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News Archive August 2005

1st August

• ITV and Yahoo! join together for online search service
• Computer training offered to all
• Windows Vista takes cues from Tiger
• Google seeks RSS ad patent

2nd August

• Man blames daughter in Elvis eBay cock-up
• Hacker 'outs' news of the 10th planet of our solar system
• Cisco suit settled but debate rages
• Microsoft piracy check cracked

3rd August

• Yahoo releases shopping APIs
• Vista battle gains new recruits
• Spear phishers launch targeted attacks
• Number of blogs is doubling every five months

4th August

• Apple starts iTunes online music service in Japan
• Cisco security flap leaves millions scrambling for help
• Hippie Mozilla goes corporate
• Silent, deadly forms of phishing double

5th August

• Google looking for gourmet chefs
• Microsoft develops new 'Super' language
• Is the Web's love affair with PHP over?
• Jail sentence for piracy couple

8th August

• Microsoft/Google drama glamorous, not unexpected
• IBM open sources enterprise search
• Legal fight over iTunes UK domain
• E-commerce makes it to Tristan Da Cunha

9th August

• Microsoft execs reunite to save AOL
• As blogging blooms in China, firms aim to cash in
• Reports of Vista virus rebutted
• Worldwide wonder

10th August

• Microsoft, Apple 'spar over iPod patent'
• Microsoft settles suit against one-time 'spam king'
• Anti-MS group aims to block Vista
• Strong sales boost Cisco profits

11th August

• Yahoo Investing $1 Billion in Alibaba.com
• Croatia eases into e-world despite glitches
• OSDL creates repository of Open-Source patents
• Microsoft urges update for flaws

12th August

• WebFetch adds MSN Search to metasearch service
• AOL, Microsoft Recycle Spammer Loot
• Perens: Torvalds' patent pool is useless
• US officials go to hackers' convention to recruit

15th August

• Return of the hi-tec hunger
• Internet auctions boost UK wealth
• IBM donates code to Firefox
• Google loses AdWords trade mark case in the US

16th August

• Web trade threat to rare species
• Want women in IT? Make maths mandatory
• Sperm Websites face curbs in legal review
• Spammer found guilty of stealing 1.6bn customer records

17th August

• News Corporation to buy Internet search firm Blinkx
• Yahoo, Google tops in satisfaction study
• Bot attacks U.S. media giants
• Delay for .xxx 'net sex' domain

18th August

• Lost in the system
• Online scammers pose as execs in 'spear-phishing'
• RSS 'repositioned' by Microsoft
• Torture video Email lands games publisher in hot water

19th August

• China tries to wipe Internet icon from Web
• Firefox losing its grip?
• Ex-AOL man jailed for Email scam
• Google wants $4bn more

22nd August

• Google bypasses browser to search PC drives
• Diversification helps spammer make fortune
• Microsoft woos OSDL for new Linux offensive
• US Website names MI6 officers

23rd August

• NCSA edges away from Google-Yahoo! study
• Trademarking Linux: Some pay license fee, some don't
• ID theft spyware scam uncovered
• EBay leads Google as most viewed UK Website

24th August

• Google starts online talk service
• "Stealthy" Worms, Trojans seen tripling in number
• Internet opens gates for farmers from anywhere
• Web cartoonists face jail after satire goes too far

25th August

• Phishers and security firms in malware 'arms race'
• Intel PCs target the digital home
• Feature article: Technology feels the chill
• Zotob Worm Could Squirm on Windows XP

26th August

• Maturing net growing more slowly
• Are women safer surfers then men?
• Add-Ins instantly pop up for Google Talk
• Another tool for Phishing fights

30th August

• Ban on violent net porn planned
• Opposition to Google Library project intensifies
• WinFS file system moves to beta 1
• Computers widen gender gap for boys

31st August

• BBC to offer TV online through MyBBCPlayer
• Windows Vista in your Christmas stocking?
• OSDL turns down Microsoft's study offer
• Zotob writer had busy summer