November 20th, 2009 by Matthew Watson

Daily News 20/11

Information Age – Two arrested in the UK over financially motivated Trojan
A man and a woman have been arrested in Manchester in connection with the zbot Trojan, the most widespread example of malware specifically designed to help hackers steal money from their victims.

Silicon.com – Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush
As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud – instead of hiring outsourcers to maintain and integrate their systems – outsourcers could start to feel the pain, according to author and technology thinker Nicholas Carr.

The Guardian – Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing
Lord Mandelson is seeking to amend the laws on copyright to give the government sweeping new powers against people accused of illegal downloading.

Computer Weekly – CERN prepares Large Hadron Collider for second firing
Scientists are preparing the world’s most powerful atom smasher to restart more than a year after it overheated and failed in initial trials. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland has been handed over for operation, according to the update service on Twitter.

IT PRO – Nokia says businesses want its netbook
Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said today. “When we launched the Booklet 3G … we thought it to be primarily a consumer device, but after the launch a big, growing interest is coming from companies,” Heikki Norta, head of Nokia corporate strategy, told a seminar.

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