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March 31
- Fire cuts off BT web and phone services
- Government tweaks controversial Digital Economy Bill clause
- More security questions raised about free laptop scheme
- Trojans dominate new attacks in 2010
- Tech giants want new privacy law
- Today in tech: China hacks Yahoo, BT's 300 next fibre sites
- Google integrates Flash into Chrome
- Amazon Kindle International vs Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300
- Intel launches Nehalem EX processor
- Google changes tune, accuses China of blocking search
- CPS drops piracy case against 'scapegoat' teen
- Apple employees just as excited about iPad launch
March 30
- Burglary leads to loss of data about 9,000 children
- Call for better parental controls on mobile phones
- 'Supertaskers' can safely use mobiles while driving
- HP goes for AMD processors in latest server line
- Lib Dems speak out against Digital Economy Bill
- Today in tech: Pirate detective wanted, BBC delays iPhone app
- Apple updates Snow Leopard, fixes 69 flaws
- Hollywood wins piracy case against Newzbin
- Google says China blocking mobile services
- Microsoft issues out of band IE patch
March 29
- Ofcom: ISPs still not honest on broadband speeds
- Acer and Hitachi partner for SMB storage
- Acer aims to 'take over' with new AMD servers
- Many under-age kids are using social networking
- Today in tech: iPad delays, spies and Facebook privacy
- MI5 cutting staff to make room for IT-savvy spies?
- Google sees Hong Kong traffic jump
- Carphone Warehouse and TalkTalk officially split
- Nokia acquires browser firm Novarra
March 28
- Reviews round-up: Storage and tablets
March 26
- Week in Review: Google stops censoring
- Today in tech:Tetris for medicinal purposes?
- Microsoft will stay in China despite criticism
- Paedophiles could be identified through typing
- Toshiba launches largest capacity 2.5in HDD
- Police go high-tech to trap burglars
March 25
- Oracle posts strong results, steals SAP market share
- Today in tech: Web cafe snooping and tech hubs
- Timeline: Google quits censoring in China
- Bletchley Park wins £250,000 in Government funding
- Dell hints it may follow Google out of China
- Dell: Design based on mid-market needs
- Gmail gets location-based security warning system
- 3M releases MPro150 Pocket Projector
March 24
- Dell unveils storage update alongside EMC
- Dell looks to take cloud mainstream with new servers
- Dell pledges to help companies save $200 billion
- Disgraced chairman returns to Samsung
- Today in tech: Steve Jobs' email angst, Twitter stops the spammers
- iPad fans not lured by apps
- Budget introduces broadband tax, loans for SMBs
- Twitter slashes spam to one per cent of tweets
- Ofcom says BT must share with rivals
- Mozilla stops developing Fennec for Windows Mobile
- Dell may look to security start-ups to solve cloud issues
- Has the recession accelerated cloud computing?
March 23
- Pirate Party unveils its election manifesto
- SanDisk beats Samsung to first 32GB microSD card
- Today in tech: Google exits China, our skin becomes the keyboard
- DoH responds to NPfIT 'implosion' claim
- T-Mobile lines up HTC Desire and Sony Ericsson X10
- Which? warns uses to be careful about roaming
- Russia drops net on RBS WorldPay fraudsters
- HP workers strike again over pay
- Activists applaud Google's censorship move, China grumbles
- Google stops censoring search in China
March 22
- Tim Berners Lee gets $30 million for web studies
- Novell shuns 'inadequate' takeover bid
- Malware hits up to 3,000 HTC Magic smartphones in Spain
- Today in tech: Brown promises super speeds
- Your Views: Digital Economy Bill
- Apple gives developers iPad app cut-off date
- Government promises universal 'super-fast' broadband by 2020
- SAS photos taken off Street View
- London hospital to treat 'technology addicts'
March 19
- Latest Facebook scam could affect millions
- Week in Review: Digital Economy Bill, MIX10 and SXSW
- Windows 7's SP1 will include just 'minor' updates
- Your Views: Google Street View across the UK
- Synology launches ‘affordable’ NAS device
- Orange bags white Xperia X10 exclusive
- Reviews round-up: Windows Phone 7 and Firefox Mobile
- Today in tech: Lords praise UK cyber security, Sky goes 3D in April
- Virgin Media shows off its 200Mbps
- Mobile recyclers asked to check if phones are stolen
- Palm 'disapointed' by results, Pre sales
- Facebook says no to CEOP panic button
March 18
- For secure virtualisation, four is the magic number
- Digital Economy Bill to cost ISPs up to £500 million
- Lords 'shocked' by lack of cyber security cooperation
- Virtualisation to be attacked in 2010
- FTC member slams 'irresponsible' Google over Buzz launch
- IBM launches new Intel Xeon 5600 servers
- Today in tech: Piracy costs jobs, Samsung Jet Ultra lands at O2
- O2 condemns 'bullying' law firms for threatening file-sharers
- Sony ships Vaio M Series netbook
- Google updates Chrome, awards security bonus
March 17
- Today in tech: IE9 previewed, US gets fast broadband plan
- Microsoft yet to fix six month old Virtual PC flaw
- Microsoft hit by another patent dispute
- App market will be worth $17.5 billion by 2012
- Report: Macs cost less to run than Windows PCs
- Open source developers ditch iPhone for Android
- Microsoft drops cut and paste from Windows Phone 7
- Will Google really pull out of China?
- Spotify hits 320,000 paid for users
March 16
- Microsoft offers Internet Explorer 9 sneak peak
- Google is as big as the third largest ISP
- Free laptop plans could produce ‘future botnets’
- Today in tech: TalkTalk goes for Apple, Windows Phone 7 detailed
- ‘Climate of fear’ is best weapon against cyber crime
- Budget SSDs to bolster market?
- IDC: PC market to see double-digit growth
- Facebook topples Google as most visited site on the web
- Government wants business ideas for ID cards
- Twitter takes aim at RSS and bookmarks with @Anywhere
- Lords let Digital Economy Bill head to MPs
March 15
- Microsoft unveils Silverlight 4 release candidate
- Gartner: Physical servers safer than virtualised ones
- Apple offers new iPad if battery dies
- Google Street View slammed as 'a service for burglars'
- Today in tech: Happy 25th, dotcom
- Will there be an out-of-band update for latest IE flaw?
- Apple shifts 120,000 iPads on first day on sale
- Google Nexus One's UK arrival delayed
March 13
- Head to Head: Office 2010 vs Open Office 3.1
March 12
- Nokia adds fake phones to market forecast
- HTC Desire and Legend head to Vodafone in April
- Half of internet users don’t trust website privacy policies
- GCHQ’s ‘cavalier attitude’ leads to 35 lost laptops
- Google Nexus One review: A week with the superphone
- BBC slammed over Facebook training
- Small businesses call for 8Mbps broadband
- Week in Review: Digital Economy Bill takes a beating
- US hits out at China's web censorship
- Today in tech: iPad pre-orders start, Tories want speedy broadband
- Mozilla to redraft open source licence
- Android eating into Windows Mobile's market share
- Latest Digital Economy amendment sticks to lobbyist proposal
- McKinnon must 'face the music', says Home Secretary
March 11
- Will the threat of jail improve data protection?
- Need to know: Intel Core i7-980X
- Government experienced 11 database breaches last year
- IT told to fix security without 'bothering' business
- Conservatives promise 100Mbps in tech manifesto
- Today in tech: Virgin gets high, Facebook threatens Daily Mail
- Virgin to run fibre broadband over telegraph poles
- UK gains 300,000 new broadband lines
- Facebook and Google hit by patent suit
- F-Secure: Adobe attacked more than even Word
March 10
- Over half of UK managers disengaging laptop encryption
- Google launches its own Apps Marketplace
- HMRC IT leaves 35 million cases for manual processing
- MoD looks to the stars with Skynet extension
- Twitter launches service to tackle bad links
- Mariposa botnet hits HTC Magic
- BMA calls for halt to electronic patient records
- Today in tech: iPad network battles and file sharer fines
- Yet another flaw hits IE browser
- Nokia patents self-charging battery concept
- Industry leaders slam website blocking plans
- Street View goes UK wide tomorrow
- Microsoft issues two patches for March
- Sun's head of open source leaves the company
- Card fraud drops as criminals switch to online banking
March 9
- High-speed fibre broadband on the rise in Europe
- HP takes dig at iPad with slate Flash support
- NewEgg admits fake processors weren't Intel demos
- Dell unveils Vostro laptops for SMBs
- Vodafone to axe 375 staff in latest cost-cutting move
- Flaw found in Apache Web Server
- Enterprise version of Chrome OS coming in 2011
- Microsoft tweaks browser ballot
- Mum's maiden name not strong enough for password backup
March 8
- Ballmer: Microsoft 'all in' on cloud strategy
- Government willing to retailate over cyber attacks
- Windows Phone 7 Series won't run WinMo apps
- Web access is 'a basic human right'
- Judge freezes Apple and Nokia case
- Microsoft/Google battle heats up with Bing ads
- Today in tech: iPad and the Oscars and lip-reading mobile tech
March 7
- Reviews round-up: Samsung Galaxy Portal, Tecra A11 and ebook comparisons
March 5
- Head to Head: iRex DR800S vs iRiver Story
- Week in Review: Read my mind, CeBIT
- Apple iPad to arrive in US on 3 April
- Microsoft Tag reader comes to Android
- Today in Tech: HTC Incredible, Twitter passes 10 billion tweet barrier
- Microsoft to issue two patches for March
- Google: Desktop PC will die off in three years
March 4
- Mobile surfing now more popular than reading
- Gartner: PC shipments to jump by 20 per cent
- Microsoft accused of favouring 'IE clones'
- CeBIT 2010: Skype tells networks to be nicer to apps
- Today in tech: Clause 17 canned, security professionals get pay rises
- Bluetooth 4.0 devices to appear by end of year
- CeBIT 2010: Cluug organises Windows with semantic desktop
- Lords drop Clause 17, add power to ban sites
March 3
- CeBIT 2010: The computer that reads your mind
- Microsoft outlook positive as Windows 7 passes 90 million milestone
- Government vows to get 7.5 million more people online by 2014
- CeBIT 2010: Beware the cloud pretenders, says Salesforce
- CeBIT 2010: Is enterprise software dead?
- Today in tech: Twitter phishing, HTC and Apple fight over patents and Microsoft's browser ballot
- Spanish police arrest Mariposa botnet ringleaders
- Nokia waves hello to Skype for Symbian
- Apple sues rival HTC for infringing iPhone patents
March 2
- CeBIT 2010: Model IT after the iPhone
- New Chrome beta offers auto-translation and better privacy
- CeBIT 2010: IBM unveils new eX5 server portfolio
- CeBIT 2010: Google defends information drive
- Google expected to tweak Gmail security this week
- CeBIT 2010: Amazon's top tips for cloud success
- Video: Wikipedia's founder on the future of the web
- CeBIT 2010: Amazon dispels cloud 'myths'
- CeBIT 2010: Nokia unveils affordable C5 smartphone
- CeBIT 2010: News from the show
- Twitter to launch search-based advertising model
March 1
- Orange and T-Mobile merger given EU green light
- Apple iPad launch put back to April, priced from £389
- O2 takes on iPhone rivals with new SIM-only deals
- Free BlackBerry Enterprise Server for SMBs launched today
- Expert questions randomness of browser ballot
- Microsoft warns of 'F1' pop-up flaw
- IE slips as Chrome continues to gain market share