Friday, July 31, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 31/07/2009



Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail
Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison.
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McKinnon faces extradition despite suicide risk
UFO hacker Gary McKinnon may be at risk of suicide if he is extradited to the US, but the risks were not great enough to keep him in the UK on humanitarian grounds, the High Court ruled today.
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Business rates stifle investment in broadband infrastructure
Legal uncertainty about how the Valuation Office rates optical fibre networks is depriving the UK of new investors in high speed fibre networks, says...
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US DOD moots plan to prove identity on the internet
Black Hat, Las Vegas: The US Department of Defense (DoD) is preparing strategy and policy documents on federated identity management systems that may lead...
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Female IT execs earn 2% more than men
If you are a female executive, IT is a better place for you than many other industries, with female technology executives paid 2% more than men, according to new research.
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Outsourcing confidence grows amid recession
Forty percent of outsourcing suppliers are more...
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Dell in talks to avoid Taiwanese fine over pricing blunder
Dell says it is working with Taiwanese authorities to settle complaints about two pricing errors on the firm's local online store. Earlier this month,...
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Microsoft security collaboration meets resistance
Black Hat, Las Vegas: Enterprise software companies are resisting Microsoft's call to work together to reduce software vulnerabilities, a Microsoft security expert said yesterday.
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Gary McKinnon: UK IT pros believe he should stay in the UK
The majority of IT professionals say NASA hacker Gary McKinnon should remain in the UK, according to a poll of 550 UK IT workers carried out by Sophos. The...
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IBM cuts data replication costs
IBM has added electronic data transfer capabilities, or native replication, to its ProtecTIER...
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McKinnon case thrown out by High Court - inc. Interactive timeline
The High Court has thrown out UFO hacker Gary Mckinnon’s latest legal challenge to his extradition order by US Prosecutors.
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iPhone vulnerable to hackers
Apple has failed to issue a security patch for a vulnerability that could allow criminals to take control of iPhones using text messages, say security researchers.
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Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail
Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison.
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BT's pension deficit doubles to آ£5.8bn
BT has revealed that its pension fund deficit has doubled to آ£5.8bn in the past three months.
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Video: Barclays secures IT for 70p a head
Barclays Bank has raised its employees' awareness of information security by a factor of 10, after turning to Hollywood to educate over 100,000 staff.
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Microsoft Yahoo alliance under antitrust scrutiny
Microsoft's proposed partnership...
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Businesses cough up آ£6m for unlicensed software
Businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have paid out آ£6m this year to settle disputes with the Business...
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Video: I Want One of Those website tested with crowdsourcing
Online retailer, I Want One of Those, has turned to crowdsourcing to cut the time it needs to test upgrades to its website.
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Digital Britain may be jeopardised by cost of building UK datacentres
The high costs of building datacentres in the UK could prevent the full roll-out of Digital...
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