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News Archive October 2008
31st October
- Nationwide works to cut servers by half via virtualization
- Google brings text-messaging to online chat
- iPhone gaining ground with lower-income fans
- Microsoft takes lid off Azure pricing
30th October
- Hurdles remain on Google's books deal
- Facebook worm resurfaces on Google
- IBM claims safer banking with 'security on a stick'
- Windows 7 will not fix UAC problems, says vendor
29th October
- Google settles lawsuits over online library
- Women more likely to get injured in tech workplaces
- Bank bailout puts NHS computer project in jeopardy
- IT security spending not darkened by economic gloom
28th October
- Microsoft: We didn't 'forget' Azure trademark
- Individualisation and mash-ups are key for staff productivit
- London consumers trounce corporates in wireless security
- Verizon reports increased profits
27th October
- Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
- Professional networks surge in popularity
- Use of Web spells end for Cleveland IBM user group
- Yahoo to axe 10% of workforce
24th October
- NHS 'not making enough use of IT'
- Amazon wins over sceptics about web services
- Google's Russian purchase blocked
- First internet access for sovereign CDS
23rd October
- UK tech, media and telecoms attract investment
- Bill Gates launches stealth bgC3 LLC project
- LinkedIn raises another $22.7 million
- Google extends global search ad lead
22nd October
- Eee PC series to get Windows 7 but not Vista
- GMail gets auto-replies
- Yahoo's profits plunge 64%, and 1,500 staff could go
- Google releases Android source code
21st October
- Microsoft Launches Global Effort to Fight Software Piracy
- Yahoo expected to point to advert drop-off
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 scores strong first week
- Complaints pour in about new iGoogle home page
20th October
- Web content 'disturbing children'
- Major tidal power plan revealed
- Yahoo plans cost-cutting moves, layoffs
- Digital economy to 'reboot' Britain
16th October
- Timing is key to netting phishing victims
- YouTube Rebuffs McCain Palin Campaign Ad
- Ebay revenue to decline for first time
- Google update stomps Chrome browser bugs
15th October
- Microsoft's Patch Vital For Windows Server 2000 Users
- Court ruling over internet gaming
- Adobe Releases Flash Player 10
- Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
14th October
- Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS
- Sarah Palin ordered to preserve Yahoo! emails
- OpenOffice Hits 3.0: Can It Challenge Microsoft?
- YouTube offers full-length shows
13th October
- MessageLabs buy a headache for Symantec?
- Music fans back legal downloads
- MySpace targets small advertisers with new program
- McAfee sees rise in stock scams, social engineering attacks
10th October
- Yahoo investor: Sell to Microsoft for $22 a share
- Nearly 75% of workers will be mobile by 2012
- Google aims to save mail users from themselves
- US telco: 'Public broadband is illegal'
9th October
- EC wants pan-Euro online shopping laws
- MessageLabs sold to Symantec for £397m
- Geode - the Firefox add-on that knows where you are
- Skype slams China partner on monitoring
8th October
- Red Hat looks to mainstream markets for growth
- Yahoo worker accused of role in India terror
- Tories plan streamlined children's database
- Government backs IT training academy
7th October
- AMD to spin off manufacturing
- Online adspend up 21% while total ad market falls 0.7%
- Marketers should use social networking sites to talk not sel
- EBay spends £760m on acquisitions
6th October
- Kids keep parents in the dark about cyberbullying
- Warner in online move to stop DVD piracy
- IBM launches Bluehouse, a Facebook for business
- Search engine Ask gets a facelift
3rd October
- Online virtual poppy field created to honour fallen soldiers
- Credit crunch hitting IT mergers
- Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing
- Facebook picks Dublin for international HQ
2nd October
- Cisco and Microsoft team up on new appliance
- Google 'Goliath' Microsoft says
- Dell customers ignore the offer to plant a tree
- Tools Help Families Combat Cyber Bullying With Alerts
1st October