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Microsoft bounty for worm creator Feb 13, 2009       A reward of $250,000 (£172,000) has been offered by Microsoft to find who is behind the Downadup/Conficker virus. Since it started circulating in October 2008 the Conficker worm has managed to infect millions of compute... Tweet smell of success over Digg Jan 22, 2009 Twitter, the mobile phone-based micro-blogging service, rocketed nearly 1000% in use in the UK over the past year according to industry analysts HitWise.For the first time, the site has seen more visits than "social bookmarking" site Digg, ... Three million hit by Windows worm Jan 16, 2009 A worm that spreads through low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without the latest security updates is posing a growing threat to users. The malicious program, known as Conficker, Downadup, or Kido was first discovered in October 2008. Alth... 'Carbon cost' of Google revealed Jan 13, 2009 Two search requests on the internet website Google produce "as much carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle", according to a Harvard University academic. US physicist Alex Wissner-Gross claims that a typical Google search on a desktop computer p... Windows 7 now 'available to all' Jan 13, 2009 The latest Windows release will be available to everyone after a surge in demand crashed the Microsoft website on 9 January, the original release date. In response, the company has lifted a planned limit on the number of copies of the Windows 7 Beta ... Dangerous coding errors revealed Jan 13, 2009 The US National Security Agency has helped put together a list of the world's most dangerous coding mistakes. The 25 entry list contains errors that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals. Experts say m... Long Tail theory contradicted as study reveals 10m digital music tracks unsold Dec 22, 2008 The internet was supposed to bring vast choice for customers, access to obscure and forgotten products - and a fortune for sellers who focused on niche markets. But a study of digital music sales has posed the first big challenge to this “long ... Coming to a PC near you: a world of film and television in high definition Dec 22, 2008 As you read this, audiences in Britain could be watching CBS from Miami on their computers, while in America, others get their first taste of MTV Europe... and if the transatlantic exchange goes ahead, it will be thanks to a billionaire media entrepr... Microsoft plans quick fix for IE Dec 17, 2008 Microsoft is to due to issue a patch to fix a security flaw believed to have affected as many as 10,000 websites. The emergency patch should be available from 1800 GMT on 17 December, Microsoft has said. The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer brow... IWF backs down on Wiki censorship Dec 10, 2008 The online watchdog, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), has withdrawn its objection to a Wikipedia page that contained an image of a naked girl. The page of the online encyclopaedia shows an album cover of German heavy metal band Scorpions, release...