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Broadband speed frustration on the rise

Broadband speed frustration on the rise

An increasing number of broadband users in Britain are unhappy with their connection speed, a new survey says.

Microsoft Outlook to integrate with MySpace

Now under new management, MySpace is looking to reinvent itself and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. The once dominant social networking site fell from nearly 70 percent of the social networking market, to only 30 percent in less than a year, and was plummeting on the verge of extinction.

Investigation software snoops through social networks

Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data on social networks and Internet services and connects the dots.

Microsoft Outlook to get Xing integration

Microsoft will install a plug-in for its Outlook 2010 email application for Xing, a large professional networking site dominant in Germany, the companies said.

Facebook patents news feed

Facebook received a patent for streaming social network news feed technology, raising questions over how the company will wield this new power.

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Microsoft offers browser choices to Europe today

Internet Explorer users will be given the choice of which browser they want to surf the web with from today.

VeriSign launches website verification service

VeriSign is introducing a certification service that confirms whether a business is legitimate and that their website is free of malware.

Windows browser ballot screen unveiled to Europe

Microsoft announced it would start offering a browser ballot screen to some European users this week and plans to begin pushing the ballot to all Windows users in Europe the week of 1 March.

Facebook more popular than Yahoo

Facebook is now the second most popular website in the United States, passing Yahoo with 133 million unique visitors in January.

Google Buzz hacker flaw gets fix

Google has fixed a web flaw that gave hackers a way to take control of Google Buzz accounts.

EPIC files complaint against Google Buzz over privacy issues

Despite the changes that Google has made to Buzz following negative reaction to the service, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission charging the search giant with violating user privacy.

Google Buzz vulnerable to hackers

A common web programming error could give hackers a way to take over Google Buzz accounts, a security expert said Tuesday.

Google Buzz hit by spam already

Despite being launched this week, spammers have already hit Google Buzz - the search engine's social network, says Websense.

Google buys startup Aardvark

Google is buying Aardvark, a company that fields questions and routes them for answers to the most qualified respondents within the user's social-networking circle.

Iran to ban Gmail, says report

Iran to ban Gmail, says report

Looking to quell opposition, Iran's government is shutting down Google's Gmail email service within the country, reports said today.

Facebook must protect children better, warns EU Commissioner

Social networking sites need to tighten up their privacy settings to protect children, European commissioner for the information society Viviane Reding said at the launch of the Safer Internet Day initiative.

Microsoft brings end to Facebook advertising business

Microsoft is bringing an end to its advertising deal with Facebook, but the parties have expanded their search arrangement.

Oracle kills off Sun virtual world project

Oracle is dropping support for Sun Microsystems' Project Wonderland, a Java-based platform for developing 3-D virtual worlds, according to a post on the project's official blog.

Botnet targets FBI, Twitter, PayPal with junk data

More than 300 websites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers.

Twitter holds up under Apple iPad barrage

Twitter appears to have mostly held up under the barrage of tweets hitting the micro-blogging site during Apple's announcement of the iPad today.

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