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  • 22 August 2006

  • News: AOL reviews privacy policy, sheds staff

    AOL has announced that it's taking steps to prevent a similar security breach to the recent occasion in which subscriber search query results were posted online. The company has also accepted the resignation of its chief technology officer, and two other members of staff have been sacked.

  • News: Music downloads still booming in Japan

    The number of legal album and song downloads in Japan continued to climb in the second quarter of this year. But the rate of expansion has slowed dramatically from a year earlier, according to figures published today.

  • 21 August 2006

  • News: Cheap holiday website scammers nicked

    A man and a woman suspected of running a holiday website scam that duped thousands of UK citizens have been arrested.

  • News: Memory glitch in Microsoft patch fixed

    Microsoft has fixed a bug in a critical security patch that may have been causing problems for some Windows Server 2003 users.

  • News: Yahoo quietly tests antiphishing service

    Yahoo is testing a security service designed to prevent web surfers from landing on sites that look like they are from Yahoo but that are fake ones set up by fraudsters to carry out phishing scams.

  • News: Layer feature added to mobile Google Maps

    Google is tweaking the mobile version of Google Maps to allow developers to layer information over the application, a feature that it hopes will lead to new uses.

  • News: Google hit by another click-fraud lawsuit

    Google could have another class-action lawsuit on its hands over click fraud if a judge certifies a new suit filed against the company in Pennsylvania for class-action status.

  • 20 August 2006

  • News: AOL in trouble with privacy groups

    The World Privacy Forum has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission in the US against AOL.

  • 19 August 2006

  • News: Boeing 'disappoints' in-flight partner

    Lufthansa's in-flight internet service could be grounded, and the company isn't happy.

  • 18 August 2006

  • News: Changing broadband provider gets easier

    Regulations proposed yesterday by Ofcom should make it easier for customers to change their broadband supplier.

  • News: Firefox 2.0 'too buggy' for release

    The next version of open-source browser Firefox has been delayed for a month. Version 2.0, code named Bon Echo, had been due on 26 September but will now make its debut on 24 October. The test schedule has also been adjusted, with the second beta now appearing a week late, on 23 August.

  • News: Windows Live makes test debut in Vista

    Microsoft has begun showing how it will integrate its Windows Live online services into Windows Vista in recent test builds of the operating system, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

  • News: iTunes movie plans confirmed

    Apple seems set to launch movie downloads through iTunes US – at least, if a senior movie company excutive can be believed.

  • News: AOL security tools raise adware issues

    Just days after posting details of searches made by hundreds of thousands of subscribers, AOL is in hot water again with consumer advocates.

  • News: Yahoo China sued for libel

    Zhou Hongyi, the former general manager of Yahoo China, has sued the company in a Beijing court, accusing it of insulting and libelling him.

  • News: In-flight Wi-Fi shut down by Boeing

    Boeing will phase out its Connexion by Boeing service, leaving what it once considered a promising market for in-flight internet access.

  • News: US wiretapping ruled illegal

    A US judge has ruled that a US NSA programme to wiretap telephone and internet traffic of US residents is illegal and must be stopped.

  • News: Microsoft adds patches for Vista flaws

    Microsoft has released two patches for its Vista operating system, saying that it too is affected by flaws that were disclosed during the company's 8 August security updates.

  • 17 August 2006

  • News: Advertisers worried by Google Checkout glitch

    Google this week temporarily attached Google Checkout icons to ads from companies that haven't signed up for the online transaction system, a glitch that caused some confusion among advertisers.

  • News: Group slammed for creating 'test' viruses

    A consumer magazine has been condemned for possibly adding to the virus problem by creating a series of 'test' viruses just to review antivirus scanners.

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