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Sainsbury’s website down, again

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

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.

Opera fixes critical hole in new browser

Opera Software has patched the newest version of its flagship browser for the first time when it released Opera 9.5.1 to fix several flaws.

Google Yahoo partnership still being investigated

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

Fibre-optic broadband grows faster than cable

Fibre-based broadband is growing faster than cable for the first time.

IE8 update promises cross-site scripting shield

Microsoft has outlined new security features it will add to Internet Explorer (IE) next month, including anti-malware protection to block most cross-site scripting attacks.

Gartner: The seven risks in cloud-computing

Cloud computing is fraught with security risks, according to analyst firm Gartner.

Firefox 2.0 patches come with 'upgrade now' message

Mozilla has patched 13 flaws in Firefox 2.0 and warned that it will end support for the browser in December.

Unpatched browsers are growing menace

Only 59 percent of people use fully patched web browsers, putting the remainder at risk from growing threats from hackers, according to a study by Swiss researchers.

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.

Taylor Woodrow turns to Google for core business apps

Construction giant will deploy web-based suite across 1800 seats

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.

Microsoft IE6 zero-day bug warning

An unpatched cross-site scripting bug in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) could be used by hackers to capture keystrokes and steal other information, security researchers are warning.

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 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.

Internet Explorer users vulnerable cross site scripting bug

A flaw in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) could be used by hackers to capture keystrokes and steal other information, according to security researchers.

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.

Microsoft prepares users for early release of Hyper-V

Microsoft is set to launch its Hyper-V virtualisation technology tomorrow, two months ahead of the company's own deadline.

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