The Register – Judge orders cybersquatter to pay Verizon $33m
A federal court in California has upheld a massive $33.15m penalty against a cybersquatting domain aggregator that registered hundreds of websites mimicking Verizon’s name and trademarks.

Computer Weekly – Broadband could save UK £17bn on salaries and perks
Fitting Britain with a universal broadband service could allow most people to live closer to their work and save the country at least £17bn a year from lower transport costs and salaries. These are the conclusions of mobile network operator Orange based on YouGov research and insights from futurologist James Bellini into the impact of universal connectivity on living and working in the UK.

Silicon.com – Wikipedia editors to stop vandals messing with articles of the living
Wikipedia will soon be adding a feature to its English-language site that assigns an experienced editor to sign off on any changes to articles on living people, according to Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit that runs the user-driven online encyclopaedia.

Financial Times – Fujitsu to cut 10% of UK workforce
Fujitsu Services, the UK arm of the Japanese technology company, has announced plans to cut around 1,200 jobs, about 10 per cent of its workforce, in one of the largest rounds of redundancies in the IT industry in the recession.

Total Telecom – North Korea builds up telecom service
State media reports country is building new, national mobile networks, rolling out fibre. North Korea is expanding its telecommunications networks nationwide and renovating its broadcasting sector, official media reported Wednesday.