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Internet
11 March 2010
OnLive Cloud Gaming Service to Launch in June.
OnLive, a "cloud" video game service that challenges the dominance of traditional games consoles, said it would launch in the US in June.
Internet
11 March 2010
New Survery Reveals The Truth About Twitter Users
A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse.
Internet
11 March 2010
Internet is One of The Organisations Nominated for Nobel Pea
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Internet
11 March 2010
Mozilla to Make Open Source Simpler
The 10-year-old Mozilla Public License will be updated by the end of 2010.
Internet
11 March 2010
SmartPhone Technologies LLC Launches Patent Attack
Apple, Research in Motion, and a gaggle of other deep-pocket firms have been slapped with a wide-ranging patent infringment suit by an obscure Texas firm.
Internet
10 March 2010
Retweet Buyer Remains A Mystery
Retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa.
Internet
10 March 2010
Dotcom Bubble Has Burst
On 10 March 2000, the Nasdaq index of leading technology shares spiked, bursting the Dotcom bubble
Internet
10 March 2010
Companies Rely More and More on Facebook
Investors are pumping more and more money into web services that are heavily reliant on Facebook.
Internet
09 March 2010
Government Sites to be Hit by Plans to Strengthen Regulation
Government websites look set to be hit hardest by plans to strengthen digital marketing regulation.
Internet
09 March 2010
Who Can See Your Location?
Testifying before a congressional hearing in late February, Mike Altschul with the Wireless Association was blunt: Federal mobile phone privacy policy is undefined and the privacy guidelines for location-based services written in 2008 are obsolete.
Internet
08 March 2010
4 out of 5 believe internet access is 'a fundamental right'
Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
Internet
04 March 2010
The future of the internet is here
The Internet of the future is an intelligent network capable of proactively acting on our needs, following us wherever we go, helping provide focused health care and possibly ushering in a new energy paradigm.
Internet
04 March 2010
Broadband providers give "preferential treatment"
BBC tech boss says web is 'primary outlet for future Beeb content'.
Internet
26 February 2010
EU cautions Google over Street View photos
Google is in hot water in Europe once again over Street View map photos.
Internet
26 February 2010
Bug causes Facebook messages to misfire
An unknown number of Facebook users had their messages sent to the wrong people for a while on Wednesday after a computer problem, the social-networking company said Thursday.
Internet
26 February 2010
Google sets out search ranking explanation
Google has countered the investigation by the European Commission into its business practices by offering a general explanation of how it ranks its search results.
Internet
25 February 2010
Web designers hold wake for Internet Explorer
A web design firm will hold a tongue-in-cheek funeral for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 on March 4 to celebrate the aged browser's decline.
Internet
25 February 2010
British Library warns UK's web heritage 'could be lost'
The UK's online heritage could be lost forever if the government does not grant a "right to archive", a group of leading libraries has said.
Internet
24 February 2010
Adobe patches critical bug in Flash
Adobe has patched a critical vulnerability in the Windows utility used to download the company's two most popular products, Adobe Reader and Flash Player.
Internet
24 February 2010
EC to investigate Google over anticompetitive behaviour
Google is under investigation for alleged anticompetitive practices following complaints filed to the European Commission by three competitors, according to a Google blog post.
Internet
23 February 2010
Twitter, Facebook use up 82 percent
We're spending a lot more time tweeting and Facebooking, says Nielsen.
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