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News Archive February 2006

1st February

• Google growth to come from traditional media
• Microsoft to set rules for government blog complaints
• Deal places limits on .com fees
• Microsoft joins 'Blackworm' D-Day warning chorus

2nd February

• Amazon.com posts messages from authors to readers
• Microsoft must prove innovation, says EU
• Website blow for home sellers
• Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing'

3rd February

• Computer threat from Nyxem virus
• Redbus and Demon founder denied RIPA appeal
• Amazon falls on sales miss
• Are you a dummy for beta software?

6th February

• One in eight 'harassed by email'
• France's legal file-sharing plan advancing
• Debian founder takes over LSB leadership
• Rumours mount over Google's Internet plan

7th February

• Google bans BMW in web ‘fixing’ row
• Kama Sutra a wet blanket
• Linux desktops get a graphics boost
• Internet giants to charge for speedier emails

8th February

• Google takes aim at chat rivals
• BT sounds child web porn warning
• Microsoft plans new PC security service
• Dell tools up with Google

9th February

• German sites get reprieve from Google, including BMW
• New Google Desktop grabs more of Microsoft's turf
• Microsoft tackles security rivals
• Chinese man 'jailed due to Yahoo'

10th February

• Congress 'made Wikipedia changes'
• Google sued for selling Check 'n Go keyword
• Intel's Seoul office raided
• Online tax gets positive return

13th February

• 'Cyber Storm' tests US defences
• Vodafone and Microsoft launch email service
• MS: Halo 2 for PC a Windows Vista 'exclusive'
• Online sales blitz High Street

14th February

• Yahoo's 'openness and reform' China defence
• Comedy of errors hits the world of Wikipedia
• Canadian students embracing virtual sex
• How to make lewd, lazy lads pay

15th February

• Net firms face grilling on China
• Microsoft Office Live Beta Is Going Live
• PartyGaming and Empire settle online poker dispute
• Google shares fall amid revenue fears

16th February

• Racist insults lead BBC to close website
• Internet users go online just for fun - poll
• Warning: Don't touch that mouse
• Microsoft hits back at EU threats

17th February

• IBM finds the strength to make another $1bn pledge
• Internet muck-raker challenges China's censors
• Search with the human touch
• Amazon set to launch digital music business

20th February

• Malicious worm aims to bite Apple
• MySpace: Murdoch's big hope, parents' nightmare
• Google's doors still shut to blind
• Kazaa, record company lawyers ready for appeal

21st February

• Microsoft reveals piracy battle plan for the UK
• Google denies acting unlawfully in China
• Alastair Campbell: a technophobe no more (part 1)
• Blogs promote film about Rwandan genocide

22nd February

• City of London to go wireless
• The first gentle steps towards the Internet - Part 2
• IBM squeezes more into microchips
• Microsoft blunder leaks information about Vista

23rd February

• Google rapped over adult photos
• Operators' greed puts creativity at risk
• Windows Vista is for businesses - honest
• China shuts conservative websites amid reform debate

27th February

• AskJeeves fires its butler, speeds up web search
• U.S. hitting a ceiling on Internet households
• iTunes achieves one billion mark
• 17m hours for BBC radio as are listened to online

28th February

• Amazon – shop until you bop
• Google joins National Archives for video
• Yahoo! link confirmed in 2nd Chinese dissident case
• Viruses plague British businesses