BBC – Apple boss defends conditions at iPhone factory

Apple boss Steve Jobs has defended conditions at a Taiwanese electronics firm that products the firm’s popular iPhone, following a spate of suicides.

BBC – The Hurt Locker producers to sue illegal file-sharers

Voltage Pictures, the company behind Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker, has filed lawsuits against alleged illegal file-sharers of the movie in the US.

CIO – Government to release IT contract financial details

The coalition government will publish all new IT contracts it signs from July, as part of what prime minister David Cameron has called “greater transparency”.

The Register – No-good scareware varmints exploit Wild West game

Varmints are exploiting interest in a treasure hunt tied to popular Wild West-themed game Red Dead Redemption to lay scareware traps.

IT PRO – Thieves steal virtual items from hotel
While the Habbo Hotel thefts were virtual, there were still real financial ramifications.

Total Telecom – Google sites increase share of online video viewing – comScore
YouTube accounted for bulk of Google’s 13.09 billion videos viewed online in April.

ComputerWorldUK – Government to release IT contract financial details
The coalition government will publish online all new IT contracts it signs from July, as part of what prime minister David Cameron has called “greater transparency”.

The Daily Telegraph – Sony: ebooks to overtake print within five years

Sales of ebooks will overtake print books within the next five years, Sony has predicted.