Portsmouth Uni students get Google Apps service
News The university has provided its students with access to an advertising-free version of Google Apps, including webmail, online documents and calendars [04 Sep 2009]
France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' internet law
News The anti-piracy legislation, which calls for persistent file-sharers to have their internet connection cut off, is a revised version of earlier legislation struck down by the courts [16 Sep 2009]
Browser rivals gaining on IE
News Firefox and Chrome edged up on Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer in July and August, according to new figures from Net Applications [03 Sep 2009]
Yahoo to close Xoopit for Gmail users
News The company has announced plans to make the media file aggregation service inaccessible to Gmail users next month, as it focuses on Xoopit development for Yahoo Mail [05 Oct 2009]
Office Web Apps Technical Preview: a First Look
Preview Microsoft Office finally makes it into the cloud with web-based versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word. We take a hands-on look at this work in progress. [24 Sep 2009]
DNS error takes down internet in Sweden
News A typo during a routine maintenance update at Sweden's top-level domain registry shut down the internet for an hour or so [14 Oct 2009]
Mozilla Labs rolls out usability 'Test Pilot' add-on
News More than a year after announcing its intention to make usability and feature testing easier and more consistent, Mozilla has released its Test Pilot browser plug-in [14 Aug 2009]
Office Web Apps Technical Preview: screenshots 
Photo Microsoft Office 2010 will have an online counterpart. Here's a tour of the recently unveiled Technical Preview. [24 Sep 2009]
Mozilla debuts Firefox 3.6 alpha version
News An early version of an update to the browser features faster JavaScript, new style features and more rapid delivery than with Firefox 3.5 [11 Aug 2009]
Icann gains independence from the US
News The organisation that oversees domain names and IP addresses is now accountable to the internet community worldwide [30 Sep 2009]
Microsoft raises questions over HTML 5 standard
News The software giant has listed questions and concerns about the new version of the web-page description standard [10 Aug 2009]
Google delivers search tool for online stores
News Commerce Search, hosted in Google's cloud, is designed for online retail sites and provides features such as customisable results and display [06 Nov 2009]
Akamai seeks to bring HDTV to the web
News The company has unveiled a network for high-definition video designed to deliver content via Flash, Silverlight and the iPhone [29 Sep 2009]
Google selects Project 10^100 themes
News More than 150,000 ideas were submitted following Google's call for world-changing ideas, and the company has now identified 16 categories of ideas for further voting [25 Sep 2009]
Google adds Native Client to Chrome
News Google has built into its browser the ability to tap directly into a computer's native processing power through software called Native Client [05 Oct 2009]
Yahoo overhauls search results
News The internet giant has stressed its commitment to improving user experience, following July's deal with Microsoft [25 Aug 2009]
Google gadget translates sites into 51 languages
News The gadget, which is powered by Google Translate, allows any website to be automatically translated into the language of the viewer's choice [01 Oct 2009]
Skype reprimanded over video-call ad
News The ASA has banned the showing of a Skype ad after viewers complained that it exaggerated the sound and image quality possible in a video call [20 Aug 2009]
The private cloud is no mirage
Comment Strict definitions may deny the possibility of private clouds, but reality reveals a very different picture, says Lori MacVittie [15 Oct 2009]
- The private cloud is no mirage - ator1940
Google opens up Wave federation
News Wave servers created by outside developers can now communicate with each other through Google's servers, opening up new interoperability possibilities for Wave [03 Nov 2009]
Chrome extensions arriving in developer version
News The top-requested feature in Google's browser is now enabled by default, though only on the Windows version for developers [10 Sep 2009]
