News Stories - Apr 2009
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Sales sky high as people buy Tamiflu onlinePeople worldwide have flooded health websites such as NHS Direct looking to buy Tamiflu online. Since the outbreak from Swine Flu in Mexico City, health websites and online pharmaceuticals have been inundated with requests for the drug Tamiflu
Firms build contingency plans for flu pandemicMajor tech companies including Microsoft, IBM, Sony and Dell plan for Swine Flu epidemic with contingency plans. Employees are being urged not to travel for work in Central America unless absolutely necessary.
Wolfram Alpha set to launch in MayStephen Wolfram, the creator of Wolfram Alpha says his new search engine will be "a paradigm for the web". The web tool that is being described as "as important as Google", was shown off to the public for the first time.
First person dies from Swine Flu in USA two-year-old child has become the first person to die from swine flu in the United States. The young boy had travelled from Mexico to Houston, for treatment but later died in hospital
Zillow launches Zillow iPhone AppZillow.com the online real estate service have launches Zillow iPhone App. Zillow is the first iPhone App created by Zillow.com and it aims to help users find real estate information on location while looking for new homes.
UK police ask communication firms to monitor usersUK communications companies are being asked to track all internet traffic between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance procedures. The UK Home Secretary has ditched plans for a database but wants all details to be held..
Facebook users vote for more control over dataFacebook users have voted to back changes for more control over the data and content they post on Facebook. Early results from the pole suggests that at least 75% of users who voted were in favour of the new terms.
Yahoo Geocities Unavailable End of 2009Yahoo releases statement confirming that its free web hosting platform, Geocities, will be closed down at the end of 2009. Geocities dates back to the dotcom boom of the late 1990's when Yahoo bought Geocities for around $3.75bn
Google launches Toolbar Lab with My LocationWith the recent releases for Google Timeline and Google Similar Images, Google have now launched yet another new Labs area. This time around, they're focusing on the Google toolbar by introducing some new and exciting map features
Botnet Infects Government PCs from UK and USOver 2 million global PCs have now been infected by botnet. These include machines both inside and outside of the UK and US governments. The malicious hackers, reportedly from the Ukraine..
Oprah Winfrey Joins Twitter as Site Takes a Huge HitTwitter founder Evan Williams denies that Oprah Winfrey was responsible for slowing the site down to a halt last Friday after publicly announcing that she has joined the site. After sending her first Tweet last Friday, Oprah now has over 500,000..
Apple Showcase New iPhone OS 3 FeaturesApple shows off the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0 - the exciting new version of the world’s most superior mobile platform. Supplementing its ground-breaking new features, Apple presented members of the iPhone Developer Program..
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