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News Archive April 2007
30th April
- Red Hat has new open-source OS strategy
- Google releases custom add-ons to system
- Microsoft embraces web strategy at Mix07
- Spammers avoid filters
27th April
- Company re-engineers testing suite to target dynamic apps
- Google 'frantic' about personalised home page glitch
- Sony launches rival to YouTube
- Online archive provides details 100,000 slaves
26th April
- Heir paid detectives to hack e-mails of estranged wife
- Dial-through fraudsters using VoIP to outwit detectives
- Microsoft starts testing Windows "Longhorn" server
- Red Hat acquires MetaMatrix
25th April
- Google enhances MySQL databases
- Website to report cyber-crime considered by government
- Innovation limits, network-provider liability on the table
- More cyberattacks to originate from the web than email
24th April
- First online debate between presidential candidates
- Teachers say Wi-Fi making us sick, students crazy
- Microsoft critical bug in DNS Server
- Hackers break into a system and sabotage data
23rd April
- Teens keep online profiles private
- Variety of e-voting and counting techs to be deployed
- E-invoicing designed to operate across borders
- Data-source issues hinder IT embrace of Web 2.0 tools
20th April
- Cybercrime victims given a voice in portal scheme
- Two out of three sites have serious flaws
- Google delivers solid earnings to $1bn
- eBay profits increase as user fees pumped up
19th April
- Cybercrooks better at hiding malicious code
- Virtual life coaches needed
- Youth crime in China can be blamed on Internet
- microsoft signs cross-licensing agreement with Samsung
18th April
- Chip and pin machine at home to cut fraud
- Privacy advocates uneasy over Google-DoubleClick
- Person who leaked Windows Home Server identified
- Web 2.0 is less participatory than assumed
- Illegal users of wi-fi cautioned
17th April
- Firms worry about unfettered usage of USBs
- Broadcasters reassured by Google
- HTML may be getting its first major point update
- Employers warned on email spying
16th April
- Joost adds shows, crosses fingers
- Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
- China launches online porn purge
- DNS shows signs of stress from financial maneuverings
13th April
- Google launches Paypal rival in UK
- Cybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw
- Massive spam of 'Storm Trojan' reaches record proportions
- Customers stop shopping at stores that suffer data breaches
12th April
- How much will a data breach cost your company?
- Patch Tuesday brings fixes for critical Windows flaws
- UK escapes global SPAM dirty dozen
- Speed boost plan for file-sharing
11th April
- Google building data centers at fast-food franchise speed
- Dell claims rack servers better than blades
- Yahoo to sign deal for 33 Viacom websites
- High-tech eatery adds social networking spin
10th April
- Websites urged to act on bullies
- Google apologises to Sohu.com for 'mistake'
- Hackers dupe users with spam about bogus US-Iran war
- Shortlists for Metro blog awards
5th April
- Can the internet be truly neutral?
- EU blow to Microsoft on Windows
- Google lets users create own maps
- UK.biz still reluctant to report cybercrime
4th April
- Freed blogger calls release a victory
- FBI checks gambling in Second Life virtual world
- Intel launches Quad-Core Chip for embedded systems
- Cyber bullying threat to teachers
3rd April
- SOA Software, Red Hat Tout 'Open Source SOA'
- Broadband kills off consumer ISDN
- MySpace frees up firms to sell digital downloads
- New vulnerability strikes heart of Web 2.0
2nd April