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  • 08 February 2007

  • News: Banks could pass on phishing losses to customers

    The failure of customers to secure their own money during internet transactions could potentially lead banks to pass off the responsibility of financial losses back to the customer. User education for online banking customers on how to avoid phishing scams has failed, according to Paul Henry, senior vice president of Secure Computing. This form of commonsense defence has failed to work time and time again, he added.

  • News: Microsoft tackles IE7 phishing flaw

    Microsoft has quietly released a patch aimed at improving the performance of Internet Explorer 7's phishing filter ahead of the company's regular patching schedule, which occurs on the second Tuesday of every month.

  • 07 February 2007

  • News: Google opens Googlemail to all in UK

    Google has made its Googlemail web-based email service available to all in the UK, ending the invite-only policy it’s taken since launching in 2004.

  • News: Internet slows following DDOS attack

    Online attackers briefly disrupted service on at least two of the 13 "root" servers that are used to direct traffic on the internet yesterday.

  • News: EFF opens European office

    Consumers in Europe have another group looking out for their digital rights with the opening of a Brussels office by the US non-profit group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

  • News: Wal-Mart takes on iTunes

    Wal-Mart joined a growing field of providers of digital video download services with the launch of an online movie store in the US.

  • News: Google urges governments to back free web

    The internet has an ever-growing role to play in allowing free expression across the globe, but only if attempts to reign it in are unsuccessful, according to Google chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt.

  • News: Amazon & Tivo in movie download deal

    Owners of Tivo's digital video recorders (DVR) will soon be able to download films and television shows for rental and purchase from Amazon.com, the two companies announced today.

  • News: iTunes teams with Ticketmaster

    Camping out for concert tickets has never been less attractive. With sales for summer concerts about to begin, Ticketmaster will give free music from Apple's iTunes Music Store to everyone who purchases event tickets at its US website, Ticketmaster said today.

  • 06 February 2007

  • News: YouTube offers copyright compromise

    YouTube will start displaying a notice in Japanese on its website warning users against uploading copyright content, its two founders told representatives of a broad group of Japanese copyright holders today.

  • News: 40% of US youngsters have seen web pornography

    According to a study published yesterday, about 40 percent of American youngsters age aged between 10 and 17 years claim to have seen pornography on the internet. Two-thirds of respondents said the adult images were thrust upon them uninvited.

  • News: Skype-management package announced

    FaceTime Communications has announced software that will make Skype easier to manage. The company will release GEM (Greynet Enterprise Manager) 3.5 next month.

  • News: US Army sued for spying on blogs

    A US Army unit that monitors thousands of websites and soldiers' blogs has been served with a lawsuit by a San Francisco-based privacy group.

  • News: Google maps Australia

    Google today relaunched Google Maps Australia. The online mapping service now provides topographical satellite images, directions and business listings down under, functionality that has proved hugely succesful elsewhere in the world.

  • 05 February 2007

  • News: Windows Vista may corrupt your iPod

    Apple has released a small repair tool that solves one compatibility issue between iTunes and Windows Vista, but says PC users are better off waiting for the next version of iTunes before upgrading to Vista.

  • News: Disney sells 1.3m movies via iTunes

    Disney has announced that it has sold 1.3 million movies through Apple’s iTunes service in the US.

  • News: YouTube to take down 100,000 clips

    MTV, VH1, Nickelodean and Paramount programmes could be taken offline following copyright complaint from Viacom

  • News: Google Earth addresses Indian terrorist threat

    Google is in talks with the Indian government to allay concerns that Google Earth may be jeopardizing India’s security by showing high-resolution images of Indian defence and other installations.

  • 02 February 2007

  • News: ID fraud down, except credit cards

    Despite widespread media coverage of data breaches over the past year, identity fraud is actually dropping in the US, Javelin Strategy & Research reported yesterday.

  • News: 30% of US internet users tag online

    Tagging, the emblematic activity of the "Web 2.0" and social computing era, appears destined for mainstream status, a new study concludes.

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