Another front in the on-going battle between Microsoft and Google is about to be opened. By the end of 2004…
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Ask Jeeves joins web log market
Ask Jeeves has bought the Bloglines website to improve the way it handles content from web journals or blogs. The…
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Norway upholds ‘Napster’ ruling
A Norwegian student who ran a website which linked to downloadable MP3 files has been ordered to pay compensation by…
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Broadband soars in 2004
If broadband were a jumbo jet, then 2003 would have seen it taxiing down the runway, firing up its engines…
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Google to scan famous libraries
The libraries of five of the world’s most important academic institutions are to be digitised by Google. Scanned pages from…
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BT program to beat dialler scams
BT is introducing two initiatives to help beat rogue dialler scams, which can cost dial-up net users thousands. From May,…
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Apple makes blogs reveal sources
Apple has won its legal fight to make three bloggers reveal who told them about unreleased products. The bid to…
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New browser wins over net surfers
The proportion of surfers using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped to below 90%, say web analysts. Net traffic monitor,…
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China ‘blocks Google news site’
China has been accused of blocking access to Google News by the media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders. The Paris-based pressure…
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No half measures with Half-Life 2
Could Half-Life 2 possibly live up to the hype? After almost two years of tantalising previews and infuriating delays it’s…
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