Google Checkout unwelcomed by retailers

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Filed under: Ecommerce News, Marketing News, Google News, Internet News

Google Checkout has seen major retailers drop the product, while others refuse to use it. Launched at the end of June, Google Checkout marketed itself as a solution that big stores and little stores alike could use. Retailers such as Levi Strauss, who originally signed ...

 

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AOL sacks staff of data leak

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Filed under: Companies News, Legal News, Internet News

AOL has sacked its chief technology officer and two other employees responsible for publishing user data online. CTO Maureen Govern, whose department oversaw the data release, will leave the company immediately. The researcher and the manager overseeing the research have also apparently ...

 

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Newspaper media moving online

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Filed under: Marketing News, Internet News

A number of US newspapers have begun dropping staff, as online editions prove more popular than printed copies. Companies involved include the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times. The movement is part of a general trend that has already impacted some ...

 

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AOL’s huge data blunder

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Filed under: Ecommerce News, PPC News, Marketing News, Webmaster News, Search Engine News, Internet News

SPECIAL REPORT AOL have released a big chunk of user data to the internet in a huge blunder. The data was a record of 20 million searches on the AOL search engine, carried out by 650,000 AOL users over March to May of ...

 

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Google warns on spyware sites

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Filed under: Google News, Webmaster News, Security News

Google has joined an initiative, that will warn users if they are about to clickthrough to a website that may attempt to load spyware on their PC. It means that if Google lists a website known to contain malware that attempts to infect visiting ...

 

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Anti-virus hits vicars

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Filed under: Software News, Security News, Business News

Symantec has been criticised, after a key piece of software used by churches all over the UK was targeted by Norton anti-virus and crippled. The problem arose as Symantec - the anti-virus firm behind the Norton brand name - had found a file named ...

 

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Interest rates rise on a weakening economy

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Filed under: Employment News, Business News, Economy News

The Bank of England increased interest rates yesterday by a quarter percent, attempting to put the brakes on an economy overheating with inflation. The move surprised many analysts, as it was expected that the Bank of England may leave any rate rise decisions until ...

 

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Google blocks competition - by accident

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Filed under: Google News, Search Engine News

The new Google Toolbar has reportedly been blocking results from other search engines. The default feature - suggested as perhaps a "bug" - would be a very unwelcome attempt to force users from other search products. While Microsoft was increasingly perceived as "enemy number ...

 

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Yahoo! - a week of technical problems

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Filed under: Yahoo! News, Webmaster News, Security News

Yahoo! have had a week of serious technical problems. Firstly, Yahoo! updated their search algorithm and introduced a new method of crawling the web for information. Like Google's bad data push before them, it seems that the result has been to cripple the ...

 

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NHS IT system online after crash

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Filed under: Software News, Technology News

The NHS IT service, which cost billions of pounds, is finally coming back online after a major crash over the weekend. The computer crash left around 80 NHS Trusts unable to access patients records, including appointments, until today, and around 60 are still to ...

 

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