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Facebook faker to pay thousands in damages
25-07-2008
A UK High Court has ordered a man who concocted a Facebook account to attack a former school friend to pay STG22,000 in damages. » more
Google unfurls less laughable Wikipedia
24-07-2008
Google has unleashed its Wikipedia killer, an anyone-can-edit online encyclopedia it insists on calling Knol. » more
Drive-by download attacks menace gov sites
23-07-2008
The number of drive-by download attacks has tripled and they are beginning to affect government websites as well as small business operations. » more
IBM, Oracle sued over server software patents
22-07-2008
Seattle firm Implicit Networks is suing Adobe, IBM, Oracle and SAP for patent infringements. » more
Wii aids family togetherness: report
21-07-2008
If it's quality family time you're after, then it's a Wii you want. That's according to a new study which claims to have discovered that gamers rank the Wii as the best console for family togetherness. » more
IBM misses memo on economic slowdown
18-07-2008
IBM has yet again shrugged off the global economic slowdown with second quarter profits leaping 22 percent and revenues rising. » more
eBay revenues defy army of bitter users
17-07-2008
Despite a flagging economy -- and some serious vitriol from longtime users across the globe -- eBay is raking in serious dough. » more
Sony PS3 movie downloads are go
16-07-2008
Sony has finally broken its silence over the long awaited PlayStation 3 video downloads service and launched it onto the PlayStation Network. » more
Netflix will stream movies on Xbox 360
15-07-2008
Microsoft has scored a pact to stream a portion of Netflix's movie library on its game console online network. » more
Microsoft confirms 60GB Xbox 360
14-07-2008
Microsoft has broken its silence and officially unveiled the latest addition to its Xbox 360 line-up: a 60GB HDD-equipped console. » more
Oracle preps summer patch cluster
11-07-2008
Oracle is preparing to release 45 security patches on Tuesday 15 July as part of its quarterly update cycle. » more
Getty dips into Flickr to beef up photo stock
10-07-2008
Flickr fanciers will soon be able to make cash out of the photos they post online following a secret deal inked with the world's leading photo agency, Getty Images. » more
Zero day Word flaw exploited by Trojan
09-07-2008
Microsoft warns that an unpatched Word vulnerability has become the subject of targeted attacks. » more
Facebook not worth USD15 billion
08-07-2008
Court papers have told the world what it already knows: Facebook is not worth USD15 billion. » more
Yahoo talks to Time Warner?
07-07-2008
Yahoo spent the holiday weekend locked in talks with Time Warner. The two are looking for a way to split Yahoo up in order to fend off Microsoft's takeover attempt. » more
Judge grants Viacom YouTube user records
04-07-2008
In the ongoing USD1bn legal spat between Google and Viacom, a federal judge has ordered the search giant to turn over all existing records of every video viewed on YouTube. That includes user account names and IP addresses. » more
Scareware runs amok on PlayStation site
03-07-2008
Gamers visiting the US Sony PlayStation website risk malware infection after the site was hit by hackers. » more
DoJ to probe Google-Yahoo deal
02-07-2008
The US Department of Justice is to open a formal investigation into Yahoo's partnership with Google, fearing it will reduce competition in the online advertising market. » more
Google free to offload AOL stake
01-07-2008
Tuesday is the first day that Google can sell its stake in AOL, picked up in exchange for USD1 billion as part of a wider video and advertising partnership between the two signed in 2005. » more
Google plugs YouTube into PS3
30-06-2008
To the surprise of no one, Google is now offering software that streams video, photos, and music from your PC to your television. » more
Yahoo shuffle filled with insight and clouds
27-06-2008
Trying to become less of an organisational disaster, Yahoo has shuffled around some executives and even formed a cloud computing division. » more
Intel says 'no' to Windows Vista
26-06-2008
Windows Vista is not for Intel, it has been claimed. The chip giant will not be installing the new operating systems on its many thousands of desktop PCs. It has "no compelling case" to do so. » more
DSGi profit plummets 30 percent
26-06-2008
DSG International (DSGi) saw annual profit tumble 30 percent, after the struggling electrical retailer was forced to cut prices to shift stock amidst a tightening of consumer spending. » more
Microsoft fights gaming Trojan menace
24-06-2008
Microsoft is claiming big success in its efforts to to rescue gamers from malware. » more
Yahoo's Decker defends Goo-Hoo
23-06-2008
Yahoo president Susan Decker has criticised the company's naysayers, many of whom have protested against the fraught firm's recent web search ad deal with Google. » more
Yahoo e-mail fans get more domains
19-06-2008
Yahoo's free online e-mail service is to grow new tentacles with the company planning to add two domains alongside its existing "@yahoo.com" addresses. » more
Outsiders get a crack at eBay's Selling Manager
17-06-2008
eBay is throwing open its Selling Manager tool to external developers building high-volume businesses based on its online platform. » more
Microsoft ga ga over Goo-Hoo deal
16-06-2008
Microsoft kicked off a campaign on Friday against the advertising collaboration deal struck between Google and Yahoo, Reuters reports. » more
FTC wants to hit spyware guys where it hurts
13-06-2008
The Federal Trade Commission told a US Senate committee it could bring new vigour to the fight against spyware by making spyware purveyors pay civil penalties. » more
Apple chucks P.A. Semi at iPhone
12-06-2008
Steve Jobs has admitted that Apple will design its very own super-chips for both the iPhone and the iPod. » more
