Industry News

Digital friends: online-only relationships on the rise
Digital trends information from around the world highlights the growth of online friendships.

Google starts displaying Americanised dates
Google search results now come with a date - but some sites are being wrongly dated as the search engine confuses British and American date formats

Google and Baidu fail China's content standards
Chinese authorities start campaign to rid Internet of questionable content.

Wikipedia hits target
Online encyclopedia raises enough money to continue service until June 2009.

Digital prankster hacks celebrity Twitter accounts
Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Rich Sanchez are among 33 Twitter users who have had their accounts hijacked.

Google Android: A universal Operating System
Is Google Android an Operating System for standard computers? Will it ever be?

The Consumer Electronics Show must go on
Despite the recent economic downturn, the Consumer Electronics Show is expecting a large attendance to witness some of the top gadgets that are expected to be released in 2009.

Apple's iWork.com: a Google Docs killer?
Apple is launching iWork.com, an online application suite, in beta. But does it have the potential to take the edge off the much lauded Google Docs?

Google Streetview assists in a different type of search
Google Streetview has aided Virginia State Police in the search for an allegedly kidnapped girl and the arrest of a woman.

Microsoft Tag barcode technology review - is the future in colour?
Microsoft has released a mobile barcode technology - Microsoft Tag - that is the first of its kind to allow colour.