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ICT in the news - w/c 10th December 2007

Google enters UK schools market Google, the internet search company, is entering the UK schools market - launching a website with resources and news for teachers. Read here for more.....
Google debuts knowledge project Google has kicked off a project to create an authoritative store of information about any and every topic. Read here for more.....
Microsoft buys UK mapping service Microsoft has bought online mapping company Multimap to expand its web business, the US firm said. Multimap, which was established in 1996, is among the UK's top 10 visited websites, receiving more than 10 million users each month. Read here for more.....
Microsoft accused on net browser A complaint has been filed to the European Commission accusing Microsoft of stifling competition by tying its browser to Windows. Read here for more.....
A child's view of the $100 laptop What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out. Read here for more.....
Gamer jargon becomes 'word of the year' A word widely used among online gamers has topped an online poll for Word of the Year run by US publishing group Merriam Webster. The word "W00t" got most votes in the poll looking for the word that best sums up 2007. Read here for more.....
Digital locks future questioned One of the world's largest hard disk manufacturers has blocked its customers from sharing their media files online that are stored on networked drives. Western Digital says the decision to block sharing of music and audio files is an anti-piracy effort. Read here for more.....
Ask rolls out search privacy tool Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy. Read here for more.....
'Exodus' to virtual worlds predicted The appeal of online virtual worlds such as Second Life is such that it may trigger an exodus of people seeking to "disappear from reality," an expert on large-scale online games has said. Read here for more.....
Fingerprint first for new stadium Two sports venues in Fife have become the first in the UK to use fingerprint recognition systems on their doors. Read here for more.....
OAP loses £16,000 in e-mail scam An 80-year-old widow was conned out of £16,000 and almost remortgaged her home after falling for an e-mail scam. Read here for more.....
ID sites 'aid underage drinker' Underage drinkers are making use of websites which churn out false driving documents and proof-of-age cards for as little as £10 each, the BBC has found. Read here for more.....
Camera 'aids memory loss fight' A wearable digital camera may hold the key to helping people who have memory problems, experts believe. Sensecam, produced by Microsoft, takes photos of daily events every 30 seconds so they can be played back later at high-speed to jog memory. Read here for more.....
Intelligent bra battles bounce A bra with sensors built into the fabric could help scientists make exercise a more comfortable experience for women. Read here for more.....
Greenpeace takes on gaming giants Greenpeace has called on gamers to persuade Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to make their consoles greener. According to the environmental campaign group, game console makers have so far "failed to reduce the toxic burden of their products". Read here for more.....
Auction for digital dividend A multi-billion pound auction of airwaves for a new wave of digital services has been launched by Ofcom. More digital TV channels and ultra-fast wireless broadband could be rolled out over the next decade as radio spectrum is freed up by the digital switchover. Read here for more.....
Computer knowledge 'undervalued' Computer skills are still undervalued in the UK board room, according to software giant Microsoft. It surveyed 500 UK business leaders and found that a knowledge of information technology (IT) was seen as the seventh most important workplace skill. Read here for more.....
Bill Gates: The skills you need to succeed One of the most important changes of the last 30 years is that digital technology has transformed almost everyone into an information worker. Read here for more.....
Shock at $85,000 mobile phone bill A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000 (£41,000). Piotr Staniaszek thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 unlimited mobile browser plan from Bell Mobility. Read here for more.....
Up to 3,000 patients' info. stolen The details of up to 3,000 NHS patients could have been on a computer stolen from a doctors' surgery. Read here for more.....
Cancer patients' details are lost A memory stick containing the names and dates of birth of 244 patients at the Peggy Wood Breast Care Centre, and some clinical details, has been mislaid. Read here for more.....
Thousands of driver details lost The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Northern Ireland has lost the personal details of 6,000 people. The data was on two discs and went missing after being sent to the agency's headquarters in Swansea. Read here for more.....
Digital activists expose abuse Shaky digital camera footage posted online shows one man beating up another - but this is not an amateur fight sequence loaded on YouTube by film students. Read here for more.....
Victim surcharge not collected Thousands of criminals in England and Wales are being let off paying money to help victims because a computer system cannot process many offenders' details. Read here for more.....
Busiest day for online shopping UK shoppers will spend a collective £370m on purchases through the internet on Monday, the highest ever daily amount spent online, a study estimates. Read here for more.....
The sat-nav v cabbie challenge Satellite navigation does exactly what its name suggests - it takes readings from satellites orbiting the Earth and tells you exactly where you are on the planet. Then it gives you directions to wherever you want to go. Read here for more.....
Playing the game This year's "must have" Christmas present for thousands of families is the Nintendo Wii games console. But with demand outstripping supply, pressured parents are turning to unorthodox methods to secure one. Read here for more.....
Ethiopians get texting in Amharic A new range of mobile phones has just gone on sale in Ethiopia, with the onscreen menu in Amharic, and the ability to send SMS text messages in the Geez script - used for Amharic and other languages in the region. Read here for more.....
UK 'enjoys cheaper media deals' UK families enjoy some of the cheapest deals for telephone, pay-TV and broadband, according to a global report by UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom. Read here for more.....
How next billion will shape net Internet law professor Michael Geist looks at what doubling the number of users will mean to the net. Read here for more.....
Hi-tech tools divide social sites Social network sites are moving to make it much easier for software developers to write add-ons for the hugely popular web destinations. Read here for more.....