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News Archive May 2010
28th May
- Google Misses Wi-Fi Data Deadline
- Governement ID Cards To Be Scrapped
- iPad Market Open For iPad
- Scientists Launch Test For Anti-Terror Spyware
27th May
- Government Scraps Plans for Web Science Institute
- Google Offers Option to Block Analytics
- FCC Reveal 1/6 People Receive Suprising Mobile Bills
- Apple Music Policies Under Fire From Regulators
26th May
- Google releases Chrome for Mac and Linux
- Queen Speech Stating Broadband Still a Priority
- BroadVision to Launch New Social Network for Businesses
- IBM & Sybase upgrade analytics
- BBC Launches New Verison of iPlayer
- EU Report Reveals Fragmented Nature of Internet Market
- Minister Confirms There Will Be No Repeal Of Digital Economy
- Google Will Allow Users to Opt Out of Analytics
25th May
- The economic impact of Google
- Zuckerberg Confirms Changes to Privacy Settings
- Pac-Man Google Doodle to Become Permanent
24th May
- Google Addresses WiFi Privacy Snafu With Encrypted Search
- AT&T Raises Early Termination Fee on Smartphones
- Twitter Stand-Off Ends With a Wimper
- Facebook Promises Greater Privacy
- Terracycle Launch UK Online Shop
- Yahoo and Nokia to combine mobile and online services
- Stock Exchange Takes a Hit From MilleniumIT Takeover
21st May
- Google Introduces Google TV
- Rivals Line Up Against Facebook
- City Wide WiFi for London 2012 Olympics
- Millions of over 55s missing out on benefits of the web
- Governement Publish New ICT Plans
- Nick Clegg Pledges To Roll Back Big Brother State
- How to Design a Web App for Google TV
20th May
- Cartoon Contest Leads Pakistan to Shutter Facebook
- Europe Outlines Plan to Boost Broadband by 2020
- Google takes on Skype with Global IP buy
- Google Reconsiders Software For Facial Recognition
- Pakistan Blocks Access to YouTube in Internet Crackdown
- Facebook Strikes Deal with Farmville Maker
19th May
- Survey Shows Britons Spend More Than '1 Day a Month Online'
- WTO to Investigate Great Firewall of China
- Lib Dems Demand Repeal of Digital Economy Laws
- Google Call Truce With Murdoch
- Ofcom: Northern Ireland People Cautious About Internet
18th May
- GQ's iPad Version: 365 Copies Sold
- Spotify Opens Up to Free Users But Caps Listening Hours
- Google Wi-Fi Data Collection Causes Controversy
17th May
- YouTube Hits Benchmark - Receiving 2 Billion Daily Viewers
- Wikipedia Has Radical Revamp
- U.S. Asks China to Keep an Open Tech Policy
- Google Admits Mistake in Wi-Fi Data Collection
14th May
- BT to launch iPad rival
- Real-Time ID Service boosts B2B commerce
- Web revolution sweeps Whitehall
- Facebook goes quiet on privacy policy meeting
- Single Phishing Gang Dominated Attacks in 2009
13th May
- Wikipedia's porn purge, and cleaning up for the iPad
- Cisco reports 'strongest quarter' ever
- 66% of phishing attacks carried out by single gang
- Financial Times unveils iPad app
- Google Adds Semantic Search Results with Google Squared
- McAfee and Citrix partner to secure virtual desktop
- BT expands super-fast broadband network
- Apple iPhone move kills Mac coding conference
- "Facebook" most popular search in US social networking
- Firefox offers security help to Safari
- Google coding tool advances cloud computing
- BlackBerry Tablet to Launch This Year
12th May
- Google and Verizon to Launch Tablet Computer
- Johnston Press eyes online content charges
- Facebook venturing into location-based services
- Twitter confirms beta testing of new business features
- Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds
- Google intervenes on privacy debate
11th May
- Firefox 4 gives another nod to browser speed and security
- Half of UK consumers will pay more for faster broadband
- Twitter hit by major disruption
10th May
- Comcast Say Net Neutrality Would Open 'Scary' Door
- IT Industry Uncertain With Hung Parliament
- Obama Stresses Education Over iPod, Xbox
- Demand Grows For Electronic Polls
7th May
- First Non-Latin Web Addresses Go Live
- Google Gives Desktop and Mobile Search Pages a Makeover
- Digg Fires 10 Per Cent of Staff
- Google Goggles Translates Text
- Twitter Plays Suprise Role In The Election
6th May
- Google And Microsoft Focus On Speed
- Facebook Rushes To Fix Security Flaw
- FCC Plans New Net Neutrality Regulations
5th May
- Google's e-book store said to be in final stages
- Media Want Gizmodo Court Records
- Google Chrome Boasts 30 Per Cent Increased Speed
- Google Gets Smarter & Says There's More to Come
- Skype Announce Launch Of New Subscriptions
- Google Tools To Monitor Web Stats
4th May