Internet Pro News

[2004-11-18] Racially Offensive Search Terms To Be Banned By eBay
Internet auction house eBay has announced that they will be taking preventative action against users searching for racially sensitive items. Any search conducted using any keywords that Ebay identifies as racially derogatory will be met with a pop up informing the user about their error.

[2004-11-17] Two More Internet Explorer Holes Discovered
Security experts have began warning users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer of a couple of new security vulnerabilities that affect fully patched Windows XP Service Pack 2 systems.

[2004-11-16] Three Must-Have Firefox Extensions for Blog Readers and Writers
The Firefox browser is an amazing product in its own right that's packed with great features like tabbed browsing, but it's even more powerful when you install optional extensions. Here are three that are well worth the install for both busy blog readers and writers...

[2004-11-10] MSN Set To Launch Search Services
On Thursday, November 11, Microsoft is preparing to launch their search presence to the public� again. A version of their search engine has been available on search.msn.com and on their sandbox site for some time now. This "release" is expected to be a media blitz that will announce MSN Search to the general public.

[2004-11-10] Gmail Now Offers POP Access
Seemingly answering the cries of Gmail users everywhere, Google has announced a new feature for their growing email service. The new addition will allow members to use POP access to check their mail

[2004-11-02] Yahoo Preparing To Enter Desktop Search Too
When dealing with Internet technologies, following trends seems to be the norm. What one company does successfully, the others will probably mimic in some shape or form. With this in mind, Yahoo has also announced that they too will be releasing a desktop search utility in the near future.

[2004-11-01] Google Corrects Gmail Exploit
Search engine Google has fixed a security flaw that was occurring in their email service, Gmail. The company did not reveal the nature of flaw, only that they had corrected it.