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Twitter Rolls Out Lists Beta
Twitter has this week made live a beta of Twitter Lists, a new feature to let users organise their contacts into various groups
Microsoft Web Apps Compatibility Issue Revealed
Testing has revealed some editing problems associated with documents from older versions of Microsoft Office, when using Office Web Apps
Facebook Wins £430 Million Payout Against Spam King
Social networking giant Facebook has won a staggering $711 million (£429 million) in damages against so called 'spam king' Sanford Wallace
Facebook Outlines Future Developer Strategy
Facebook is to reveal the road map for developers over the next six months, as part of its plans to stay at the top of the social networking media heap
Motorola Droid To Hit US Shores Next Week
Motorola's attempt at an iPhone killer, dubbed the Motorola Droid, is to be launched in the US next week
Business Users Will Want A Part Of Vodafone 360
Consumers always get first bite of any technology now - and business users will feel left out when Vodafone 360 launches, says Peter Judge
Red Hat To Push Open Source With EnterpriseDB Deal
Red Hat has invested in open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB, to push further into IT infrastructure
SAP Says Software Future Is In the Clouds And Down to Earth
SAP reports quarterly revenues that fell by 9 percent thanks to a decrease in spending on business software, but increased adoption of its products by SMBs may help it through economically challenging times
McAfee Warns Smaller Companies To Up Security Spend
McAfee reports on the IT security struggles of midsize businesses
Opera Boss Welcomes Browser Ballot In IE Case
The CEO of Opera, Jon Tetzchner, talks to eWEEK about some of the latest developments in the antitrust case it brought against Microsoft in the European Union courts
Google Releases Mobile OS Android 2.0
Google's long-awaited mobile OS, the Android 2.0, is expected to make its first US appearance on the upcoming Motorola Droid smartphone from Verizon Wireless
Facebook Users Hit By Password Malware Scam
Researchers at several security firms have uncovered a spam campaign targeting Facebook users
Google Wave Rumoured To Launch In 2010
The much-hyped Google Wave collaboration tool could be out of beta and formally launched - with an app store - by the end of 2010
White House Opts For Open Source Website
The Obama administration drops proprietary software driving Whitehouse.gov for the Drupal open-source content management platform
EC Warned Of Oracle MySQL Dangers
Former MySQL business adviser Florian Mueller and members of the EC believe that Oracle owning MySQL through its acquisition of Sun is a colossal conflict of interest
EC Tests Show Online Single Market Is Broken
Online shoppers are still confined to their home country, as the majority of European cross-border online purchasees fail, an EC study has found
Google Says GMail and Wave Paving Way For Chrome OS
A Google executive said complex Web applications such as Gmail and Google Wave are paving the way for major adoption of the Google Chrome Web browser
Microsoft Launches Windows 7 Kindle E-Reader Add-on
Microsoft announced during the Windows 7 launch that it had partnered with Amazon.com to create an application, "Kindle for PC," that allows e-books to be ported from Amazon.com's proprietary e-reader to laptops or desktops
Google Denies Twitter Buy-out Attempt
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin said Google did not try to buy Twitter in a surprise visit onstage at the Web 2.0 Summit
VMware Tackles Capacity Management With New Tool
Virtualisation giant VMware has launched a new capacity management tool for virtualised environments
Mobile Data Is The New “Sub-Prime Mortgage”
Mobile data is based on an unsustainable business model, and will crash heavily after the present boom, it has been predicted
Broadband Traffic Driven By Video, Says Cisco
Cisco has found that video and other visual applications now constitute 30 percent of traffic running through service provider networks
Security Expert Warns Of Social Networking Data Threat
Gateway data is freely available online and can be used to compromise confidential information warns a Columbia University professor
Rumours Of Google Music Service Emerge
Google may be about to challenge Apple, Spotify and several players in the digital music space by launching Google Audio
Symbian Discusses Open Source OS Plans
The Symbian Foundation says it is well on its way toward the goal of open-sourcing the Symbian OS
Windows 7 Finally Gets It Right
Finally it looks like we have a Windows version that will just shut up and do the job. If only Microsoft could do the same, we might have got there quicker, says Peter Judge
Tandberg Unveils Another SMB Telepresence Product
Tandberg continues to fluant its video conferencing expertise for smaller businesses after it unveiled its Profile 42” system for smaller conference rooms
SMBs Flock To Facebook And Twitter For Marketing
Nearly half of small companies are turning to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to market their products and services
UK Gets Windows 7 Early To Beat Post Strike
Despite upgrade worries, pre-orders have broken records, and users are reported happy with the early arrival of the new Microsoft offering