Microsoft declares Bing UK ready for action
News The company's search engine, which has a UK market share of just below three percent, is now out of beta [13 Nov 2009]
Google hints at impending Caffeine launch
News The search giant says its next search engine, code-named Caffeine, will soon be activated for wider public use [11 Nov 2009]
Google introduces 'Go' programming language
News A Unix co-creator is among those behind a new, open-source programming language project which Google hopes will boost computing power and programmers' abilities [11 Nov 2009]
Shoppers blocked from buying across EU borders
News The European Commission calls for more progress on simplifying cross-border online shopping, after its study shows that 60 percent transactions cannot be completed [23 Oct 2009]
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Firefox gains 30m users in eight weeks
News The open-source web browser has rapidly gained new users over the past two months, according to Mozilla [27 Oct 2009]
Icann gives green light to non-Latin URLs
News The domain-name body has voted to allow the use of non-Latin characters in web extensions, allowing URLs to be written in languages such as Arabic and Hebrew [30 Oct 2009]
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Yahoo open-sources app for speeding up websites
News The company has released the source code underlying its Traffic Server software, which helps boost the speed of website operations [03 Nov 2009]
Google SPDY protocol could boost web speeds
News Researchers are playing with a new web protocol that could theoretically decrease the time it takes to load a web page by a significant amount [13 Nov 2009]
Quarter of world online as internet turns 40
News Forty years ago, engineers at two California Universities sent the first successful communication between two computers, marking the beginning of the internet [29 Oct 2009]
Mandelson puts 'three strikes' internet plan in motion
News Proposals that could force ISPs to cut off the internet connection of persistent copyright infringers will be included in a bill going before parliament next month [28 Oct 2009]
- who wouldn’t encrypt their traffic - mywl002
- Impossible to police - graham.manning@tso.co.uk
Web domain name language overhaul coming soon
News Icann is finalising plans to introduce web domain addresses using non-Latin characters, marking the biggest change to the system in its history [27 Oct 2009]
Google opens up Wave federation
News Wave servers created by outside developers can now communicate with each other through Google's servers, opening up new interoperability possibilities for Wave [03 Nov 2009]
Google delivers search tool for online stores
News Commerce Search, hosted in Google's cloud, is designed for online retail sites and provides features such as customisable results and display [06 Nov 2009]
Google Voice acquires VoIP client Gizmo5
News Terms of the deal for the VoIP software company were undisclosed, but the acquisition will be used to help Google Voice [13 Nov 2009]
Verizon to trial campaign of 'copyright notices'
News The US company, known for its reluctance to intervene in anti-piracy cases, will forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry to those suspected of illegal downloading [13 Nov 2009]
Google plans first-ever share buyback
News If the company's $750m acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset the impact of issuing $750m in stock by buying back an equal amount [12 Nov 2009]
Apple issues security update for Safari
News Available for Windows and Mac, the Safari 4.0.4 update addresses multiple security holes in the browser [12 Nov 2009]
Chrome Mac beta due in December
News Google plans to release the first Mac beta version of its browser in early December, according to a Chrome product manager [12 Nov 2009]
Twitter, LinkedIn announce tie-up
News The new partnership means status messages can be interchangeable between Twitter and LinkedIn [10 Nov 2009]
Google Books: More time needed to revise deal
News After a meeting last week with the US Justice Department, the parties have realised they need more time to revise their settlement over the rights to scan digital books [10 Nov 2009]
Google releases Dashboard stored data service
News Service that lets users maintain their personal data stored across all Google products is launched [05 Nov 2009]
Open University prepares to embrace the cloud
News The university is in talks with Microsoft and Google about cloud-computing services for students and staff [04 Nov 2009]
Bing's mobile site optimised for touchscreen devices
News Microsoft has updated the mobile version of Bing with some features for touchscreen devices [02 Nov 2009]
Google Voice stats revealed through PDF error
News The service has 1.419 million users, a number that was meant to be redacted in documents filed with regulators, according to BusinessWeek [02 Nov 2009]
Facebook wins lawsuit against 'spam king'
News A judge awarded $711m in damages and, finding Sanford Wallace had 'wilfully violated' court orders, referred the matter to US Attorney's Office for criminal prosecution [30 Oct 2009]
