Judge oders companies to reveal payments to bloggers
Oracle and Google have been ordered to reveal the names of bloggers who they have paid by a US judge during their Java intellectual property…
Google faces record fine over data snooping
Google has agreed to pay £14.4 million ($22.5 million) to the US Federal Trade Commission after monitoring web surfers using Apple’s Safari browser who had…
Samsung quarterly profit surges- boosted by smartphone growth
Samsung Electronics has reported a record quarterly profit- boosted by growth in smartphone sales.Operating profits were £3.8 billion (6.72tn won) in the second quarter, a…
UK broadband growth plans criticised
The government’s broadband strategy risks leaving many communities behind by focusing on speed over reach of service a Lords committee has warned.The UK could miss…
We are all geeks now
The news that the Knight Capital Group has lost £283 million ($440 million) in just a few hours on Wednesday due to malfunctioning computer trading…
Dangers of social media- nurse faces sack for Facebook hospital protest post
Dyenamic Solutions have long cautioned on the use of social media postings- now comes news that a nurse is facing the sack for using Facebook…
Baidu profits jump as online advertising growth continues
China’s largest internet search engine Baidu, has reported a 70% jump in profits in the second quarter with continued growth in its online advertising revenue.The…
Google lied to UK Data watchdog over personal data agreement
Google has admitted that it had not deleted users’ personal data gathered during surveys for its Street View service.The data should have been wiped almost…
Vodafone reports revenue growth slow
Vodafone has reported that its sales growth has slow in the first quarter- dragged down by a weak performance in Europe.Group service revenue grew 0.6%…
Google reports sales and profits increases
Google Inc has reported an increase in sales and profits for the three months to the end of June in its first results statement since…