March 15th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 15/03

Computing.co.uk – Report suggests multi-tasking ahead for iPhone

Apple may be preparing to allow multi-tasking on the iPhone, according to media reports. Apple news site AppleInsider cited anonymous sources in reporting that the iPhone OS 4.0 release will allow users to launch and access multiple applications at once, including those from third-party developers.

BBC – Dotcom web address celebrates silver anniversary

The internet celebrates a landmark event on the 15 March 2010, the twenty-fitth birthday of the day the first dotcom name was registered.

The Register – Google ‘99.9 per cent’ certain to pull China search plug

Google is now “99.9 per cent” certain it will shut down its Chinese search engine, according to a report citing “a person familiar with the company’s thinking”.

Computerworld UK – Humans continue to be ‘weak link’ in data security

Nearly 90 percent of IT workers in the UK have said a laptop in their organisation has been reported lost or stolen, new research has found.

Computerworld UK – Virgin runs fibre broadband via telegraph poles

Virgin Media will use telegraph poles to extend the reach of fibre-to-the-home in a test in the UK village of Woolhampton, it said today.

The Daily Telegraph – Man fined over Facebook insult to ex-girlfriend

A man has been ordered to pay £165 for calling his ex-girlfriend an offensive name on Facebook, in one of the first cases of its kind.

SC Magazine – Former Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair speaks on the danger cyber terrorism could have on the UK, along with organised hackers and the insider threat.

Sir Ian Blair speaks of how information communication technology security was potentially the greatest threat to the UK by the end of this decade.

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March 9th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 09/03

BBC – US eases Cuba, Iran, Sudan, sanctions to allow freer web

The US treasury department has eased sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further the use of web services and support opposition groups.

BBC – S Korea child ‘starves as parents raise virtual baby’

A South Korean couple who were addicted to the internet let their three-month-old baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online, police said.

BBC – Queen expresses Commonwealth internet concerns

The Queen has warned that businesses in developing nations are missing out on opportunities because the internet is an “unaffordable option” in many areas. In her annual Commonwealth Day message, the monarch praised advances in science and technology for improving lives.

IT PRO – Ballmer: Microsoft ‘all in’ on cloud strategy
Microsoft’s chief executive Steve Ballmer says his company is throwing its weight fully behind the cloud.

Computer Weekly – UK shoppers flood to online stores

The UK is the largest online shopping market in Europe, but there is still room for growth as online sales catch in-store sales. About E40bn will be spent by UK consumers online in 2014 if sales increase by 10 per cent every year from this year.

The Daily Telegraph – Four in five believe internet access is a fundamental right

Four in five people around the world believe that web access is a fundamental human right, according to a new survey. The poll, which collated the answers from more than 27,000 people across 26 countries and was conducted on behalf of the BBC World Service, found that 87 per cent of interne t users felt that web access should be a basic right. More than 70 per cent of non-users felt they should have access to the net.

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February 25th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 25/02

The Times – EU launches antitrust inquiry into Google ‘dominance’
The European Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust inquiry into Google after three companies complained that the US giant’s dominant search engine penalises potential competitors and keeps advertising prices artificially high.

IT PRO – Did Google hackers target Intel too?

Intel has confirmed that it was the target of a “sophisticated” hack attack at the beginning of the year around the same time as Google’s episode, but it suggests there is no clear link between the two.

The Register – Adobe Photoshop celebrates big 2-0

Exactly 20 years ago today – Wednesday, February 24 – the first stable version of Adobe Photoshop was released into the wild. At 728 kilobytes, it fit on a single floppy disk.

Computerworld UK – YouTube cuts off support for older Internet Explorer

Google’s YouTube will drop support for Microsoft’s nearly nine year old Internet Explorer 6 in just over two weeks, the popular video site has announced.

Computerworld UK – Twitter churns out millions of tweets

New numbers from the folks at Twitter show that people are tweeting furiously.

Computerworld UK – Apple Macs becoming popular business tool, says survey

Two out of three IT administrators at large organisations with Macs and PCs said they expect to see an increase in the number of Macs this year, according to a newly released survey by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance.

The Daily Telegraph – Human behaviour ‘93 per cent predictable’

Location data from mobile phones has indicated that 93 per cent of human movement is predictable. A study published by peer-reviewed journal Science examined anonymised data culled from mobile phone service providers and found that it was possible to accurately predict movement and location up to 97 per cent of the time for the majority of people, and 93 per cent of the time for the entire set of data.

The Daily Telegraph – Apple close to selling 10 billion iTunes songs

Apple is expected to sell its 10 billionth track from the iTunes music store by the end of the week. The company is giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift voucher to whoever downloads the billionth song. A counter on the Apple website is tracking progress towards the landmark, with the magic number expected to be reached by Friday.

The Guardian – Scribd to launch mobile service

Document sharing website Scribd is making a more direct challenge to Amazon and Apple by launching a mobile service that it hopes will make it easier for millions of people to read on the go.

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February 12th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 12/02

BBC – MEPs condemn Nokia Siemens ‘surveillance tech’ in Iran

Euro MPs have “strongly” criticised telecoms firm Nokia Siemens Networks for providing “surveillance technology” to the Iranian authorities.

BBC – Government calls for action on mobile phone crime

The government has called on the mobile phone industry to do more to protect handset owners against theft.

Total Telecom -France Telecom to spend €2bn on fibre network by 2015

France Telecom said Wednesday it will restart investing in fiber optics in France after the group had put investments in the rollout of the ultra high-speed Internet network on hold last summer pending regulatory clarification.

The Times – Google expands reach into ultra-fast broadband

The internet search company plans to become a provider of ultra-fast broadband to thousands of homes in the US

The Daily Telegraph – Twitter and Facebook can improve customer service

As social media takes off, many employers have seen the customer service potential of social-networking websites, writes Duncan Bannatyne.

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February 9th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 09/02

The Times – How many Facebook friends is too many?

The internet has created the illusion of mass intimacy, but 151 friends is an unmanageable number, says an academic

IT PRO – FBI chief repeats request for ISPs to retain data for two years

FBI director Robert Mueller has repeated calls for US internet search providers to keep records of their customers’ surfing habits for two years, twice as long as the measures already in place in Europe and the UK.

CBR – iPad to stimulate tablet PC segment, says In-Stat

The debut of the iPad is expected to strengthen the emerging tablet PC segment, creating a potential semiconductor opportunity of over $4.1bn in 2014, according to a report by market research firm In-Stat. In addition, the study found that other component vendors will also capitalise on the new opportunity or batteries and displays. The potential unit total available market for tablets is about 50 million in 2014.

The Daily Telegraph – Labour MP Derek Wyatt launches new iPhone ‘accountable’ app

A Labour MP, Derek Wyatt, has become the world’s first serving politician to launch an iPhone app. The free MyMP app shows users what their MP is doing; where they are; their surgery hours and location and also lets the public send messages directly to their elected representative.

The Daily Telegraph – Google translation phone “two years away”

Search giant Google has said that it is working on a phone that can translate live, automatically between languages. The company already offers text translation services and voice recognition, and Franz Och, head of translation services at Google says that work has already begun on combining the two.

The Daily Telegraph – Consumers ‘unconvinced’ by Apple iPad, study shows

The number of people who are not interested in buying an Apple iPad has increased after the tablet’s unveiling, according to shopping website Retrevo.

BBC – Online safety push for five-year-olds

Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign by the UK body charged with protecting children from abuse.

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February 5th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 05/02

Total Telecom – O2 doubles UK iPhone customers to 2m

CEO Ronan Dunne says operator saw strong demand in December despite expiry of exclusive Apple partnership.

The Register – iPhone App Store bars mention of Google Android

Apple has told a tiny mobile software developer that its application cannot be included in the iPhone App Store if it mentions Google Android.

The Register – NASA develops spaceship work robot called ‘R2′

Definitely the droid we’re looking for, say space chiefs.

ComputerworldUK – Amazon prepping touchscreen Kindle?

Amazon.com has purchased flexible touchscreen maker Touchco in an apparent attempt to beef up technology aboard its Kindle e-readers to better compete against Apple’s iPad, the New York Times reported.

The Daily Telegraph – New online Shakespeare game becomes internet hit

An online Shakespeare game based on Romeo and Juliet has become an internet hit, drawing in 22 million players worldwide. “Romeo wherefore art thou” sees web users take on the role of one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, as he collects flowers for Juliet.

Computer Weekly – Gartner identifies IT trends for 2010

Cloud computing and social computing will be major issues for CIOs in 2010, with businesses set to relinquish control over some parts of their IT estate as the trends take hold, according to analyst group Gartner.

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February 4th, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 04/02

IT PRO – Technology has big role in cutting carbon emissions
UK businesses believe technology has a major part to play in reducing the carbon footprint of the UK but may not be willing to pay for it to happen.

IT PRO – Google and NSA may team up on web security

Google is finalising a deal that would let the National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported.

IT PRO – Is Facebook the biggest threat to corporate security?

Nearly two-thirds of businesses have pinpointed social networking giant Facebook as the biggest threat to their security, according to a new report from IT security firm Sophos.

The Daily Telegraph – Perez Hilton holds off TechCrunch, Mashable and Twitter founders in web influence list

Perez Hilton, the celebrity blogger, has been named the most influential person on the internet – ahead of the founders of TechCrunch, Mashable, Twitter and Digg. Forbes magazine’s fourth annual web celebrity ranking praised Hilton – real name Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr – for his “off-colour blend of humour, opinion and immature humour”.

The Register – iPad forces operators to shave their SIMs

O2, Orange and DoCoMo are all apparently stocking up on micro SIMs suitable for Apple’s iPad, though taking a sharp knife to an existing SIM is always an option.

Computerworld UK – Apple announces iPad UK street date

Apple has announced that the Wi-Fi model of its iPad media tablet will go on sale in the UK in “late March”. The 3G Apple iPad will be available in the UK sometime in April. Apple has not yet released its UK iPad pricing.

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February 3rd, 2010 by Richard Morgan

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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February 3rd, 2010 by Richard Morgan

Daily News 02/02

The Guardian – Conservatives would end BT monopoly to deliver superfast broadband

The Conservatives today claimed they were willing to loosen BT’s grip on the local telephone network and use parts of the BBC licence fee to deliver “superfast” broadband to the majority of Britain’s homes by 2017.

CRN – Symantec launches “points for pounds” partner scheme

Security vendor Symantec has introduced a new partner incentives programme to reward members for making use of its Symplus website.

Computerworld UK – Obama to kill off NASA manned moon mission

Reports surfacing this week say that the White House plans to put a stop to NASA’s plans to return to the moon.

The Daily Telegraph – Children spend 7 hours 38 mins a day online

Children as young as eight are spending more than seven hours a day absorbed in an ‘electronic life’, a report claimed. By using more than one device at a time – such as iPods, mobile phones and computer games – some youngsters are consuming up to 10 hours of electronic content a day.

Computer Weekly – Tories promise 100Mbps broadband to two-thirds of UK homes by 2017

The Conservative Party has promised to give most UK homes 100Mbps broadband network access by 2017 as part of a revamp of Britain’s communications regulations.

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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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