Computing.co.uk – Server market shows signs of stabilising, says Gartner
Despite shipments falling 17 per cent and revenue dropping 15 per cent, the global server market seems to be stabilising, according to analyst Gartner.

Computing.co.uk – Malware can be hidden in English language text, says US scientists
A team of US security researchers has engineered a way of hiding malware in sentences that read like English language spam.

IT PRO – Twitter crowned top word of 2009
The Global Language Monitor has announced that Twitter is the Top Word of 2009 in its annual global survey of the English language. ‘Twittered’ was followed by Obama, H1N1, Stimulus, and Vampire. The near-ubiquitous suffix, 2.0, was number six, with Deficit, Hadron – the object of study of CERN’s new atom smasher – Healthcare, and Transparency rounding out the top 10.

IT PRO – Heathrow rolling out facial recognition tech
New electronic border gates are set to be introduced at Heathrow to speed up the process of passing through border control. The new gates will allow travellers over 18 with biometric passports to come back into the UK using facial recognition technology, comparing the picture with that on their passport as well as checking against any internal watch lists held by the UK Border Agency.

IT PRO – Parents call for online privacy lessons
The majority of parents want their children to receive lessons in online privacy, according to survey results released today. The YouGov study, commissioned to form part of the Digital Literacy Report 2009, showed 69 per cent of parents asking for the Government to provide compulsory lessons in school so children understand their online footprint and the effects it can have.

Computerworld UK – Are YouTube and Facebook guzzling your company bandwidth?
Figures uncovered by managed network provider Network Box between July and November of 2009, reveal the enormous impact YouTube and Facebook are having on corporate bandwidth.