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News Archive October 2009
30th October
- UK Holiday Makers use Mobile Broadband to Stay Connected
- China claims supercomputer among world's fastest
- Microsoft cleans up bugs after biggest patch release
- Microsoft's lawyers will be busy in the next few months
29th October
- Music search is Google's newest tune
- Happy Birthday to the Internet - 40 Years old
- Facebook woos developers with a roadmap
- ITV revamps email marketing to boost traffic and ad revenue
28th October
- Facebook Password Spam Conceals Malware Attack
- Data-losing companies may be forced to spill to public
- The UK North and South Digital Broadband Penetration Divide
- Microsoft retracts Family Guy sponsorship
27th October
- Bloggers go ballistic over non-existent wireless tax
- Online TV services gather momentum
- Google Custom Search Engine Gets Tune-Up
- First Look: Google Social Search
26th October
- Smartphone security threats likely to rise
- Hackers target Guardian Jobs site
- Social media at work causes £1.4bn 'black hole'
- Nigerian fraud fighters close down 800 scam email addresses
23rd October
- AOL: We're working on something big and secret
- Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever
- Botnet click fraud at record high
- Google Co-founder Sergey Brin not after Twitter
19th October
- Google delivers forecast-beating financial results
- Google launches first major UK ad campaign
- Tories would scrap broadbandand licence fee plans
16th October
15th October
- Google gains more ground than Bing in September
- OFT to scrutinise online pricing
- One in 10 businesses will require 50% more bandwidth in 2010
14th October
- Sky News goes free
- Google now largest source of internet traffic
- 10 Ways for Apple to Capitalize on Windows 7 with Mac OS X
- Youth 'cannot live' without web
13th October
- Apple director quits Google board
- Next Firefox can detect computer orientation
- T-Mobile says Sidekick data may yet return
- Getting everyone online would save billions, Martha Lane
12th October
- England match gets online audience of 500,000
- Online ads could boost future of niche sports
- Greenpeace activists protest on roof of parliament
- Yahoo! to Serve Up Sponsored Ads on BOSS
9th October
- Enterprises Invest in Online Communities
- Carphone Warehouse gains as consumers reject mobile internet
- Botnet caught red handed stealing from Google
- Windows 7, Bing and mobile will determine Ballmer's future
8th October
- It's time to say good-bye to GeoCities
- Spammers jump on Gmail, Hotmail mass-hack gravy train
- New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars
- Fourth 'Firefox Mobile' alights on Nokia Tablets
- London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux
- Cisco a major Linux server vendor overnight
- Linux saves Aussie electrical grid
- Linux source code passes 10 million lines
7th October
- Cybercriminals pay for access to infected UK and US PCs
- Why smartphones are not suffering in the recession
- Bing slips, Google inches ahead in search war
- Avoid being a victim of an e-mail phishing scam
6th October
- Hotmail users advised to change passwords
- Ask launches Ask Deals for bargain hunters
- Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market
- Is There Such a Thing as a "Best" Browser?
5th October
- Most Brits feel their UK ISP Internet Connection is Secure
- CNET Conversation with Steve Ballmer
- Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices
- Windows 7 Leaked To eBay
2nd October