News Stories from March 2008

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News Stories from March 2008

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BT reveals high-speed towns: 31 March 2008; BT has claimed 82 towns will benefit from its latest internet network by the end of April, Computer Shopper has reported ...; Categories: Web 2.0
HK tycoon doubles his Facebook stake: 31 March 2008; Hong Kong tycoon, Li Ka-Shing, has doubled his stake in social networking site Facebook, it has been reported. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Yahoo! launches ladies' site: 31 March 2008; Yahoo! has launched Shine, a website just for women.It features syndicated content from Conde Nast and Hearst ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google fights shareholders opposing censorship: 28 March 2008; Google's board is fighting a shareholder proposal to ban internet censorship, Computer World has reported.In a ...; Categories: Search Engines
UN evicts record number of "cybersquatters": 28 March 2008; A UN agency has evicted a record number of "cybersquatters" after complaints reached new highs.The w ...; Categories: E-commerce
Graphics can "get in the way": 28 March 2008; Website graphics get in the way if they are badly framed, new research has revealed.It found that images can a ...; Categories: Web Design
Teens now read online: 27 March 2008; One in four teenagers does their reading online, a new study has revealed.The report, entitled Read Up, Fed Up ...; Categories: Web 2.0
ISPs 'can't keep up': 27 March 2008; UK internet service providers (ISPs) are having difficulty keeping up with popular demand for a new generation of media ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Shakespeare: As you like it: 27 March 2008; The works of Shakespeare, in their original quarto format will be digitised and published online for web users to enjoy. ...; Categories: Web Design
Business worried about SNS security: 27 March 2008; Companies are increasingly worried about what is being said about them on social networking sites, new security research ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Poor web design hampers recruitment: 26 March 2008; Poorly designed websites are leading several high-street retailers to miss hiring talented employees, new research has f ...; Categories: Web Design
Tech investors should keep the faith: 26 March 2008; Investors in internet start up companies have been told to keep the faith and not let the current economic situation red ...; Categories: E-commerce
Best sites 'empower shoppers': 26 March 2008; The best new websites "empower shoppers", according to the vice president of a leading consumer retail team. ...; Categories: Web Design
Small business ignores its sites: 25 March 2008; Small businesses often get complacent and ignore their websites, an internet specialist has said.Chairman of t ...; Categories: Web Design
The 'e' generation: 25 March 2008; An entire generation is being raised online, according to new research.The Institute for Public Policy Researc ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Network shows your faces: 25 March 2008; Facebook has faced a further security threat, which has let visitors view personal pictures, the Associated Press has re ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Facebook's second chapter in decline: 20 March 2008; Social network Facebook has seen its visitor numbers fall for the second month in a row.According to provision ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Thinking Digital helps web's future: 20 March 2008; Thinking Digital, a conference of the world's biggest digital brains will investigate the future of digital media, the J ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Apple could offer unlimited free music: 20 March 2008; Apple is talking to major record labels to offer buyers of its iPods and iPhones unlimited music, it has been reported. ...; Categories: E-commerce
Massive mobile web search has begun: 20 March 2008; Search company Google has observed an acceleration of internet activity among mobile phone users, Reuters has reported. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Facebook tightens user info: 19 March 2008; Social network Facebook is changing its security settings to help protect its members' personal data.It has st ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Yahoo! says: We'll double it: 19 March 2008; Yahoo! has claimed it can double its cash flow if it is allowed to remain independent.The internet company is ...; Categories: Search Engines
UK customers' dissatisfaction survey: 18 March 2008; The latest survey of the UK's broadband customers has revealed their widespread dissatisfaction with providers' customer ...; Categories: E-commerce
Internet inventor takes on ISP data collectors: 18 March 2008; Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web has spoken out against the collection of data by internet service pro ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Carat predicts digital ad rush: 18 March 2008; Media agency, Carat has downgraded its global advertising growth from 6.2 per cent to six per cent, but has predicted on ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
MySpace becomes your space: 17 March 2008; MySpace has opened up its platform and attracted hundreds of applications from developers.According to reports ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Web 'needs better' adult content: 17 March 2008; The internet needs more content tailored towards adults, according to new research.A web-usage survey of more ...; Categories: Web Design
YouTube accounts for one in three US videos: 17 March 2008; YouTube accounted for one-third of the 9.8 billion videos viewed online in the US during January according to new figure ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Simplicity the key to Google's success: 17 March 2008; The simplicity of search engine Google is what sets it apart from its competitors and what has helped propel it to the t ...; Categories: Web 2.0
AOL: Back in the game: 17 March 2008; AOL has bought social networking site, Bebo for $850 million (£425 million) and hopes to expand its online adverti ...; Categories: E-commerce
Time for Euro Google: 14 March 2008; The EU has approved funding for a Euro search engine to rival Google.Headed by the Thomson group, the QUAERO p ...; Categories: Search Engines
Hackers infect 10,000 pages: 13 March 2008; Hackers have infected more than 10,000 web pages looking for passwords, PC Advisor has reported.Researchers fr ...; Categories: Web Design
Google faces "semantic web": 13 March 2008; Google's days as a search provider could be numbered if the latest prediction by the World Wide Web's creator comes true ...; Categories: Search Engines
Pirates board BBC's iPlayer: 13 March 2008; Hackers have raided BBC's iPlayer TV service and defeated its anti-piracy protection, the Guardian has reported. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
BBC goes green: 12 March 2008; The BBC has launched BBCGreen.com to help people change their impact on the environment.The site is designed t ...; Categories: Web Design
Web blogs must be "regular": 12 March 2008; Companies which use blogs to communicate with consumers must ensure they are regularly updated.Graham Charlton ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google gets EU OK: 12 March 2008; Google has been given the all clear from EU legislators and has completed on its deal with DoubleClick.The pur ...; Categories: E-commerce
World first unites web pioneers: 11 March 2008; The world's first large-scale, on-line- only internet conference will run in October and bring together the internet's m ...; Categories: Web Design
The design is in the detail: 11 March 2008; Websites with detail will keep potential customers on-site for longer, one industry expert has claimed.Dr Adam ...; Categories: Web Design
Europe doubles up on IPTV: 11 March 2008; New research has shown that European subscribers to internet TV have more than doubled in the last 12 months.A ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Murdoch backs off: 11 March 2008; Rupert Murdoch has backed off from News International's possible takeover of Yahoo!.The internet company is cu ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Shoppers like to see UGC: 11 March 2008; Online shoppers like to see user-generated content (UGC) on the commercial sites they visit, according to a leading inte ...; Categories: Web Design
Social networks gain platform fans: 10 March 2008; Social networks could become content platforms according to new research from Entertainment Media Research and media law ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Free web music site signs up with Sony: 10 March 2008; We7, the free music download site, has signed a deal with Sony BMG, which will make thousands more tracks available onli ...; Categories: Rich Media
Microsoft launches new developer tools: 10 March 2008; Microsoft has launched a series of developer tools at its annual MIX conference in Las Vegas.In addition to a ...; Categories: Web Design
Google will be allowed to DoubleClick: 07 March 2008; Google is to be given the go-ahead for its purchase of DoubleClick, sources close to the situation told Reuters. ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Social networking sites: A "real business platform": 07 March 2008; Latest research shows that social networking web portals can be a "real business platform", according to one i ...; Categories: E-commerce
Microsoft promises fifth computer revolution: 06 March 2008; Steve Ballmer took Bill Gates' place on stage at the CeBIT conference this year and talked of a fifth computer revolutio ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Microsoft launches 'Ultimate' website: 06 March 2008; Microsoft has launched its 'Ultimate' website to guide PC owners in the use of its latest operating system upgrade. ...; Categories: Web Design
Bebo gets dental treatment: 05 March 2008; Social networking site, Bebo is to integrate a tooth-whitening product within its new drama series.Sofia's Dia ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
US shuts UK travel site: 05 March 2008; The US government has closed down a UK-based travel site for offering holidays to Cuba, it has been reported.B ...; Categories: E-commerce
Web users prefer TVs to PCs: 04 March 2008; Consumers have been slow to turn to internet television services and prefer to watch shows on TV, new research has found ...; Categories: Web 2.0
OPA reveals top sites: 04 March 2008; The Online Publishers Association (OPA) has investigated the most popular sites on the web. It introduced a ne ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Fired for 'wasting time online': 03 March 2008; Workers in the US are increasingly loosing their jobs for spending time online, a new management study has found. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Gimme five: 03 March 2008; Yahoo! is facing five lawsuits, which argue it has acted illegally by fighting Microsoft's takeover offer, the Independe ...; Categories: Search Engines
Euro giant goes global: 03 March 2008; Europe's GÉANT computer initiative will link with others to create a single-global research network.High- ...; Categories: Web 2.0