Computing.co.uk – Geological society launches “googlerock” service
The British Geological Survey has published a series of interactive geological maps onto OpenGeoscience, an online portal that has been unofficially dubbed “googlerock.”

BBC – Internet safety for children targeted
Lessons in using the internet safely are set to become a compulsory part of the curriculum for primary school children in England from 2011.

BBC – Google includes real-time data in search results
Google has launched real-time search to give users access to up to the second information.

BBC – Richard Brandon unveils Virgin Galactic space shuttle
Sir Richard Branson has unveiled the rocket plan he will use to take far-paying passengers into space.

IT PRO – Government considering cutting NHS IT project
The government has said the £12.6 billion NHS IT overhaul is on the chopping block. Describing the National Programme for IT system as “not essential to the front line,” Chancellor Alistair Darling told the BBC that the upgrade may be shelved in this Wednesday’s pre-budget report to cut costs.

Total Telecom – Deutsche Telekom ordered to grant rivals access to broadband network
Deutsche Telekom AG has to grant competitors like Vodafone PLC access to its broadband network infrastructure, German network regulator said Monday in a statement. Deutsche Telekom has to open its street cabinets to competitors, the network regulator, or Bundesnetzagentur, said.

The Register – Symantec’s bumper bonus bells and whistles
Symantec has boosted its Storage Foundation product to store less duplicate data, integrate with Hyper-V and use solid state storage better. It has also added failover to its Cluster File System.