Europeans Go Online to Stop ECB Rate Hike
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |An online petition urging the European Central Bank not to raise interest rates in July has collected almost 1,500 signatures.
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Apple iPhone 3G to cost EUR 1 in Europe
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |T-Mobile is to sell the iPhone 3G for as little as €1 to German, Dutch and Austrian customers who sign up for one of its more expensive service plans.
Are you or your bank liable for on-line fraud?
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 |“Banks slip through virus loophole” was the headline for an article by Danny Bradbury in the Guardian last week. This began: “Is my money safe? A quiet rule change allows British banks to refuse to compensate the victims of online fraud if they do not have “up-to-date antivirus and spyware and a personal firewall”
Swedish tycoon defends interest in Amazon
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 |Johan Eliasch, a London-based Swedish tycoon who is in legal hot water with Brazil over logging on land he owns in the Amazon forest, on Wednesday defended his environmental credentials in a statement published by the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
France’s Citizens Expected to Help Build Internet Blacklist
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 |Corrupt links to a Sydney Morning Herald article which begins
“The French state and internet service providers have struck a deal to block sites carrying child pornography or content linked to terrorism or racial hatred, Interior Minister Michel Alliot-Marie announced on Tuesday.”
The article is thin on details, but what it does say is bad enough:
“Under the French plan, internet users, via a platform, will be able to signal inappropriate sites and the state, receiving the complaints in real time, will then decide whether the sites are to go on a so-called black list to be passed on to internet service providers to enforce site blocks.”
Google and Yahoo to Partner on IM
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 |Most of the attention to the recent Google/Yahoo partnership has focused on the two companies’ search advertising plans, but the deal has implications for instant messaging, too. “In addition,” reads the companies’ press release, “Yahoo and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users.”
Apple unveils new iPhone with faster Web, GPS
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 |SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple has unveiled a new version of its popular iPhone built for high-speed wireless networks with faster Internet access and more features for business users.
Web Page For Every BBC Programme
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 |The BBC is to create a web page for every episode of every television programme it has ever produced as part of a major online archive that will span nearly 80 years.
Google takes almost 90% of UK internet searches
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 |Results from Hitwise show quite conclusively that Google is the king of the search engine, with a massive 87.30 per cent of searches made through Google’s site.
EU fires broadside at Microsoft and Apple
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 |The EU’s competition commissioner has attacked both Microsoft and Apple during a speech on open standards.
Neelie Kroes kicked off her speech by lamenting the fact that Microsoft required constant regulatory supervision.
