Microsoft to let multiple pupils work from single PC
News The software maker is working on new option that will let will let several students work independently off a single PC, each with their own screen, mouse and keyboard [13 Nov 2009]
- Re Here we Go Again - Moley
- 20 years behind the times? - Yellowcave
Digital Economy Bill: Industry disputes gov't claims
News ISPs are fiercely contesting government claims that they support the Digital Economy Bill's anti-copyright-infringement measures, while Telnic has warned of official threats to Icann's authority [20 Nov 2009]
- Policy is Truth - Andrew Meredith
- It appears that the ISPA has a much smaller budget for lobbying than . . - hkommedal
Google shows Chrome OS, promises 2010 launch
News Google's long-awaited Chrome OS aims at security, speed and simplicity in netbook cloud computing [19 Nov 2009]
- Client sorted, what about the network? - manek
- You can't blame Google for the network - 88072
- indeed - Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe
Maps show UK fibre rollout plans 
Photos The research firm Point Topic has drawn up maps based on its predictions of UK fibre coverage by the end of 2012 [12 Nov 2009]
- UK fibre rollout? my eye! - tHeClAw
Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians
Photos The Pavegen system uses flexible paving slabs that convert the energy made by footsteps into electricity [03 Nov 2009]
Pub 'fined £8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement
News Companies offering open Wi-Fi access face legal uncertainty following a court case [27 Nov 2009]
- How far will it all go? - Fat Pop Do Wop
GCHQ supplier pans government file-sharing plans
News Intelligence-tech supplier Detica has said government plans to force ISPs to identify unlawful file-sharers are 'not necessary or proportionate' [27 Nov 2009]
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 [26 Nov 2009]
Gov't stands firm on web-monitoring plans
News The government has said it wants ISPs and telecoms companies to retain records of all internet communications, despite fierce criticism in a consultation paper [10 Nov 2009]
T-Mobile workers accused of selling customer data
News The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating accusations that T-Mobile employees sold millions of customer details [18 Nov 2009]
Google: Data is more secure in the cloud
News A Google Apps exec compares storing data in the cloud to keeping money in a bank rather than stashing it nearby [03 Nov 2009]
Police right to hand over seized hardware, says judge
News The police were acting within the law when they handed evidence to a private company after the CPS declined to pursue a public prosecution, a judge has ruled [17 Nov 2009]
- Shocking... - CA
- Distorted judgement - 1000215420
Swindon promises city-wide Wi-Fi mesh network
News The network, to be developed through a public-private partnership, will aim to give all Swindon residents free internet access and potentially allow wireless CCTV and smart metering [17 Nov 2009]
- oh the humanity - Kijoma
'Polished' Moblin adds 3G support, plug-ins
News The latest version of Moblin, the Intel-sponsored Linux distribution for Atom-based netbooks and nettops, includes a new web browser and allows Bluetooth pairing [05 Nov 2009]
- A different polish. - ator1940
MoJ consults on £500k data breach fines
News Under government plans, organisations could be fined up to half-a-million pounds for serious data breaches [12 Nov 2009]
Egypt bids for first Arabic top-level domain
News Six countries have now applied for internationalised top-level domains, including Egypt, Russia and Saudi Arabia [17 Nov 2009]
- Egypt uses MISR as top level domain - Adrian Bridgwater
Facebook denies mass hijack was down to flaw
News The social-networking site has said no user data was in danger when almost 300 user groups were taken over by privacy campaigners [11 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
End of the line for Microsoft Office Accounting
News The software maker has announced it is ending the latest in a series of efforts to rival Intuit in the business-accounting software [02 Nov 2009]
VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
News The update to Sun's virtualisation testing tool takes care of compatibility problems with the Microsoft and Apple OSes, among other performance improvements [02 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]
Ballmer touts speed of Windows 7 sales
News At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO said the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows [20 Nov 2009]
McAfee: Countries gearing up for cyber war
News The US, Israel, Russia, China and France are preparing for cyber offensives, according to a new McAfee report [17 Nov 2009]
Rickroll virus attacks iPhones
News The 'ikee' worm replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley [09 Nov 2009]
Microsoft may help News Corp vanish from Google
News Rupert Murdoch's media empire is talking with the tech giant about having its websites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report [23 Nov 2009]
