BBC News – Future is TV-shaped, says Intel
By 2015 more than 12 billion devices will be capable of connecting to 500 billion hours of TV and video content, says chip giant Intel. It said its vision of TV everywhere will be more personal, social, ubiquitous and informative.

The Guardian – Internet companies face up to ‘malvertising’ threat
Online security experts have called for greater efforts to protect internet users, amid rising concerns that adverts on popular websites are being used by criminals as a way to target unsuspecting web users. The calls come after a spate of so-called “malvertising” attacks – in which fake ads are placed on well-known websites as a way to reach millions of people through names they trust. Sites hit by a series of recent strikes include the New York Times and Horoscope.com, each of which receive millions of visitors every day.

The Guardian – Twitter close to securing $100m cash injection that will see value quadruple
Twitter is close to securing a cash injection of $100m (£62m), with executives due to complete a surprise funding round that would see the total value of the much-hyped Californian company quadruple to an estimated $1bn.

Computer World UK – App bridges gap between business and private Twitter
A new startup, Hashwork, wants to bridge the gulf between public and corporate micro-blogging with its service. Like Twitter, Hashwork is a free service that lets users write pithy status updates and attach files and images. Hashwork is already integrated with Twitter, meaning users can have their tweets automatically appear on their public Hashwork feed, and vice versa.

Computer World UK – New phishing scam steal Twitter passwords
A phishing scam is circulating on Twitter that aims to steal users’ log-in credentials and then forward scam messages to all their friends in the hope of tricking them too. The scam begins with a direct message – one sent directly between two Twitter users – that reads ‘ROFL this you on here?’ and appears to link to a video site.