongest quarter' ever
• 66% of phishing attacks carried out by single gang
• Financial Times unveils iPad app
• Google Adds Semantic Search Results with Google Squared
• McAfee and Citrix partner to secure virtual desktop
• BT expands super-fast broadband network
• Apple iPhone move kills Mac coding conference
• "Facebook" most popular search in US social networking
• Firefox offers security help to Safari
• Google coding tool advances cloud computing
• BlackBerry Tablet to Launch This Year

12th May

• Google and Verizon to Launch Tablet Computer
• Johnston Press eyes online content charges
• Facebook venturing into location-based services
• Twitter confirms beta testing of new business features
• Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds
• Google intervenes on privacy debate

11th May

• Firefox 4 gives another nod to browser speed and security
• Half of UK consumers will pay more for faster broadband
• Twitter hit by major disruption

10th May

• Comcast Say Net Neutrality Would Open 'Scary' Door
• IT Industry Uncertain With Hung Parliament
• Obama Stresses Education Over iPod, Xbox
• Demand Grows For Electronic Polls

7th May

• First Non-Latin Web Addresses Go Live
• Google Gives Desktop and Mobile Search Pages a Makeover
• Digg Fires 10 Per Cent of Staff
• Google Goggles Translates Text
• Twitter Plays Suprise Role In The Election

6th May

• Google And Microsoft Focus On Speed
• Facebook Rushes To Fix Security Flaw
• FCC Plans New Net Neutrality Regulations

5th May

• Google's e-book store said to be in final stages
• Media Want Gizmodo Court Records
• Google Chrome Boasts 30 Per Cent Increased Speed
• Google Gets Smarter & Says There's More to Come
• Skype Announce Launch Of New Subscriptions
• Google Tools To Monitor Web Stats

4th May

• Smartphones To Use New Memory Material
• Labour Candidate Leaks Results of Postal Votes By Twitter
• Parliament Wants Computer Game to Engage Youth in Democracy
• Twitter Announces Launch Of Embeddable Tweets
• Chrome Grabs Shares That Internet Explorer Loses