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  • 21 February 2007

  • News: Dell launches social-networking service

    Dell has launched a social network that allows customers to vote for the best ideas for new Dell products and services - as submitted by fellow users.

  • 20 February 2007

  • News: 'Sex addict' sues IBM for $5m

    A man is suing IBM for $5m after he was sacked by the company for visiting an adult chat room during work time.

  • News: YouTube slammed for antipiracy favouritism

    YouTube’s announcement that it will only offer anti-piracy tools to companies it’s signed distribution deals with has led to fierce criticism from the media industry.

  • News: 'Skype TV' to offer MTV

    Joost, the online TV service developed by the founders of Skype, has struck a licensing deal with Viacom International.

  • 19 February 2007

  • News: Google to explore in-game advertising

    Google has agreed to buy Adscape Media, a developer of in-game advertising, for $23m

  • News: MSN messenger serves up dodgy alerts

    Banner advertisements for a security application said to report false or inflated threats appeared for at least a few days on Microsoft's instant-messaging (IM) program, prompting warnings from security analysts.

  • News: AMD opens Second Life pavilion

    AMD has become the latest technology firm to embrace Second Life, setting up a new pavilion designed for developers in the virtual 3D world.

  • News: YouTube clip implicates 100mph biker

    A motorcyclist who posted a video of himself speeding at speeds of up to 100mph on YouTube is facing prosecution for dangerous driving.

  • News: Google to finalise online office suite

    Google is finalising the integration of Docs & Spreadsheets with Google Apps for Your Domain, another step in its strategy to build a suite of hosted applications for businesses.

  • News: Wikipedia enters website top 10

    Wikimedia Foundation's popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular websites in the US for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks.

  • 17 February 2007

  • News: Analysis: the future of the internet

    The next-generation internet will be more portable and personal. It will harness the power of people, making it even easier to find exactly what you're looking for.

  • News: Analysis: the future of web-based apps

    In 2006 we saw a plethora of web-based services launch that mimic desktop applications but work entirely within a browser window. The benefits are clear: web-based applications mean you don't have to worry about storing apps on your hard drive, so you no longer have to maintain and update them. You can access work from wherever you are, provided you have a web connection and many web-based tools are free, unlike the ones you install on your PC.

  • News: Analysis: the future of the web - superfast landlines

    In the US, fixed-line broadband has reached the heady heights of 50Mbps (megabits per second) downloads and 5Mbps uploads.

  • News: Analysis: the future of the web - WiMax

    Forget online music, forget video-sharing sites and forget online shopping, the thing that's had the biggest impact on the way we use the web over the past five years has nothing to do with content and services. The widespread availability of broadband connections is the reason we use web more now than we did before, and it's made connecting to the net an altogether more stress-free experience.

  • News: Analysis: future web - savvier search

    Today, most search engines depend primarily on algorithmic processing: results ordered by popularity. At present, this relies on keyword matching, but Google's director of research, Peter Norvig, says the next step for search is a better understanding of users' intentions. In other words, what it really was they were searching for – Jaguar the car, rather than jaguar the mammal, for example.

  • News: Analysis: the future of user-generated content

    User-generated content is dramatically changing the way people consume the media. Rather than being fed content by traditional broadcasters, computer users are getting in on the act by producing their own videos and making them freely available online.

  • 16 February 2007

  • News: Inventor claims Slingbox infringes patent

    The creator of a wireless speaker system is suing Sling Media for patent infringement.

  • News: Intel ditches 3G from Centrino

    Intel has ditched plans to include 3G connectivity in its next Centrino platform, claiming that supporting the high-speed wireless standard would prove too expensive.

  • News: Microsoft Soapbox beta takes on YouTube

    Microsoft has unveiled a public beta of its MSN Soapbox video-upload service, its competitor to Google's popular YouTube service

  • 15 February 2007

  • News: Google Earth upgrades overlay feature

    Google has created a searchable index of Google Earth data files, a feature that should make it easier for users to find and adopt third-party overlays for the popular mapping application.

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