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Sainsbury’s website down, again

Sainsburys.co.uk has suffered its second major outage in a month.

Ryanair systems upgrade vital, despite teething problems

Ryanair has said a key bookings system upgrade was crucial to help it cope with rapidly growing volumes of ticket sales, despite the upgrade requiring a two-day website closure and causing some problems with bookings.

Viacom gets YouTube data, but Google keeps code

Google need not reveal its search code to Viacom, but its YouTube subsidiary must disclose a database listing who watched what video, when, and from where, a New York judge ordered this week.

Google Yahoo partnership still being investigated

The partnership between Google and Yahoo is still being investigated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Balanced approach crucial in governing internet, says Nominet

UK domain name registry Nominet has welcomed the government's plans to fund an e-crime unit, but called for stronger governance of the internet to protect businesses and citizens from online crime.

NHS CTO: ‘Standards bodies need to stop arguing’

The chief technology officer on the £12.7 billion NHS National Programme for IT has told Computerworld UK that standards bodies must ‘stop arguing’ and work together, so that the NHS can deliver highly interoperable software in hospitals across the country.

Will Microsoft launch bid for Yahoo's search business?

Microsoft could team up with Time Warner and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in a new bid to acquire Yahoo's search business, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Barclays offers free software to online customers

Barclays has signed a two year deal with Kaspersky that will see the bank offer its two million online customers free security software.

HMV saves £6m as IT restructure progresses

HMV has saved £6 million in the first of a three year programme to combine IT and back office functions, and centralise procurement of non-sale goods.

Google and Yahoo to offer Flash file search

Google and Yahoo are adding functionality that search inside the content of files encoded in Adobe's Flash file format -- SWF.

Google enhances BlackBerry users' experience

Search giant Google recently launched a number of enhancements to its US mobile search results pages for Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry browser.

Yahoo comes out fighting over Microsoft and Icahn

Yahoo has issued a presentation to shareholders casting doubt on Microsoft's sincerity in negotiating to buy the company and attacking investor Carl Icahn who is challenging the board over its handling of the takeover bid.

eBay fined £31m over counterfeit goods

Online auction site eBay is preparing to fight a £31 million fine for allowing the sale of Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture counterfeit goods on its website.

Darzi NHS review promises patients online access to care records

Patients will have online access to their electronic health records within the next year, according to yesterday'’s review of the NHS by Lord Darzi.

Yahoo announces post-Microsoft reorganisation

Yahoo has announced a major reorganisation in the aftermath of its decision to rebuff Microsfot and the subsequent departure of a number of key executives.

Icann orders complete revamp of Internet

Icann, the body that governs the Internet, has voted unanimously to change the rules on top level domain names.

Judge lets settlement in ConnectU vs. Facebook stand

Dating website ConnectU won't get more money out of Facebook after the two settled a dispute earlier this year.

Betfair builds in-house platform for faster transactions

Betfair has built an in-house transaction processing and event platform, which it says has the capability of processing up to one million transactions per second, a 100-fold increase on previous rates.

EU could push through next-gen broadband

European Telecommunications Commissioner Viviane Reding will shortly propose a new law designed to encourage incumbent operators to invest in next-generation infrastructure, including high-speed broadband networks.

Google hit with writ over e-mail migration tool

A small Chicago-based software company is accusing Google of ripping off a tool it developed that allows Microsoft Outlook e-mail users to shift over to Gmail.

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