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US Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Coming ‘Within Weeks’

US Justice Department pushes ahead with competition lawsuit against Google as some within the department battle for more time to…

4 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee Launches ‘Contract’ To Save The Web

Contract for the Web, backed by 150 organisations, seeks to protect the web from becoming a 'dystopia' dominated by misinformation…

5 years ago

Mozilla Looks To Reduce Push Notification Spam

The browser conducts experiments as it looks for ways to stop irksome push notification requests from bombarding Firefox users

6 years ago

World Wide Web Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Back in 1989 a British scientist at a physics laboratory near Geneva invents the world wide web

6 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee ‘Disappointed’ At Online Data Scandals

The web inventor says the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the spread of divisiveness via social media show the 'optimism has…

6 years ago

Google’s Android Messages Comes To The Desktop

A new web-based messaging system lets users keep up with SMS conversations through any browser

6 years ago

Poll: Is It Time To Retire Adobe Flash?

Adobe is retiring Flash, but will you lament or rejoice at its passing? Vote now!

7 years ago

Adobe Flash Support To End In 2020

Adobe Flash is set to die in 2020 as company turns its attention to developing next generation open web standards

7 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee Calls For Curbs On ‘Fake News’ And Data Abuse

The British web inventor urged more effective regulation of targeted political adverts drawing on vast stores of personal data

8 years ago

DDoS Website ‘Ringleaders’ Arrested In Israel

The two teenagers were arrested after DDoS giant vDOS was hacked and its internal records exposed last week

8 years ago

Can Mayer, Yahoo Pull A U-Turn? Doesn’t Look Likely

Yahoo CEO says she wants three more years to straighten out Yahoo. Nothing's impossible, but this is close to it

9 years ago

Yahoo Board Members Considering Sale Of Core Internet Business

Meetings are also being held at Yahoo to discuss potential spin off of $30bn stake in Alibaba

9 years ago

Internet Security ‘Undermined By Random Number Weaknesses’

The random numbers used by web cryptographic systems aren't random enough, say security researchers

9 years ago

Ad Blocking To Cause Publishers £14bn In 2015 As Popularity Grows

Adblocking software such as Adblock Plus is witnessing a dramatic rise in users as the software shifts to mobile

9 years ago

Google Launches ‘Password Alert’ Free Anti-Phishing Chrome Extension

Password Alert protects users from fake Google sites and removes need to re-enter Google password on other web pages

10 years ago

HTTP/2 Will Make The Web ‘Faster And Safer’

A working group finalises the HTTP/2 standard which aims to make web connections quicker and more secure

10 years ago

Google Beefs Up Webmaster Academy

Google's Webmaster Academy has been expanded in order to help Webmasters improve their websites

11 years ago

Mozilla Promotes Brendan Eich To CEO Position

The man who co-founded Mozilla Foundation over a decade ago finally gets into the driving seat

11 years ago

Nigel Shadbolt: Welcome To The Age Of Digital Enlightenment

In its next 25 years, the Web will drive a redefinition of the relationship between citizens and society, Sir Nigel…

11 years ago

Hands On: Gutenberg’s Printing Press

The printing press allowed our information age. Wayne Rash sees where Gutenberg started it

11 years ago

Shape Emerges With Polymorphic Cyber Defence

Shape Security launches with new security technology designed to stump hackers with a constantly moving target

11 years ago

CERN Recreates First Ever Web Page

A CERN project has recreated the first ever Web page in an effort to preserve history about the web's early…

12 years ago

US Government To Scan Private Firms’ Emails And Web Use

The US Department of Homeland Security will look at private-sector companies in an effort to mitigate cyber-attacks

12 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee: Corporations Would Benefit From Releasing Their Data

The inventor of the World Wide Web says sharing is caring

13 years ago

Google Is Experimenting With TCP To Give A Faster Web Experience

Google is testing ways to cut the latency in TCP connections that Web browsers make to request and retrieve data

13 years ago

Government Website Strategy Takes A Pasting

The National Audit Office says the government has not measured the benefits of its web strategy

13 years ago

Cisco Study Finds Internet As Vital As Food And Air

The Internet is as vital as food and air, and people cannot live without it, according to a report from…

13 years ago

Most Web Apps Fail Security Audit Prior To Deployment

Web apps are not being developed with security in mind and security vendors seem to be the big offenders

14 years ago

SAP Acquires Security As Black Hats Take Aim

As SAP buys into ID management, an event at Black Hat DC will put Web-enabled SAP apps in the line…

14 years ago

Reports: Groupon Turns Down $6bn Google Buyout Bid

The localised shopping web service Groupon has reportedly turned down a takeover offer of $6bn, possibly due to competition concerns…

14 years ago