The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a social networking website in order to encourage debate between older people and the government. The site was developed in conjunction with the Hansard Society. It is part of the DWP's ...

 

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Web Performance Inc, a US-based testing firm, claims that Apple's Safari browser was faster than rival browsers from Microsoft and Mozilla in tests. Web Performance measured how quickly the Windows versions of Apple's Safari, Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) ...

 

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Microsoft has acquired a 1.6% stake in social networking site, Facebook, for $240m. Google was also hoping to secure a stake in the company, but its offer was turned down. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft also gains the exclusive ...

 

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Online auction site, eBay, which also owns the PayPal e-commerce service, has launched a website which allows ordinary investors to buy securities aimed at supporting development in the world's poorest countries. The microfinance site, called MicroPlace, accepts investments as low as $100. Microfinance ...

 

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Canonical, the London-based company which acts as open-source community Ubuntu's commercial sponsor, has released version 7.10 of its Linux operating system. The release of the software, code-named Gutsy Gibbon, marks Ubuntu's third anniversary. Ubuntu 7.10 is designed to be easier to ...

 

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Guidelines released this week by leading Internet firms could help to de-fuse the growing tension between copyright owners and sites that host user-generated content. A group including Viacom, Walt Disney, Microsoft Corp, Myspace, Dailymotion, CBS Corp and NBC Universal, have set the guidelines ...

 

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Google's video-sharing site, YouTube, has launched filtering tools to help prevent unauthorised video-sharing. The 'Video Identification' tools are designed to stop copyrighted material from appearing and spreading on the site. Copyright is a major concern for YouTube, which is currently ...

 

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BT's Tradespace website and ecommerce platform has signed up 21,000 small businesses since its launch in April. Tradespace allows small business to offer their products on the Internet, without incurring the expense of setting up and maintaining a website. Up to ...

 

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According to a global study by comScore, Google was the global leader for searches in August. During the month, over 61 billion searches were performed by more than 750 million users, and 37 billion of these searches were carried out via ...

 

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Google is acquiring Jaiku, a mobile social-networking provider based in Helsinki, Finland. Jaiku announced the merger on its site, along with the news that it has decided to temporarily close new-user sign-ups while it focuses on innovation. It may also be to ...

 

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Google is believed to be beta testing AdSense ads embedded into YouTube video players. The technology would allow publishers to embed YouTube clips in their websites and generate revenue via AdSense. An AdSense unit would appear above the clip. The ...

 

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Google Inc is catching up with Chinese rival Baidu, after years of trying to increase its presence in China, the world's second-largest Internet market after the United States. Google gained more market share in China after announcing a partnership with Chinese Internet ...

 

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Yahoo is upgrading Yahoo Mail with DomainKeys technology designed to block phishing spam and bogus emails purporting to come from eBay and PayPal. Phishing scams usually consist of emails which claim to be from trusted sources. They direct the recipient to a ...

 

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Both Yahoo and Microsoft have upgraded their search engines in an effort to gain ground on market leader Google. Google accounts for over half of all Internet searches and holds 75% of the search market in the UK. Microsoft has ...

 

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A study by Panda Software, using an online malware measuring tool called Nanoscan, showed UK PCs as having the lowest level of malware infection in Europe. France had the highest percentage of PCs with active malware, at 28.2 percent, followed ...

 

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Adobe has acquired Massacusetts software developer, Virtual Ubiquity, the developer of Buzzword, a web-based word processor which allows users to create and share text documents on the Internet. Microsoft has also recently announced a similar feature for its Office suite - ...

 

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Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, has joined with other industry leaders to launch an innovative online credit card company. The company, Revolution Money, is a subsidiary of Case's investment company, Revolution LLC. Revolution Money has launched two products, Revolution MoneyExchange ...

 

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According to a report by IT consultancy Capgemini on behalf of the European Commission, the UK government's online services have improved significantly since last year. The services are now rated fifth best in Europe for sophistication and availability, compared with ...

 

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Mozilla Corporation has spun off its Thunderbird e-mail client into a separate company and invested $3 million to get the business off the ground and expand its programming staff. Mozilla has dubbed the new organisation MailCo for the time being. ...

 

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Firefox, Mozilla's open-source Internet browser, passed the 400 million download mark on Friday, continuing its rapid growth in popularity. Firefox was launched in 2004 and took one year to reach 100 million downloads. It achieved 200 million downloads a year later. Firefox is ...

 

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