Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 10 December 2008 at 17:03:00 Florist group sues Marks & Spencer over use of its brand name Interflora is taking legal action against Marks & Spencer (M&S) over allegations that the supermarket chain has bought its brand name as a keyword search on Google AdWords. The florist is accusing M&S of bidding on the word “Interflora” and sponsoring mis-spelt occurrences of the brand name on AdWords to lure customers to its own shop, Flowers Direct. M&S is said to be “extremely surprised” by Interflora’s decision to sue and claims that such tactics...Read More »

Fiesta attack tool drives through swiss-cheese browser Hackers have more more luck targeting users of older versions of Internet Explorer for exploitation than other demographics, according to figures culled from a popular attack tool.… Full published article at: Read More »

Bad news for AMD, IBM According to an article in today's EE Times, Intel will "extend its lead over AMD, IBM and other microprocessor vendors" at next week's übergeekfest, the 2008 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco.… Full published article at: Read More »

Aided Mumbai attacks Legal advocates have petitioned an Indian court to ban Google Earth following intelligence indicating the satellite imaging site was used to plan last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed 170 people.… Full published article at: Read More »

Cloudy small biz vision Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft hope to give its value-added resellers (VARs) a leg-up in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) game by schooling their channel partners on how to effectively sell the apps to SMB customers.… Full published article at: Read More »

Mobius conspiracy convened Microsoft has launched the mobile version of its Windows Live service, putting re-worked versions of its online services on cell phones.… Full published article at: Read More »

Luring OEMs by removing beta tag? Hold on to your hats, Google Chrome is coming out of beta.… Full published article at: Read More »

Twenty days and half a billion dollars gone Seagate has announced it now expects to make fewer sales in this quarter because of the recession. Elsewhere in the disk drive business, Western Digital may only want the enterprise part of Fujitsu's hard drive business.… Full published article at: Read More »

New technology and strategy officers VoIP provider Skype has decided to appoint Chief Officers for Technology and Strategy, creating both roles within days of the release of its latest Windows Mobile client.… Full published article at: Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 10 December 2008 at 16:22:00 Improvement in delivery times drove a surge in web shopping last Monday Monday 8 December was the biggest online shopping day this year with sales reaching £320m, according to figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). The trade body’s figures for the day, dubbed “Mega Monday”, show a rise of 14 per cent in sales in comparison to the equivalent day last year, largely due to an improvement in delivery times. IMRG said the findings suggest that consumers are busy at the weekend researching gifts...Read More »