More Internet News

11 January 2007
News: eBay to offer PayPal antiphishing key

Over the next few months, eBay will be offering its PayPal users a new tool in the fight against phishers: a $5 security key.
News: Microsoft boosts Virtual Earth imagery

To sharpen the quality of images in its Virtual Earth mapping application, Microsoft has signed a deal with DigitalGlobe's GlobeXplorer, a provider of aerial and satellite photos
News: Shock at 30 percent drop in spam

Global spam levels decreased by 30 percent over the past week according to email security firm SoftScan, but the company warned users that the growth in unsolicited email was far from over.
10 January 2007
News: Brazilian judge lifts ban on YouTube

The judge who last week ordered Brazilian ISPs to block access to YouTube until it removed clips of a sexual nature featuring a Brazilian model has decided to reverse the ban.
09 January 2007
News: Get your terrorism alerts via email

The Security Service, which is responsible for our nation's counterterrorism efforts, plans to send out email alerts to citizens warning them of changes to the "national threat level", a measure of the risk of terrorist attacks. It will announce the start date and details of the signup process soon, it said today
News: CES: Disney talks up interactive site

As befits the head of one of the world's biggest entertainment conglomerates, Walt Disney's Robert Iger had an array of stars on hand to spice up his CES keynote yesterday
News: Pegasus Mail ceases development

New Zealand email pioneer Pegasus Mail is to cease further development of its software, which is used by millions of users worldwide
News: CES: Sony streams HD broadband video to TVs

Sony has revealed a system that will allow viewers of its Bravia flat-panel TV sets to access broadband video content, some of it in HD (high definition)
08 January 2007
News: Firefox use up nearly 50 percent

Propelled by the release of its Version 2.0 in October, the free Firefox web browser saw almost a 50 percent increase in use during 2006, according to one web measurement firm.
News: Skype TV to blitz bandwidth

If your ISP has a strict monthly limit on bandwidth usage, you could be forced to turn off the planned peer-to-peer TV streaming offering from the founders of the Skype Internet telephone service.
News: CES: Wi-Fi gets new security spec

The group that certifies Wi-Fi products aims to make more wireless LANs secure by taking some of the work out of locking them down.
06 January 2007
News: Google partners with Chinese P2P site

Google has struck a partnership with a Chinese peer-to-peer file downloading service, Xunlei Networking Technologies of Shenzhen.
05 January 2007
News: US politician holds briefing in Second Life

Sometimes, virtual life still takes a back seat to real life - a briefing from US Representative George Miller in the virtual world Second Life was delayed Thursday afternoon as Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as the first woman speaker of the House in real life.
News: YouTube 'sex clip' leads to shut-down order

A court has ordered YouTube to shut down its video-sharing site in Brazil, after the former fiancée of footballer Ronaldo sued the site after a clip appearing to show her having sex was posted online.
News: Googles mobile deal boosts stake in China

Google has signed a deal to provide mobile search services for China's biggest mobile phone operator, China Mobile.
04 January 2007
News: Breathtaking hole in Adobe Reader plugin

Security researchers are warning website publishers of a "breathtaking" weakness in the web browser plugin for Adobe's Acrobat Reader program.
News: Sohu upgrade targets Baidu & Google

Chinese internet company Sohu.com has released the first update to its Sogou search engine since late 2005, adding faster updates to the search engine's index and offering speedier results for users.
03 January 2007
News: Lycos knocked offline by network outage

A network outage at hosting provider Savvis has knocked a number of websites offline, including the web portal Lycos
02 January 2007
News: Probe into YouTube footage of Saddam death

The Iraqi government has announced it will investigate how footage of Saddam Hussein’s execution was captured on a mobile phone and distributed online.
News: Google closes Gmail vulnerability

Google has fixed a flaw that would have allowed websites to harvest information from Gmail contact lists, a problem that could have let spammers collect reams of new email addresses.