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News Archive October 2005
3rd October
- BBC site wins e-democracy honour
- Opera tunes up to overtake Firefox
- Yahoo backs new digital book group, invites Google
- Microsoft to build PDF support into Office 12
4th October
- Web helps criminals trap victims
- Big Brother is watching you
- £1bn boom in adverts on the Net
- Sarcasm on ABC News blog earns criticism
5th October
- SpreadFirefox.com shut down after security breach
- India eyes semiconductors
- Kaspersky in heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability
- Sun, Google to push Java, Toolbar
6th October
- Site protects rights of snappers
- ‘Star Trek' spoof gaining Internet fame
- 'DEC hacking' trial opens
- AOL to buy Weblogs network
7th October
- Hackers sent to jail
- Sober worm comeback poses as schoolfriend pic
- Microsoft and Time Warner resume AOL-MSN talks
- A new security strategy for Microsoft?
- Breaking America's grip on the Net
10th October
- Intel to unveil new chips for servers Monday-WSJ
- Dutch police arrest suspected computer hackers
- VeriSign buys Weblogs.com
- Wales sold on online procurement
11th October
- Google plugs security flaw in AdWords
- Net power struggle nears climax
- EBay buys VeriSign's payment gateway unit
- Inland Revenue threatens EDS over tax fiasco (again)
12th October
- Google funds "social entrepreneur" program
- Yahoo! elevates blogs to stand alongside traditional news
- Microsoft pays RealNetworks $761m
- Data on billions of web pages made available
13th October
- Our failures are behind us, promise ministers
- Level 3, Cogent partners shocked by Internet disruption
- Yahoo, Microsoft to link IM networks
- Google 'could bid for AOL stake'
14th October
- MI6 boost recruitment prospects by launching website
- Feds claim 'largest ever' CD piracy bust
- Windows 2000 exploits raise worm attack fears
- Judge stays Google suit against Microsoft
17th October
- Nigerian e-mail frauds targeted
- Future bright for online video
- Satellite firm BSkyB to buy ISP Easynet - source
- HP recalls 135,000 laptop batteries
18th October
- Online smut peddler takes guilty plea
- West faces attacks from cyberspace
- Sun gives Unix giants a plus
- Beeny tries her luck with matchmaking website
19th October
- Internet leads as ad budgets elsewhere remain weak
- Blog spammers take aim at Google
- Yahoo earnings top market targets
- Ministers slammed on e-college waste
20th October
- Swift Mytob worm is back
- High-tech fair shows China bopping up value chain
- What does Microsoft's new shared source mean for you?
- Google is sued by book publishers
21st October
- The criminal failings of our justice IT system
- Google revenue doubles
- Spyware 'rampant' in UK computers
- China auction website offers babies for sale
24th October
- Extremist Islamist has returned - via Internet
- Flock spreads wings with beta version of new browser
- German publishers to build own online book network
- An online boom for Christmas
25th October
- BitTorrent guilty of net piracy
- Online publicity gives DIY pop stars first No 1
- Congress wants U.S. to retain grip on Internet
- VeriSign, ICANN settle dispute
26th October
- AMD nabs market share from Intel
- Amazon plays Scrooge
- Yahoo Travel lets users help each other plan trips
- Google tests its reputed eBay killer
27th October
- Trading on someone else's name
- Microsoft sees China, India competition in future
- Microsoft joins Yahoo on digital library alliance
- Net users told to get safe online
28th October
- Google targets Craigslist, eBay for destruction
- Microsoft misses – Financial news
- Amazon cuts costs for UK as growth slows
- Halfway to pixel perfection
31st October
- eBay fraudsters sentenced to jail
- IBM to use Google desktop search deep inside firms
- Google, Microsoft case over Lee stalls in California
- Time heals all dotcom wounds
