Up to date Accessibility News headlines from tmesolutions.co.uk http://tmesolutions.co.uk The Italian edition of <i>Wired</i> magazine has nominated the Internet to be a contender for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-11/The+Internet+is+nominated+for+Nobel+Peace+Prize/1413148646 The EU Parliament has voted 663 to 13 against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-11/EU+Parliament+rejects+secretive+ACTA+in+vote+for+openness/1621226905 Microsoft's Bing search engine continues to gain ground slowly, but it remains far behind Google, which has maintained its 70%-plus share of the market in recent months. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-11/Google+still+tops%2C+but+Bing+inches+ahead+in+search+market/896986284 A study by Barracuda Networks found that most Twitter members are still inactive members, though the analysis does find some increased activity at the microblogging service. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-10/Only+21%25+of+Twitter+members+are+active%2C+report+says/3864312931 A study by BBC World service found that four-fifths of adults around the world believe that Internet access is a fundamental human right. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-09/Worldwide+poll%3A+4+of+5+call+Internet+access+a+basic+human+right/1753410083 The U.S. Department of the Treasury has loosened controls on the export of Internet-based communication services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, in an effort to spread free-speech freedoms to those countries, the agency said Monday. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-09/Update%3A+U.S.+lifts+Iran%2C+Sudan%2C+Cuba+Internet+services+export+ban/2288388808 A Microsoft executive today told the <i>Reuters</i> news service that the company has no plans to abandon its China operation no matter how Google's battle with the country's government is resolved http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-06/Microsoft+to+maintain+China+operations%2C+report+says/1274353198 Aten Design group's mock funeral for Microsoft's Internet Explorer attracted 80-100 'mourners,' along with flowers and a card from the IE team at Microsoft. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-05/Mourners+eulogize+IE6+at+funeral+for+aged+browser/2516848362 Microsoft's apparent backing of complaints that prompted a European antitrust investigation of Google is but the latest clash in the ongoing war between the two technology titans, analysts say. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-03/Google-Microsoft+search+war+hits+new+heights/972790987 http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-03/Chapter+1%3A+Introduction+and+What%26amp%3B%238217%3Bs+New/4082187225 Network World - Read more about infrastructure management in Network World's Infrastructure Management section. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-03/Chapter+1%3A+Introduction+and+What%27s+New/4111741121 A telepresence system that uses a transparent screen can make meeting participants appear as if they are in the same room, without the need for 3-D glasses, vendor Digital Video Enterprises says. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-02/Transparent+screen+brings+remote+participants+to+the+meeting/891168211 A survey by the Pew Research Center found that Americans are increasingly turning to the Web as a news source instead of local and national newspapers. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-03-01/Internet+keeps+growing+as+news+source+for+Americans/2576192388 The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-27/More+than+100+companies+targeted+by+Google+hackers/627741680 Facebook received a patent for streaming social network news feed technology, raising questions about how the company will wield this new power. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-27/Facebook%27s+news+feed+patent+may+be+%27game-changer%27/2987254036 A survey of Chinese scientists found that Google's search engine is their primary online research tool. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-26/Chinese+scientists+find+Google+invaluable%2C+study+says/2027503460 PayPal will open an applications store this year where developers can offer their wares, the latest step in the company's multi-pronged strategy to deepen its relationship with external programmers. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-25/PayPal+to+open+app+store+for+developers/3888623493 Yahoo's agreement with Twitter that opens Yahoo sites to users of the microblogging service could make the Internet pioneer more attractive to users of social networks, analysts say. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-25/Analysis%3A+Yahoo+rejoins+the+cool+kids+with+Twitter+deal/2127076466 CA Inc. plans to buy 3Tera in a move industry watchers say will catapult the IT management software maker into cloud computing customer accounts. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-25/CA+continues+cloud+computing+buying+spree/2567547699 An Italian judge's decision to impose a six-month suspended jail sentence on Google's global privacy counsel and two other company executives over a video showing the bullying of a disabled teenager has evoked outrage in the privacy community. http://tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Accessibility+News/2010-02-24/Google+privacy+convictions+in+Italy+spark+outrage/2128886685