Here is this week’s round-up of technology news small business owners may find informative, useful or entertaining:
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New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software – If you do not have up-to-date virus and firewall protection you may not receive compensation for any fraud relating to your on-line bank account
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Dell Launches 2008 Small Business Excellence Awards to Recognise Innovative Technology - Dell are looking to reward innovative ways in which IT has been used in small business
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Google Apps No Gift to Small Biz – An article examining the benefits and drawbacks of the ’Google Gears‘ application to small businesses
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11 innovation lessons from the creators of World of Warcraft – An excellent article on innovation by Blizzard, one of the current major successes of the computer games world
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In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop – An interesting article on how the demand for constantly updated content is putting a major strain on top bloggers
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10 Cool Gadgets You Can’t Get Here – Yet – Here are some of the latest Japanese innovations that are not yet available in the Western world
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US man gets $2.6m for domain name – The demand for a good domain name is as high as it ever was
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PayPal mandatory, says eBay Australia – The Australian eBay site will now only accept PayPal as payment on all auctions, a trial move that will expand globally if successful
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BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer – UK ISPs are demanding compensation from the BBC for the extra web traffic the iPlayer is generating
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BT admits misleading customers over Phorm experiments – BT users web traffic was used for ISP ad targeting scheme tests
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Policing internet ‘not ISP’s job’ – TalkTalk, the UK’s third biggest ISP, will not co-operate with the BPI request to detect and ban copyright infringers
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Windows is ‘collapsing’, Gartner analysts warn – Industry analysts explained this week why they believe Microsoft took an intentional step backward with Vista
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Testing Shows XP Still Outperforms Vista – More bad news for Vista in a week where Microsoft have urged business owners to make the switch
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Gates: Windows 7 may come ‘in next year’ – Even less incentive for SMEs to adopt Vista
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Devices That Track Every Precious Need – GPS technology is now so inexpensive that some people are using it to keep track of their pets
