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News Archive for August 2009
28 Aug 2009
- New rules on US airport laptop searches
- Google Docs goes multilingual
- Amazon woos enterprises with Virtual Private Cloud
- Facebook told to tighten privacy controls
- Dell revenues torpedoed by enterprises
- Nokia: Symbian isn't dead
- Government hits back over file-sharing clampdown
- Spotify approved for iPhone Apps store
27 Aug 2009
26 Aug 2009
- Mozilla discovers serious flaw in Google Chrome
- Nokia to sideline Symbian for high-end smartphones?
- Wikipedia "not clamping down" on edits
- SCO wins shock Unix verdict
- YouTube to split the profits with video amateurs
- Black mark for Microsoft's Photoshop skills
- Symantec forced to fix its own security patch
25 Aug 2009
- Sony bolsters eBook reader range
- Don't click on Katie Price, warn security experts
- Opera 10 RC takes a bow
- RIM holds Torch for better BlackBerry browser
- Wikipedia limits edits on biographies of living
- Apple's Snow Leopard released on Friday
- Government plans to cut off illegal file sharers
- Yahoo still taking the fight to Bing
- ThinkPads to receive emails even when switched off
24 Aug 2009
- Microsoft confirms £150 Windows 7 Family Pack
- Nokia's Booklet 3G "not a netbook"
- No female A-level computing students by 2014
- Apple lifts veil on Apps Store approval process
- 64-bit Chrome arrives on Linux
- Pirate Bay buyout under fire from regulators
- Bing teams up with Wolfram Alpha
- Microsoft and Sophos bicker over Windows 7 XP mode
- Microsoft to take Word fight before federal court
- Oracle CEO agrees to million dollar pay cut
21 Aug 2009
- Report predicts job safety for IT staff at SMEs
- News consortium seeks end of free content
- China buries "Tomato Garden" versions of Windows
- Researchers claim parallel processing breakthrough
- Geolocation finds its way to Twitter
- Google book deal facing heavyweight opposition
- openSUSE defaults to KDE
- Oracle's acquisition of Sun gets green light
20 Aug 2009
- BT's broadband boost could slow down unlucky customers
- Scientists plot AI that learns from mistakes
- Wikipedia jumps on iPhone app bandwagon
- LG's Watchphone appearing on wrists in August
- Watchdog targets web advertising
- Windows 7 features 120-day activation grace period
- BlackBerry browser getting Flash
- MySpace drafts iLike in Facebook fightback
- Asus to sneak into smartphone market
19 Aug 2009
- Clock ticking on Windows 7 RC availability
- Windows 7 to retail in UK for £65?
- Companies warned over social-networking threats
- Mozilla massacres Microsoft's browser ballot proposal
- EDS salvages HP's third quarter profits
- Apple investigates exploding iPhone reports
- Microsoft: Word ban would cause "irreparable harm"
18 Aug 2009
- September launch for Palm Pre app store
- Broadband tax still on Digital Britain agenda
- Britons too lazy to switch ISPs
- Researchers herald optical-computing breakthrough
- Labour appoints "Twitter tsar"
- Moonlight shines on second beta
- Chrome 4 brings bookmark sync
- Hacker indicted over "largest ever case of identity theft"
- PC Pro announces Awards 2009 shortlist
17 Aug 2009
- BT completes 20Mbits/sec broadband boost
- ICANN claims death of "domain tasting"
- Malware surges amid Grumblar fallout
- Vague Wi-Fi laws lead to legal risk for mobile surfers
- TomTom delivers £60 iPhone navigation app
- IBM designs DNA processors
- Mozilla begins Firefox 3.5 upgrade push
- Mac gets fresh Outlook
- Lenovo issues faulty ThinkPad battery warning
14 Aug 2009
- Security firm blasts Adobe patching process
- Twitter spammers under attack
- Home Office sends out tech terror plea
- Palm pipes up over Pre privacy concerns
- Revamped iPod touch coming 7 September?
- Twitter to officially embrace retweets
- China drops controversial web filtering scheme
- Samsung stuffs two LCD displays onto compact cameras
- Dell: Linux returns a "non-issue"
13 Aug 2009
12 Aug 2009
- Sony admits VAIO chipset troubles
- Q&A: Why the UK needs the Pirate Party
- Judge bans sales of Microsoft Word in US
- What is Facebook Lite?
- Google gives search Caffeine boost
- Microsoft: We can't just give up on Internet Explorer 6
- 'Sex' and 'porn' in kids' top 10 search terms
- Office 2010 Web Apps coming to Nokia smartphones
11 Aug 2009
- VMware splashes out $420 million on SpringSource
- Microsoft prepares SQL Server 2008 R2 debut
- What's new on PCPro.co.uk?
- Chrome embraces Windows 7 jumplists
- Facebook hits back at Twitter with FriendFeed purchase
- GM to start eBaying new cars
- EU rebuked over Intel investigation irregularities
- Liberal Democrats blast "daunting surveillance state"
- Microsoft reveals store logo
- Microsoft Office Web Apps doesn't love Opera or Chrome
10 Aug 2009
- Dell's netbook purge strikes Mini 12
- Spinvox hit by damaging dossier
- Asus readying Moblin netbook?
- Q&A: Why Apprentice star is joining rural broadband fight
- Microsoft offloads Razorfish ad agency
- Ministry of Defence issues Twitter tips for troops
- OpenOffice tidies up with a Ribbon
- Toshiba finally succumbs to Blu-ray
- No Windows 7 XP Mode for selected VAIO owners
- Mozilla welcomes Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1
7 Aug 2009
- Timms takes on Digital Britain role
- RIM details hybrid touchscreen
- Plastic Logic eBook reader hitting UK late 2010
- Nine fixes for Patch Tuesday
- Netbooks salvage European PC sales
- SCO's return blocked by court
- BT denies fibre rollout roadblock
- Download rush on Windows 7 RTM
- Twitter and Facebook taken down by the Russians?
6 Aug 2009
- Denial-of-service attack downs Twitter
- Chrome beta brings speed and themes
- Cisco profits almost halved
- Apple springs Mac OS X 10.5.8 update
- ITV loses £150 million on Friends Reunited sale
- Murdoch newspaper sites to start charging by next summer
- KDE 4.3 polished and ready to go
- Microsoft plays down Windows 7 "showstopper drama"
- Google splashes cash on video-compression firm
5 Aug 2009
- O2's data network suffers third meltdown
- Microsoft wary of Linux threat
- 3 set to launch MiFi routers
- Pentagon ponders social-networking threats
- BT serves up broadband-boosting iPlates for free
- A third of young people won't pay for online content
- Yahoo's get-out clause in Microsoft deal
- Britain performing well in Euro tech league
- New cybersecurity blow for Obama
- Is Dell set to deliver a tablet?
4 Aug 2009
- Toshiba unveils 64GB SD card
- Microsoft spruces up Windows 7's XP Mode
- Timms tasked with Digital Britain job
- At last! Microsoft confirms Windows 7 upgrades for UK
- Bartz: "Yahoo didn't invest enough in search"
- Virgin Media beefs up ADSL offering
- Intel invites Facebook users to save the world
- Nikon shows off "world's first projector camera"
- Pirate Bay spokesperson calls it a day
- PayPal suffers global outage
- Apple and Google unable to shake antitrust probe
3 Aug 2009
- Olympus mjuTough 8000: the camera that can be run over by a Land Rover
- How tough are Panasonic's Toughbooks?
- iPhone to wave "goodbye to BlackBerry"
- Sony readies two new eBook readers
- Google boss resigns from Apple board
- Ofcom delays plans for two-hour mobile number transfers
- Microsoft brings Minority Report displays to office
- Government: McKinnon could serve sentence in UK
- Yahoo turns to Twitter for search results
- Archbishop: social networks increase suicide risk
- Exploding iPod owner hit with Apple gagging order
- Windows 7 pre-orders thrown into doubt
2 Aug 2009
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