INTERNET USE
FebruaryHackers bring down Australian government website - 2010/02/12Websites belonging to the Australian government have been taken down by hackers that were protesting against ... Focus on the Family site crashes due to high traffic - 2010/02/11Focus on the Family's website experienced crashes due to a surge in traffic the day after a debated pro-life ... Student newspaper taken down for two days by hacker - 2010/02/10A cyber attack caused the website of a student newspaper to experience two days of downtime. ... China closes down hacker training site - 2010/02/09A website that was training hackers in how to launch cyber attacks and supply malware has been shut ... Facebook received the most mobile web traffic in December - 2010/02/08Just under five million UK mobile users visited Facebook's mobile site in December last year. ... Online Shakespeare game attracts 22 million players - 2010/02/05An online Shakespeare game has attracted 22 million players worldwide, becoming an instant ... Hacked navy site aims to be back online soon - 2010/02/04A navy website that was taken offline after it was hacked should be back up and running within two ... Hackers from the US are most feared by IT and security executives - 2010/02/01The US has been named as the most likely source of cyber attacks in a study carried out by software security ... JanuaryAustralian educational website experiences technical difficulties - 2010/01/29The Australian federal government's controversial website My School experienced technical difficulties on the ... TechCrunch experiences another hacker attack - 2010/01/28Technology website TechCrunch has been victim of a second hacker attack less than 24 hours after it first ... Search engine use soared in December 2009 - 2010/01/27The number of online searches made around the world in December last year increased by 46 per cent when ... High demand for winter sports websites - 2010/01/25Visits to snow sports websites have surged in recent weeks as Brits look for winter ... Bill Gates becoming a Tweeter sends Twitter offline - 2010/01/22Following co-founder and chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates joining social networking site Twitter, the site ... YouTube downtime creates a stir on Twitter - 2010/01/21Video-sharing website YouTube experienced half an hour of downtime this week, leading to users of the website ... Users of HMRC site experience problems - 2010/01/20Those trying to view their tax information on the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) site have been experiencing ... The Jewish Chronicle website is the victim of Palestinian hackers - 2010/01/19The Jewish Chronicle site has been the victim of a hacker that posted pro-Palestinian comments on its ... 8x8 VoIP service site back to normal after outage - 2010/01/18Two websites owned by Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider 8x8 are back up and running after ... Overload causes fire service site to crash - 2010/01/14The Australian government has been criticised by the state opposition following a breakdown of communication ... Twitter hackers target Chinese search engine - 2010/01/13Baidu, China's largest search engine, has been targeted by a group claiming to be the Iranian Cyber ... Nearly all students and graduates have Facebook profiles, survey reveals - 2010/01/08Almost all students or graduates have a Facebook profile, as the popularity of social networking sites ... Snow causes havoc for travel websites - 2010/01/07Websites for National Rail Enquiries and the Highways Agency experienced high volumes of traffic due to ... Increase in broadband speeds means better site designs - 2010/01/06A recent study has found that the average speed of broadband internet connection in the UK rose last ... The numbers of internet users will rise by 2020 - 2010/01/05By 2020 the number of people using the internet will increase from the 1.7 billion people Internet World ... DecemberBritish Airways site down for several hours - 2009/12/24The British Airways (BA) site went down for several hours causing inconvenience for its ... Computer crash takes performing arts site offline - 2009/12/23A computer crash at a performing arts website has resulted in downtime. ... Microsoft product keys inaccessible due to site outage - 2009/12/22The website where Microsoft stores its product licensing keys has been inaccessible due to an ... Twitter traffic diverted thanks to hackers - 2009/12/21Twitter users were re-directed to the website of protest group the Iranian Cyber Army when the site was ... Susan Boyle audition is most-watched YouTube clip - 2009/12/18The video clip of singing Scot Susan Boyle's audition for Britain's Got Talent was the most-watched on ... Bushfire emergency website suffers technical problems - 2009/12/17Thousands of people in Australia were unable to access fire updates after the Country Fire Authority (CFA) ... Blogs help drive traffic to websites - 2009/12/16Blogs are a powerful tool that can be used to drive traffic to an existing website. ... Pennsylvania unemployment site suffers problems - 2009/12/11The Pennsylvania unemployment web site suffered from problems, causing difficulties for people to file ... Bing search engine suffers downtime - 2009/12/08Microsoft's search site Bing suffered a temporary outage at around 6.30PM Pacific Time on December ... CAT students encounter server problems - 2009/12/02Students in India taking their Common Admission Test (CAT) have experienced problems due to server crashes, ... NovemberWidespread home working 'could cause web failure' - 2009/11/05Internet service quality could be affected if more UK employees turn to home working this winter, it has been ... Business continuity planning 'vital for all firms' - 2009/11/03All firms – including those based online - should ensure they conduct business continuity planning, it ... October'Reliability improvements' see web satisfaction levels increase - 2009/10/29Internet user satisfaction levels have increased during 2009, mainly due to improvements in web reliability, ... Reliable internet 'creates a post alternative' - 2009/10/27Online businesses could be set to benefit from the current Royal Mail strikes, it has been claimed – ... Older IT users 'require technical assistance' - 2009/10/07The majority of people aged over 50 need help with their computing when technical problems arise, it has been ... JulySwine flu website hit by high demand - 2009/07/24The government's National Flu Pandemic Service website went down yesterday at 15:00 BST, within minutes of ... DecemberNeed for browser 'sophistication' - 2008/12/23Today's browsers need to be more sophisticated to cope with the demands of websites, claims IBM. ... NovemberUK consumers are 'more e-tail friendly' than US counterparts - 2008/11/13British consumers are more inclined to use online retailing - or 'e-tail' - services than their American ... SeptemberConsumers try to beat credit crunch online - 2008/09/29Struggling consumers are looking online to beat the credit crunch, new website monitoring research has ... Firms increase internet spending - 2008/09/26Small and medium-sized enterprises are increasingly relying on the internet during the current financial ... London mayor envisages "a wi-fi city" - 2008/09/24Mobile internet users in London might be able to take advantage of a city-wide wireless internet service in ... Fibre optics to "open up" homeworking - 2008/09/17A UK fibre optic broadband network would "open up working from home", an industry expert has ... Companies fearful of IM security risk - 2008/09/16More businesses are expressing concern over the spread of instant messaging (IM) programmes in their ... AugustWeb monitoring reveals BBC Olympic coverage popularity - 2008/08/21The BBC's online coverage of the Beijing Olympics has proved popular among fans visiting the broadcaster's ... Julye-Governance wide open to security breaches - 2008/07/04Although there are many ways that data can be compromised - malware, bots, key-loggers, phishing and spoofing ... JuneInternet is 'additional teaching resource' - 2008/06/27The advent of the web represents a new teaching resource for schools to utilise in classrooms, one industry ... Consumer power renewed by internet - 2008/06/24The advent of the world wide web is helping restore the rightful place of the adage that 'the customer comes ... Employers could look to social network sites - 2008/06/23Employers seeking out graduates to fill vacancies could turn to popular social networking sites in order to ... Internet widening graduate prospects - 2008/06/20The wealth of information and advertisements on the internet means that it has never been easy for graduates ... Internet users urged to protect privacy - 2008/06/20Internet users have a "responsibility" to protect their own privacy when browsing the web, ... Google sees UK search share decrease - 2008/06/13The proportion of UK searches made via Google fell by 0.39 per cent in May, according to figures issued by ... European mobile internet use surges - 2008/06/12Soaring demand for 3G services in Europe has helped the region become the largest global market for the ... A fifth of Europeans hit by cyber-crime - 2008/06/10A significant number of European computer users have experienced at least one type of cyber-crime while ... Personal web use costs UK £10bn - 2008/06/10A new report has suggested that the average office worker in the UK spend 1.5 hours every week surfing the ... Owners throwing away outdated laptops - 2008/06/05The owners of laptops that have become outdated are now likely to throw their machines away if they cannot ... Metered internet use tested - 2008/06/04So-called bandwidth hoggers are being targeted by the internet service provider (ISP) Time Warner Cable with ... MayHome Office database plans could see firms move abroad - 2008/05/30The implementation of Home Office plans to ask communications companies to record every phone call and email ... CEOP: Children must be protected in online environment - 2008/05/29Young children should be carefully guided through their first online experiences, according to the Child ... Microsoft gives Live Search cashback - 2008/05/23Microsoft has upped the ante in its battle with rival search engines Yahoo and Google, by rewarding users who ... Government proposes internet data law - 2008/05/19Prime minister Gordon Brown had proposed a law which would require communications companies to keep records ... Steps made to get Brits browsing - 2008/05/15Steps are being taken to encourage the "final third" of the UK population still not familiar with ... Increased use of mobile internet - 2008/05/13New research has alerted advertisers to the growing use of mobile internet, specifically in the demographic ... Campaign to warn youngsters of internet dangers - 2008/05/08Youngsters are being shown a series of animated films designed to increase awareness of online hazards. ... Internet top information provider for teens - 2008/05/06The internet is now the main place for young people to access information, reports research firm ...
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