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News Archive August 2009
26th August
- five lessons from Microsoft on Cloud security
- teen kidnapped over Sony PSP
- 'Office genuine advantage' extended to U.S.
- YouTube finally allows you to make money from home videos
25th August
- UK file-sharers to be 'cut off'
- file sharers hold vigil for Pirate Bay
- Open Group announces new cloud standards
- IT organisations bring in most overseas workers
24th August
- Mozilla asks EU to reject Microsoft's Windows 7 browser plan
- mobile TV 'very slow' to take off
- Pirate Bay bidder loses chairman
- Yahoo to set up cloud data center in Taiwan
21st August
- Google adds Salesforce to enterprise search
- Wordpress gets own URL shortener
- evangelical networker wants Facebook to open up the world
- Oracle deal gains DoJ approval
20th August
- Verizon offers expanded suite of encryption services
- World of Warcraft jumps into print
- Apple online offer glitch hints at early Snow Leopard launch
- not so fast, Twitter: 'Tweet' isn't yours
19th August
- hackers see Twitter as 'target rich'
- Skype told to pull TV ad
- spam offers to let people use their PC to attack Obama site
- RIM named world's fastest-growing company
- disappearing in the digital age
18th August
- budget PC brands see biggest gains in consumer satisfaction
- Google Caffeine: What it really is
- Mozilla pushes users towards Firefox 3.5
- Mandelson promises to cut-off illegal file sharers
17th August
- Microsoft backs long life for IE6
- Mandelson leads attack against illegal file sharers
- UK report calls for clearer laws on broadband wireless shari
14th August
- BT Openzone delivers wireless Wi-Fi broadband to UK holiday
- Government reworks IT contracts to handle cash flow
13th August
- On2 investors bemoan 'unfair' Google buyout
- Twitter mostly 'pointless babble' says study
- Google moving search advertising beyond keywords
12th August
- HostingCon coverage update - delays
- Microsoft unveils SQL Server preview code
- mashups pit search engines against each other
- HP, Dr. Dre plan new 'digital music ecosystem'
11th August
- blogger silences Google ads with death and destruction
- illegal downloads popular among young broadband users
- IT recruiter dodges downturn
10th August
- extra '&' in Microsoft code gave hackers IE exploit
- fresh calls to curb UK state internet ISP surveillance
- Mozilla issues first Firefox 3.6 alpha version
- Hathaway leaving cybersecurity czar post
7th August
- be wary of XML attacks warns analyst
- MS preps five critical fixes for busy Patch Tuesday
- social networks suffer downtime after DDos attack
- London is Twitter capital, says CEO
6th August
- Murdoch will charge for online news
- hackers attack Israeli party site
- EU broadband ISP report highlights UK failings on speed
- INQ releasing two Twitter smartphones
5th August
- SDL moots maiden dividend
- some tweets now of out bounds at ESPN
- three sentenced for US military tech leaks to China
4th August
- IT forecasts improve as global chip sales increase
- Bing sees slight uptick in July
- Facebook app lets Intel PCs donate processor power
- Fujitsu staff may strike action over pension plans
3rd August