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11/21/2008 10:19 AM
YouTube live streams to begin
YouTube kicks off its live streaming venture with two star-studded parties in Tokyo and San Francisco this weekend.

11/21/2008 06:17 AM
Yahoo Answers outage sparks rage
The temporary closure of Yahoo Answers for site maintenance for the second time in a week has sparked anger among its community.
11/21/2008 05:36 AM
iPhone 2.2 update lost on UK
Apple has issued a software update for the iPhone that includes Google Street View, an application that does not yet cover the UK.
11/21/2008 05:29 AM
Analsyts try and pick Strictly winner
Now that John Sergeant has bowed out of Strictly Come Dancing, predicting a winner based on web searches has become a bit easier.

11/21/2008 04:49 AM
Online time is good for teens
A three-year study carried out on more that 800 teenagers has found that spending time online is good for their development.

11/21/2008 04:43 AM
BBC Local Video plans rejected
Both Ofcom and the BBC Trust have rejected proposals from the BBC to launch a series of local video websites.

11/21/2008 04:08 AM
Google launches SearchWiki
Google has announced a new tool called SearchWiki that will let you customise your search results.

11/20/2008 09:20 AM
Lively killed off by Google
Google has announced that it is to kill off Lively.com, a project that let you create virtual chatrooms.

11/20/2008 08:43 AM
Students use web as excuse
Russian hackers and poor internet connections have replaced the homework-eating dog as the top excuses for lazy students.

11/20/2008 08:42 AM
Brits spend almost 14 hours a week online
Britons are spending more time online - 839 minutes a week - than the rest of Europe, according to a report.

11/20/2008 06:10 AM
Guns N' Roses album hits MySpace
The new Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy, has been launched on the MySpace social-networking site.

11/20/2008 05:47 AM
UK leads high def take-up
Brits are buying more subscriptions to high-definition TV services than Germans, Italians and the French combined.

11/20/2008 04:54 AM
Google Mail gets a makeover
Google has released more than 30 new themes for its email service so you can customise your Inbox every day of the month.
11/19/2008 09:15 AM
Watch England - Germany online
England faced Germany in Berlin last night in an international friendly and you can see highlights online.
11/19/2008 08:27 AM
Firefox launches new add-on service
Mozilla has launched a new application, called Fashion Your Firefox, with which you can personalise your browser.

11/19/2008 07:29 AM
Watch BBC One live online
Surfers in the UK will be able to watch BBC One and BBC Two live on their PCs from next week.
11/19/2008 06:33 AM
Microsoft ditches OneCare
Microsoft has announced that it will stop selling its all-in-one security product, Windows Live OneCare, next year.
11/19/2008 06:32 AM
First Direct launches community site
First Direct is the first UK bank to launch a social-networking site, which it has called Little Black Book.
11/19/2008 05:44 AM
An internet for the final frontier
Scientists and astronauts at NASA are testing a new 'interplanetary internet'.
11/19/2008 05:32 AM
Virgin boosts ADSL speeds
Virgin Media is offering a three-month speed boost to its ADSL customers with an 'up to' 16Mbps deal.