News Stories from December 2007

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News Stories from December 2007

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Broadband breakthroughs 'to herald rich media content': 31 December 2007; The new year is set to herald a new slew of technologies utilising faster broadband speeds, with rich media content and ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0, Rich Media
SMEs told to tool up for online launches: 28 December 2007; Small businesses looking to move into the online marketplace need to ensure they have the right infrastructure in place. ...; Categories: Web Design, E-commerce, Visitor Conversion
Queen debuts on YouTube: 24 December 2007; The Queen has made her first foray into the world of social networking after launching her own channel on YouTube. ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Rich Media
Google still king of the search engines: 24 December 2007; Google remains the most popular search engine in the US according to the latest figures from web analysts comScore. ...; Categories: Search Engines, E-commerce
Google gets green light from US regulators: 21 December 2007; Google's planned acquisition of DoubleClick has been given the green light by US regulators.The internet behem ...; Categories: Search Engines
Web marketing has 'superseded the old school': 21 December 2007; Online advertising has changed the face of marketing, with the 'old school' model of radio and TV no longer applicable. ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
IBM unveils new sophisticated email search: 20 December 2007; IBM says it has devised a new method for searching email databases, in what it says is a more relevant and accurate sear ...; Categories: Web Design, Search Engines
Google's DoubleClick plans come under fire: 20 December 2007; Google's proposed takeover of DoubleClick in a $3.1 billion deal has been criticised by EU consumer lobby BEUC. ...; Categories: Visitor Conversion, Search Engines, Internet Marketing
Widgets the way forward for Web 2.0 advertisers: 20 December 2007; The use of 'widgets' or other user-generated applications on social networking sites is a useful tool for online markete ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Online firms must 'get the infrastructure right': 19 December 2007; The Christmas surge in internet traffic as shoppers look to find bargains online could cause problems for some website, ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, E-commerce
Intelliden: Networks will evolve to meet Web 2.0 challenges: 19 December 2007; The demands placed on organisation's technological networks are set to spiral in 2008, as new trends and take-up of exis ...; Categories: Web Design, Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Blog turns ten: 19 December 2007; It is a decade since the first use of the word "weblog", the forerunner of the proliferating phenomenon that i ...; Categories: Web Design, Web 2.0
Google moves closer: 18 December 2007; The launch of Google's latest networking feature has brought the company closer to the social networking world, it has b ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Virgin's cable crash: 18 December 2007; The Virgin Media cable network went down for several hours, affecting both TV and internet services, it has been reporte ...; Categories: E-commerce
Yahoo's top sites of 2007: 18 December 2007; Yahoo! Search has announced its Finds of the Year campaign and is encouraging its users to vote for a winner.T ...; Categories: Search Engines, Web 2.0
BBC goes 2.0: 17 December 2007; The BBC has launched a beta version of its homepage, which includes new Web 2.0 features.Widgets have been int ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google's Wikipedia: 17 December 2007; Google is trialling an online publishing platform to challenge the world-renowned information resource, Wikipedia. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
It's Hammer time: 14 December 2007; MySpace is to host the broadcast of Hammer Films' first movie in 30 years.Beyond the Rave will be shown i ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Taking Microsoft to war: 14 December 2007; A new complaint submitted to the European Union against Microsoft could start a 'Browser War'.Opera, a small w ...; Categories: E-commerce
Your country needs You (Tube): 13 December 2007; The Armed Forces is posting videos from Iraq and Afghanistan on YouTube, the BBC has reported.All three of the ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Reuters' moving pictures: 13 December 2007; Reuters has agreed to supply the Financial Times website with video, it has been reported.The news agency alre ...; Categories: E-commerce
Know your Xmas limit: 13 December 2007; Internet users with broadband limits on their accounts have been advised not to exceed the restrictions over Christmas. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Digital landgrab: 12 December 2007; Microsoft has bought Multimap, one of the leading online mapping services.The firm is one of the UK's top tech ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, E-commerce
BBC presents iPlayer: 12 December 2007; The BBC will release the official version of iPlayer on Christmas day after months of testing as a beta.Viewer ...; Categories: Rich Media
Women lead internet trend: 12 December 2007; In the UK and the US women use the internet more often than men, according to a new international report.In th ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Amsterdam goes with fibre: 11 December 2007; The European Commission has approved the investment by Amsterdam in a new fibre telecoms network.The municipal ...; Categories: E-commerce
Work share: 11 December 2007; Microsoft has launched Office Live Workspace in response to a new range of web-based applications.The service ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Search for millions: 11 December 2007; A new search engine has claimed it could raise £3 million for charity just by users typing in their search enquirie ...; Categories: Search Engines
Orange explosion: 10 December 2007; The second Orange Digital Media Index has been released and shows an explosion in the number of people now using mobile ...; Categories: Rich Media
Apple leads mobile harvest: 10 December 2007; The arrival of the Apple iPhone has started a rush for the mobile music market, the Times has reported.Despite ...; Categories: E-commerce
Ofcom to host Bandwidth sale: 10 December 2007; Ofcom has announced it will host an online auction for more of UK's radio spectrum next year.The frequencies o ...; Categories: E-commerce
Pepsi challenges Apple: 07 December 2007; US soft drink manufacturer Pepsi is to challenge Apple by giving away one billion songs, the Times has reported. ...; Categories: Web 2.0, E-commerce
Mobile goes open: 07 December 2007; Mobile network operators will have to open their networks and new gadgets will change the market, according to new predi ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Sewer, faster, cheaper: 07 December 2007; Fibre cables running through the sewers could help the UK broadband market keep up to speed, offer an improved service a ...; Categories: E-commerce
Broadband's lengthy queue: 06 December 2007; Customer satisfaction with leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is falling because callers are left on hold, a new ...; Categories: Web 2.0
'Misleading' or Li-Fi?: 06 December 2007; The BBC has admitted a recent documentary about the dangers of Wi-Fi was misleading, TechDigest has reported.T ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Apology from Zuckerberg: 06 December 2007; The creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users of the site for mistakes it made when implementing Beac ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Cyber Asbo: 05 December 2007; A 17-year-old has been issued a 'cyber anti-social behaviour order' (Asbo) after using a social networking site to boast ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Lights on, nobody home: 05 December 2007; Internet users are aware of online dangers but continue to put themselves at risk, a new study has warned.Resu ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Facebook sells more: 05 December 2007; Social networking giant Facebook has sold a further share of its business, this time to a Hong Kong billionaire, it has ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Surfers seek out films: 04 December 2007; Internet users want to be able to download DVD quality films from future broadband services, according to a new survey. ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Rich Media
Yahoobay: 04 December 2007; Internet shoppers in Japan will be able to buy from eBay when they are logged into their Yahoo! accounts.Japan ...; Categories: Web 2.0, E-commerce
Virtual collaboration: 04 December 2007; A consortium of academic and industry partners will join with Indian counterparts in a virtual platform to push forward ...; Categories: E-commerce, Web 2.0
Facebook keeps it real: 03 December 2007; Users of Facebook are less likely to create a "fantasised" identity than people who access MySpace, a new stud ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Internet information investigation: 03 December 2007; The information commissioner will begin a new investigation into the sale of personal data following several high profil ...; Categories: E-commerce
Not so fast: 03 December 2007; The telecoms regulator and BT have both questioned whether it is the right time to speed up UK broadband.Peter ...; Categories: E-commerce
Not made in China: 03 December 2007; China has denied it is involved in cybercrime and revealed it has also been targeted by internet attackers.A r ...; Categories: E-commerce