June 29, 2006
Webhost sees Paypal accounts closed
Link: Webhost sees Paypal accounts closed
Filed under: Webhosting News, Ecommerce News, Webmaster News
Major webhosting provider Sprintserve.net announced in an emergency bulletin today that Paypal has closed its Paypal accounts.
Using different Paypal accounts for different subsidiaries, Paypal stated this represented "excessive risk" because of possible links between the accounts.
The Paypal accounts were first "limited" ...
Microsoft close to fine
Link: Microsoft close to fine
Filed under: Companies News, Legal News, Microsoft News
Microsoft are expected to be slapped with a 2m euro/day fine by the European Commission.
It comes after a long and bitter legal dispute, in which Microsoft were ruled in 2004 to have abused their monopoly position.
Microsoft was ordered to provide code to ...
Google ready to launch music service?
Link: Google ready to launch music service?
Filed under: Google News, Internet News
Rumours that Google are developing a music download service continued to gain momentum.
Google already has a section of it's Google.com website blocked off from public view, but carrying the name "Google Tunes".
Now one sharp eyed surfer has noticed that Google is changing the ...
Google checkout launches - but is it a privacy threat?
Link: Google checkout launches - but is it a privacy threat?
Filed under: Ecommerce News, Companies News, Marketing News, Google News, Search Engine News, Webmaster News, Internet News
Google has formally announced the launch of it's long anticipated payment gateway - Google Checkout.
However, as with most recent Google releases, it seems one of the primary purposes is to collect data on what people are doing online.
Online merchants that offer Google Checkout ...
June 19, 2006
Google admits “bad data push” error
Link: Google admits “bad data push” error
Filed under: Companies News, Google News, Webmaster News, Search Engine News, Internet News
Google has publically admitted that a change in datacenter infrustracture has caused serious problems for the search engine, and its search results.
The comments were made by Google employee, Adam Lasnik, on the technology forum Threadwatch, in which he admitted that Google had a ...
June 16, 2006
Gates to close on Microsoft
Link: Gates to close on Microsoft
Filed under: Apple News
Bill Gates has announced plans to leave the day to day running of Microsoft, to concentrate on charity work.
It comes at a time when Microsoft is under increasing pressure over the delayed release of its Windows Vista operating system.
While analysts are ...
Pentagon datamines social networks
Link: Pentagon datamines social networks
Filed under: Blogs, Security News, Internet News
New Scientist reports that the Pentagon is datamining social networks.
This is to allow the US government to draw up detailed personal profiles of individuals, according to what they post to the internet.
It is also intended to work out which individuals are ...
June 14, 2006
Unemployment and inflation haunt interest rates
Link: Unemployment and inflation haunt interest rates
Filed under: Employment News, Business News, Economy News
Warnings that UK interest rates would likely rise later in the year increased, after figures revealed a surge in both unemployment and inflation figures.
Unemployment increased to 5.3% for April. Ironically, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also showed an increase in the ...
June 8, 2006
Wordpress hacked
Link: Wordpress hacked
Filed under: Blogs, Software News, Security News, Internet News
Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of the popular Wordpress blogging platform, inadvertently provided clues to a key password - allowing an authorised user full access to the Wordpress site.
The user simply posted a warning that the password had been easy to guess, ...
June 7, 2006
Interest rate rise increasingly likely
Link: Interest rate rise increasingly likely
Filed under: Economy News
The Bank of England is increasingly likely to raise interest rates later this year.
The suggestion comes after a string of economic indicators showed that UK manufacturing and consumer spending continued to be healthy, while inflation continues to strengthen.
Yesterday the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) announced ...
Google treats copyright as opt-in - publisher
Link: Google treats copyright as opt-in - publisher
Filed under: Legal News, Google News
Google's infamous Google Books project was accused of copyright infringement by French publisher La Martiniere.
La Martiniere, which also owns Le Seuil, Delachaux, Niestle and Harry N Abrams, accuses Google of copying 100 of its titles without permission.
Google responded by stating the publisher had ...
Music industry continues short-sightedness
Link: Music industry continues short-sightedness
Filed under: Legal News, Internet News
The music industry in Europe has been accused of being short-sighted, after forcing broadband provider Tiscali to reduce access to online music on its file-sharing network.
At present, Tiscali has an agreement with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to ...
Google spreadsheet flops
Link: Google spreadsheet flops
Filed under: Google News
Search Engine giant Google has released an online spreadsheet application.
A specific aim is to try and draw users away from Microsoft Office products, not least Excel, to help increase Google's market share of PC users directly.
However, the announcement has been poorly received, with ...
June 2, 2006
Employment opt-out stalls at EU
Link: Employment opt-out stalls at EU
Filed under: Employment News, Business News
Attempts to renegotiate an opt-out from the EU's 48-hour working week have stalled.
Currently the EU has a directive that European workers should not have to work over 48 hours in a week.
Additionally, they should be entitled to 1 day off each week, with ...
Privacy fears over Mozilla Firefox
Link: Privacy fears over Mozilla Firefox
Filed under: Browsers, Google News, Webmaster News, Internet News
Privacy fears have been raised over the possibility of Firefox data being supplied to Google.
The Mozilla Firefox browser has become an increasingly popular alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
Google have been working more and more closely with the Mozilla Foundation, who ...
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