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29 July 2010

Open Source Browser Use Grows As Firefox Release

Firefox 4 beta 2 release on Tuesday a fulfillment of its developers' plans to offer up more frequent releases during the development process demonstrates the project's intent to compete hard against Google and Microsoft.

Internet

29 July 2010

Court in Khabarovsk Orders internet provider Rosnet to block

A court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk region in the Russian Far East has ordered Rosnet, a local internet provider, to block YouTube as well as three online libraries and a website that archives deleted web pages.

Internet

29 July 2010

UK Legislation Website Launched By Government

The government has launched a website to provide public access to UK legislation dating back to 1267.

Internet

29 July 2010

Lawmakers Are Concerned About Social Networking Security

Executives from Google, Facebook and Apple faced questions over consumer privacy before a Senate panel this week that examined where the limit is when it comes to sharing people's online information and activity.

Internet

28 July 2010

Microsoft Unhappy With Google- Yahoo Deal Calls Anti-Competi

Yahoo Japan's decision to replace Microsoft with Google as its main search partner has been met with protest from Microsoft, which called the deal "anticompetitive."

Internet

28 July 2010

Verizon Is Largest Data Usage Out Of Carriers

Verizon Wireless smartphone customers consumed more data than users of other carriers, according to a new study by wireless billing vendor Validas.

Internet

28 July 2010

Rumors Of Google's Entry Into Social Gaming

Google is working on a social networking service to rival Facebook and social games such as Zynga's Farmville appear to be a key component of it, according to a Wall Street Journal report late Tuesday.

Internet

28 July 2010

Businesses Learn How To Fight Cyberthreats

Business needs to be more proactive in its approach to security in the face of increased insider threats and customised malware, says Verizon Business.

Internet

27 July 2010

Identity Fraud Increases By 14 per cent

According to report figures from UK fraud prevention agency Cifas, the amount of identity fraud victims increased in the first six months of 2010 as a consequence of the recession.

Internet

27 July 2010

Ask.Com Gets Users To Come Up With The Answer

Ask.com hopes to tap the knowledge of its end users to provide better answers for people who ask questions at its website, the company will announce Tuesday.

Internet

27 July 2010

Chinese City Passes Law For Childrens Privacy

Adults in Southwest China have been banned from searching children's computers or phones under a new law that has been passed in Chongqing.

Internet

27 July 2010

Virgin Trials Electricity Pole Broadband In Village

Virgin Media will soon start offering Welsh villagers the chance to get a broadband connection via electricity cables.

Internet

27 July 2010

Telecom Software Companies Merge To Reach Billions

Two telecom operator-backed mobile software groups unveiled a merger plan on Tuesday to counter increasing competition from new rivals Google and Apple for applications.

Internet

27 July 2010

Customer Worries Come First Over Security Threats

A recent survey by online security firm VeriSign suggests that online merchants worry more about conceived customer worries than actual security threats.

Internet

27 July 2010

Google Unveils Apps To Meet Gov Standards

Google on Monday unveiled a new version of Google Apps designed to meet the rigorous security needs of U.S.

Internet

26 July 2010

Royals Join The Internet

Aside from joining twitter last year , the Royal Family has decided to embrace content sharing and have posted up rare pictures of the Royals' on social-photography website Flickr.

Internet

26 July 2010

Microsoft Sells Nearly Ten Copies A Second

Microsoft sold nearly ten copies of Windows 7 every second over the last month, according to numbers the company released Thursday.

Internet

26 July 2010

ARIN Claims IPv4 Addresses To Run Out

According to the chief executive of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) the remaining IPv4 addresses available to the industry will run out in less than a year.

Internet

26 July 2010

Mozilla Set To Design New Tab

Future versions of Firefox are set to adopt a new tab design that will transform the browser's interface, a senior Mozilla developer has announced.

Internet

26 July 2010

Google Market Position Slips As Baidu Capitalises

Google's dominant position on the global online search market slipped slightly in the second quarter, as it retreated from the Chinese market, research firm Strategy Analytics (SA) said on Friday.

Internet

23 July 2010

BA First to Launch Airport App

British Airways has launched a range of mobile phone apps for iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices.



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