BBC – Real-time search rivalry hots up
Twitter has signed deals to put messages sent via the microblogging service into the Microsoft and Google search indexes. The deals will see tweets show up in Bing and Google search results almost as soon as they show up on Twitter.

Computing.co.uk – E-commerce boosts profit at Debenhams
Positive performance online has helped lift yearly profit at Debenhams, the department store group said yesterday. The firm’s web operations Debenhams Direct posted a sales increase of 31 per cent at £55.1m during the year to 29 August, against the £42.1m for the same period last year, resulting in pre-tax profit that was up 133 per cent.

Computer Weekly – Cybercriminals amassing giant databases of information
Cybercriminals are amassing giant databases of information from Trojans on business, government and military computers, RSA’s cyber fraud expert has warned. According to Uri Rivner, head of new technologies, consumer identity protection, it is only a matter of time before cybercriminals learn to monetise that information.

Computer Weekly – Businesses can help prevent cyber warfare
Organisations around the world are contributing to the threat of information warfare by failing to apply basic IT security principles, says internet security expert Ira Winkler. By failing to apply what is known about how to prevent cyber attacks, these organisations are adding their computing power to criminal botnets.

Computer Weekly – Spectrum reallocation is key to Digital Britain
Ofcom must resolve uncertainty around the reallocation of mobile radio frequencies if the government is to realise its dream of a Digital Britain. Much has been made of the government’s cornerstone desire, promised last week by Treasury and communications minister Stephen Timms, but disputed by Whitehall, for guaranteed universal access to a minimum 2Mbps broadband connection by 2012. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills says it will be “up to 2Mbps”.