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May 26th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 26/05

IT PRO – Europe has a single digital market – and it’s illegal
The EU’s Neelie Kroes explains why Europe needs a digital plan to jumpstart the economy and protect the environment.

The Daily Telegraph – Google Chrome out of beta

Google’s web browser, Chrome, has moved out of beta for Mac and Linux users, the company confirmed. The new versions boast several new features, including improved support for HTML5, the video technology that rivals Adobe Flash, and the ability to synchronise browser preferences between computers.

Management Today – Currys customers to get iPad before pre-orders arrive

A coup for DSGi – but dedicated fanboys may have to wait two weeks to get their iPads. Apple has admitted that dedicated fans who pre-ordered the iPad as soon as it was announced could face delivery delays of up to a fortnight – but those who didn’t bother may be set to get their hands on one sooner. DSGi, the owner of PC World, Currys and Dixons, has scooped its rival high street retailers by announcing that its outlets will be seeling the new iPad from 9am on Friday.

CIO – Queen’s Speech adds to IT concerns about cuts

Public sector IT professionals are increasingly worried that vital projects will be canned to meet budget cuts. IT suppliers, who earn annual revenues of £17 billion from public sector contracts, are also expressing serious concerns over the government’s near £3bn cuts in project spending.

BBC – First human ‘infected with computer virus’

A British scientist says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus. Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading contaminated a computer chip which was then inserted into his hand.

BBC – Big Irish crackdown on net piracy

The Irish Republic has begun a piracy crackdown which could see customers cut off from the net for a year.



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March 31st, 2010 by Steve

Daily News 31/03

BBC – US tech coalition calls for new online privacy law

US technology firms and privacy groups have called for an overhaul of privacy laws, saying the government has too much access to private online data.

The Register – Google mocks Steve Jobs with Chrome-Flash merger

When Steve Jobs met Google boss Eric Schmidt for coffee late last week, they may or may not have reached some common ground on certain hot-button subjects. But odds are, they didn’t see eye-on-eye on Adobe Flash.

The Register – Your internet policy sucks, US tells Aussies

Critics of the Australia’s proposed internet filtering scheme just keep on coming. This week, it’s the turn of one of Australia’s biggest and most formidable allies, the United States, to put the boot into a scheme that would turn Australia into the free world’s strictest regulator of internet content.

Total Telecom – Spain shifts from analog to digital TV
Spain’s government switched off analog TV signals in key regions Tuesday as the country shifts to digital terrestrial television in a move that will expand Spain’s TV market.

ZDNet – Apple shows off iPad productivity apps

Apple posted demonstration videos on Monday that showed various applications running on the iPad, due for US release on Saturday and UK release in late April. Included were four videos showing the iPad’s email app and three office productivity apps: Keynote for presentations, Pages for document creation and Numbers for spreadsheets.

The Daily Telegraph – UK must do more for child safety online

Prof Tanya Byron, the Government’s online child safety tsar, has said that the politicians and the technology industry need to work even more closely with parents. Launching a progress report on her initial policy document, “Safer Children in a Digital World”, she said that although the UK is a world leader in keeping young people safe online, more work still needs to be done.

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February 3rd, 2010 by Steve

Daily News 03/02

IT PRO – Cyber baddies using the web to hire
The bad guys responsible for creating software that steals financial and personal details are using the web to look for recruits to join them in their illegal activity.

The Register – iPhone vulnerable to remote attack on SSL

Apple’s iPhone is vulnerable to exploits that allow an attacker to spoof web pages even when they’re protected by the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol, a security researcher said.

Computerworld UK – China hacking laws to get tougher

Chinese police and judicial officials are formulating new measures that govern how hacking crimes are handled by courts, the country’s latest step to strengthen its cyber laws, state media reported.

Computerworld UK – NASA brings in commercial spaceflight companies

NASA moved quickly to advance its role as commercial space entrepreneur by awarding $50 million (£30m) to five companies who could help design and build future spacecraft that could take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

Computerworld UK – Mozilla releases Firefox for Mobile

The first production version of Firefox for Mobile has been released, for Nokia’s Maemo operating system. But Mozilla already seems to be scaling back its deployment plans, and unexpectedly the mobile browser will not support Adobe Flash.

BBC – ‘Internet addiction’ linked to depression, says study

The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2 per cent of people surveyed were “internet addicts”, and many of these were depressed.

Computing – Social networking to replace email by 2014

The business benefits of social software platforms will lead to email being replaced as the primary means of communication by 2014, according to analyst Gartner. Increasing business use of tools such as Twitter and Facebook has resulted in more demand for such systems, says the firm, which predicts that 20 per cent of organisations will use them as their key communication medium by 2014.

The Daily Telegraph – Mobiles to replace wallets and tickets

The device is already tipped to start replacing credit cards, supermarket loyalty cards and bus passes by as early as 2011, when they will begin to be incorporated into mobiles.

The Daily Telegraph – Internet Explorer 8 becomes the most popular browser in the world

The latest version of Microsoft’s browser has finally overtaken Internet Explorer 6, now accounting for 22.3 per cent of the global browser market in January 2010, according to market share measurements carried out by NetApplications.

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