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UK Fixed-line Internet Connections Drop

Broadband connections keep rising in the UK, but fixed-line Internet connections have dropped for the second consecutive quarter — why?

Compulsive Young Gamers Are Not Addicts

The head of Europe's only gaming addiction clinic says that compulsive young gamers suffer more from social problems, not addiction.

Facebook Wins $873 Million From Spammer

Facebook has won an $873 million judgment against a spammer who posted more than four million messages to users on the social networking site.

Google Wants Chrome To Come With New PCs

Google is looking to start doing deals that will see its Chrome browser come pre-installed on new PCs — and it could well happen.

IBM Building Brain-Like Computer

IBM is to lead a government-funded project to build a computer that mimics the complexity of a cat's brain.

New Mac OS X Malware Found

Two new pieces of malware aimed at the Mac OS X surfaced last week, although only one of them presents any real danger.

Free Games At Real Networks

Real Networks has announced that customers will be able to download and keep one free game every day.

IE8 Now Due In 2009

Microsoft won't meet its goal of releasing the new Internet Explorer 8 browser this year as it goes for another round of testing.

Europeana Gets 10m Hits In An Hour

A new European project offering digital books, artwork, maps, objects and more has proved so popular on its release that it's crashed the servers.

Guns N’ Roses, McCartney Go MySpace

Both Guns N' Roses and Paul McCartney have opted to debut their new albums on MySpace, before they're available to buy online or in stores.

Google Launches SearchWiki

Google has launched a new tool that allows users to move personal search results up and down the rankings or even delete them.

Yahoo And AOL Back On Again?

Reports say that Yahoo and AOL have revived the talks that first happened in March.

Australia Brings New Net Censorship

Australia is bringing in a new Net censorship plan that will filter out violence, pornography and illegal content.

Beware Firefox China Add-On

The Firefox China add-on, which is available for download but is classed as "experimental," can cause computer problems.

Ballmer Restates Microsoft’s Yahoo Position

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has given the company's position - at least for now - on Yahoo.

Blackberry Bold Review

The Blackberry Bold takes on the Apple iPhone, yet stays true to it's business roots.

LHC Offline Until June

The Large Hadron Collider, which is investigating the Big Bang and went out of action in September, won't be back online until June.

MySpace Cyberbullying Case Begins

The trial of a woman accused of using a fake MySpace profile to bully a girl who later killed herself has begun in Missouri.

Fashion Your Firefox

Mozilla has come up with a new way for Firefox users to get their add-ons, fashioned around themes.

Life Magazine Photos Go Online

One of American's iconic photo collections, from Life magazine, is now up and online, with about 10 million images eventually available.

January UK Test For Project Kangaroo

Project Kangaroo, a joint video-on-demand venture by major UK broadcasters, is set to go beta in January.

Word Stays Strong Against Google Docs

Google Docs might be free, but Microsoft's Word is more than holding its own against the competition, a new study shows.

Mozilla Stops Firefox 2 Support

The Mozilla Foundation has announced that it will cease support for the Firefox 2 browser next month, in spite of problems with Firefox 3.

Jerry Yang Steps Down At Yahoo

Company co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as Yahoo's CEO, and is helping in the search for his successor.

Identities Just $120 Online

Criminals are selling complete stolen financial identities for just $120 online, according to a new report.

Ubuntu To Arrive On Netbooks

Mobile chip designer Arm is teaming with the makers of Ubuntu to bring an open source operating system to netbooks.

XO Laptop Hits Europe

One Laptop Per Child starts selling its XO laptop in Europe through Amazon today, in the Give One, Get One scheme.

Google Brings Voice Search To The iPhone

A new, free application for the iPhone allows users to employ voice and Google search on their handsets.

BT Shedding 10,000 Jobs

BT has revealed it will be shedding a total of 10,000 jobs by next March, adding to the 4,000 cuts earlier this year.

Online Relationship Ends Marriage

A woman has filed for divorce after discovering her husband in a virtual relationship with another woman on Second Life.

Spam Falls As Hosting Removed

ISPs have pulled the plug on a web hosting service believed to have been working with spammers, and spam levels have fallen drastically.

Obama Inauguration Ticket Warning

Democratic Party officials are contacting web sites to try and stop the sale of free tickets for the Presidential inauguration in January.

Google Earth Rebuilds Ancient Rome

Google Earth users can now tour a 3D reconstruction of Ancient Rome, with more than 6,700 buildings.

TroopTube Arrives

The US military has rolled out TroopTube, its own version of YouTube, to stop classified material accidentally leaking onto the Web.