Virgin Media to monitor traffic for file-sharing
News The ISP will begin a trial within days to monitor 40 percent of its network in order to gauge unlawful file-sharing levels [15:14 GMT]
Near-final Thunderbird 3 is released
News The first release candidate of Mozilla Messaging's email software arrives several days later than expected [09:44 GMT]
Cosmic conundrum for Celtic computing
Blog The BBC has a nice story for anyone who hopes that IT can bring economic benefits to disparate communities. Which it should, given that you can do anything online from anywhere on the planet -... [16:53 GMT]
Think-tank calls for national policing agency
News Centre-left think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research recommends that existing police organisation and their IT systems sould be transferred to a new body [16:46 GMT]
RIM launches BlackBerry eBay app
News RIM's BlackBerry App World gets a boost with the launch of an eBay app for the smartphone in the US and Canada [16:24 GMT]
Public archives should be online, says gov't report
News The Ministry of Justice recommends online catalogues are created to enable citizens to access publicly funded archives [10:12 GMT]
Warning over cloud computing's environmental costs
News A report by university IT organisation Jisc says technologies used to connect to the cloud are highly energy inefficient [09:39 GMT]
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Opera censors Chinese content
Blog Opera has updated the Chinese version of its mobile browser to stop users accessing restricted content. Opera Mini was updated on Friday from an international to a Chinese version, the BBC... [25 Nov 2009]
'Godfather of Spam' sentenced to four years
News Alan Ralsky and many of his gang of spammers have been given prison sentences for a pump-and-dump spam operation [25 Nov 2009]
Google updates BlackBerry apps tool
News The new version of the tool makes it possible to support Apps access on up to 500 BlackBerrys from a single BlackBerry Enterprise Server [25 Nov 2009]
Microsoft CFO Liddell steps down; Klein takes reins
News Chris Liddell is stepping down after four-and-a-half years as Microsoft's chief financial officer, and will be replaced by Peter Klein of the company's Business Division [25 Nov 2009]
A look through Sony Ericsson's Pureness phone 
Photos ZDNet UK examines the Xperia Pureness handset, which combines streamlined features with a transparent LCD screen [25 Nov 2009]
Kindle gets better battery life, native PDF support
News Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, Amazon has announced it is offering some small but notable upgrades to its Kindle e-book reader [25 Nov 2009]
Government starts building ID card database
News The National Identity Register, which underpins the ID card scheme, has added more than 500 people since going live in October [25 Nov 2009]
- How long before we're all on it? - manek
Draft standard aimed at improving website interfaces
News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores [25 Nov 2009]
Tesco to stock Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS
News The retail giant hopes to have the popular handset in its physical and online stores by Christmas, but has not announced pricing [25 Nov 2009]
Wave energy generator pumps power to Scotland
News The Oyster converter makes electricity using a simple design of a flap moved by waves that pumps water underground to an onshore hydro-electric turbine [25 Nov 2009]
Chrome extensions site now open for uploads
News Google is asking programmers to start adding their Chrome extensions to the new gallery, but browser users can't download them yet [25 Nov 2009]
US may probe leaked global warming emails
News US Congress may investigate whether prominent scientists who are advocates of global warming theories may have misrepresented the truth about climate change [25 Nov 2009]
Symantec website breached
Blog Security company Symantec has said that one of its websites was successfully breached. Romanian security researcher 'Unu' posted details of the breach in a blog post on Monday. Unu claimed to... [24 Nov 2009]
South Yorkshire set to get next-gen broadband
News The network operating centre for Digital Region, a public-private partnership intended to bring fibre-based 25Mbps broadband to South Yorkshire, has gone live [24 Nov 2009]
EC drops Qualcomm antitrust probe
News European regulators have dropped their investigation into Qualcomm's 3G licensing, after Ericsson and other companies that lodged a complaint withdrew [24 Nov 2009]
Radioactive assumptions in the Digital Economy Bill
Leader If enacted, anti-filesharing provisions will impose huge cost and huge danger without any guarantee of success or necessity. We deserve more rational laws. [24 Nov 2009]
European telecoms reform clears final hurdle
News The Telecoms Reform Package, which covers topics such as internet freedom, data breach notification and net neutrality, has been passed by the European Parliament [24 Nov 2009]
Developers invited into LinkedIn
News The networking site for professionals has opened its platform to developers so they can integrate it into business applications and web sites [24 Nov 2009]
