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Government plans to slash the number of people illegally sharing copyrighted material online could cost consumers up to £500million. As part of the Digital Economy Bill due to be passed through parliament in the coming months, Labour is intent on … Continue reading
Online retailer Amazon has said digital versions of books have outsold physical copies for the first time ever. On December 25, the internet company saw a spike in the sales of e-books as consumers who’d received an electronic reader as a Christmas present, searched for content to … Continue reading
The head of telecoms firm O2 has apologised to customers for times when its mobile network has been overloaded by smartphone users. Speaking to the Financial Times, chief executive of O2, Ronan Dunne, said he was “disappointed” with the company’s network … Continue reading
News that Apple may launch a new tablet computer at a conference in San Francisco next month has received a warm reception from investors. The manufacturer of the iPod and iPhone has booked the Yerba arts centre in San Francisco … Continue reading
Search engine giant Google is facing another lawsuit over its plans to upload thousands of books to the internet. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Shanghai-based writer Mian Mian is suing the company for uploading part of … Continue reading
Shoppers will spend over £1bn on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, according to new research released today. A report in The Daily Telegraph said accounting firm BDO expects a total of £1bn to be spent in shops and online … Continue reading
Social messaging site Twitter has acquired Mixer Labs, a firm specialising in location tracking software. The company, established by two former Google employees, has made an application called GeoAPI, which will enable Twitter’s 58 million users to add their location … Continue reading
Owners of BlackBerry mobile handsets in the US and South America have been hit by service problems for the second time in less than a week. Users across a range of mobile networks complained of being unable to access the … Continue reading
Microsoft Corp has been ordered to remove copies of its popular Word software from shops in the United States after losing a court battle. On Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld an earlier ruling, agreeing … Continue reading
A mobile version of the Firefox web browser will be ready for launch within days. Speaking to the BBC, Jay Sullivan of Mozilla, the group behind Firefox, said the product is now going through its final testing phase. Nokia’s N900 … Continue reading