News stories from October 2007

66 News Stories
Stories 51 - 60

eBay removes Jajah buttons
08 October 2007
Online marketplace eBay has removed 'call me' buttons from its website offered by internet telephony company Jajah.The buttons allowed site users to call each other using Jajah's telephone service and...
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Gone phishing?
08 October 2007
PayPal, eBay and Yahoo! have united to protect customers from fraudulent emails and phishing scams.Using DomainKeys Identified Mail, a secure email service, the companies hope to prevent further crimi...
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Yahoo thinking of 'strategic options' for Kelkoo
05 October 2007
Kelkoo, the internet shopping-comparison website, could be on the brink of being sold off, according to the Financial Times.In the report the paper claim that owner Yahoo! is making ominous noises abo...
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Female 'uber networkers' boost Facebook's profile
05 October 2007
Facebook has become the most popular website amongst American college students - and a survey claims that its women's interest in social networking sites which has pushed it to the top.The GenX2Z Coll...
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Time about to run out on US internet tax ban
05 October 2007
A US government deadline on legislation banning local and state governments from taxing internet access and other online activities is soon to expire.The present ban started in 2004 and is due to end ...
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holidaylettings.co.uk reports soaring traffic
04 October 2007
Since its majority acquisition by Rightmove, holidaylettings.co.uk has reported that it has driven more traffic to its pages than any other holiday home website in the UK over the past six months.holi...
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Google news deals could hurt British press websites
04 October 2007
MSN executive producer Peter Bale has warned major British newspaper websites that they may see a slide in their user traffic as a result of Google's recent news hosting deals.Google started hosting n...
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Microsoft buys innovative online shopping firm Jellyfish
04 October 2007
Microsoft has bought the US online shopping firm Jellyfish in a bid to improve its internet search market position.Jellyfish specialises in online shopping comparison and gives its customers a cut of ...
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Google Sky to receive new images of distant galaxies
03 October 2007
A global project mapping a distant strip of the universe is releasing new images that will be used as part of Google Sky, a new feature of the popular Google Earth.The international team is taking ima...
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Washington Post to revamp website
03 October 2007
The Washington Post is planning to revamp its website next spring and says it will develop "web 3.0" features to engage with readers.The Guardian reports that plans for the major relaunch of...
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£26.5 billion was spent on online shopping by UK consumers in the first six months of 2008, representing a 38 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2007.

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