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  • 03 May 2007

  • News: Google re-opens Belgian newspaper links

    Google is including links again to some of Belgium's most popular French- and German-language newspapers, although their copyright lawsuit against the US search company remains pending.

  • News: Firefox gets eBay auction add-on

    Mozilla is asking users to test a new add-on for the Firefox browser that lets users monitor their deals on eBay's auction site in real time.

  • News: Internet Explorer 8.0 to focus on security

    Microsoft dodged questions this week at the Mix07 Web developer conference about when it plans to update its Internet Explorer (IE) browser to Version 8 (IE8).

  • News: Internet2 knocked out by homeless man

    A fire started by a homeless man knocked out service between Boston and New York on the experimental Internet2 network on Tuesday night.

  • News: Microsoft buys mobile ad firm ScreenTonic

    Microsoft has agreed to buy ScreenTonic SA, a company that specialises in delivering location-based ads to mobile devices.

  • News: DDoS attacks die off, but spam returns

    Symantec has noted a sharp decline in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, where a network of remote-controlled bots overloads a target's system and takes it offline.

  • News: Microsoft launches first national email archive

    Microsoft is collaborating with the British Library to create the first archive of British emails.

  • News: Windows users hit by 'bug-a-day' threat

    Another bug-a-day campaign called the "Month of ActiveX Bugs" has emerged, this time targeting Microsoft. Although some researchers have already dismissed the project as copycat, others are warning its findings might put Windows users at risk of attack.

  • News: Dell asked to preinstall Firefox

    Firefox users are drawing on Dell's user-driven IdeaStorm site to push the computer maker to preinstall the open-source browser.

  • News: iGoogle bug grief continues

    Google renamed and upgraded its Personalized Home Page this week, but one thing the update couldn't shake was a bug that began upsetting many users last Thursday and persisted until yesterday.

  • News: Yahoo Web Messenger uses Adobe Flash

    Yahoo has launched a new browser-based version of its Messenger instant messaging service, so that users can access their accounts without needing the PC application on the machine they're using.

  • News: Symantec's business AV product slips back

    Symantec is slipping on its target delivery time for the next major upgrade of its security product for enterprises, code-named Hamlet, while it irons out final code wrinkles during beta testing.

  • 02 May 2007

  • News: SpeedBit speeds up YouTube & iTunes

    Anyone who watches videos on the internet is familiar with this problem: You go to one of the big video sites such as YouTube or Metacafe, you see a video you like and that can be downloaded immediately, but after a few seconds the film suddenly stops and you find yourself staring at a motionless movie player. Of course, you can fiddle with the pause button or make a cup of coffee while the player downloads a few more seconds of film, but the viewing experience has lost some of the excitement.

  • News: Uk gov't urged to act on 'virtual goods'

    The UK government must ensure that funds exchanged in online communities or ‘virtual worlds’ are protected by existing anti-fraud laws and regulations, an independent watchdog has warned.

  • News: London Wi-Fi networks open to attack

    After years of stark warnings, many Wi-Fi networks located in London's City financial district still lack basic levels of security, a security vendor claims to have found.

  • News: Google launches iGoogle personal homepage

    Google has renamed its personalised home page and added several new ‘gadgets’, or mini applications, to the newly named iGoogle.

  • News: Critical Winamp bug threat to PC users

    Security companies have warned Winamp users that the music player application has a bug that could give attackers the means to hijack PCs.

  • News: Apple tackles high-profile Quicktime hack

    Apple has issued a patch to close the hole found by the winner of a recent hack-the-Mac contest.

  • News: WiMax laptop card gets go-ahead

    Regulators have approved the first WiMax wireless broadband laptop PC card to be offered by Clearwire, and it should be available to users in the US later this year, the company said.

  • News: The Crimea offers free album online

    British band, The Crimea, is trying out a new way to increase its fan base by offering its new album for free online.

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