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ICT in the news - w/c 14th January 2008

Pilots train without taking off Pilots training in Scotland for a commercial licence are being given the opportunity to fly training flights to almost every airport in Europe - without having to leave the ground. Read here for more.....
One Laptop to set up US project The One Laptop Per Child project is turning its attention to children in the United States. Read here for more.....
Computer brings science up a gear One of the largest and most powerful computers in the country has been unveiled in Edinburgh. Hector (High End Computing Terascale Resources) is capable of 63 million million calculations a second and is four times faster than its predecessor. Read here for more.....
Wii-warm-up good for surgeons Playing computer games such as the Nintendo Wii can improve a surgeon's performance in the operating theatre, a US study shows. Read here for more.....
Blu-ray future limited for some Owners of Blu-ray DVD players may find themselves frozen out of future developments in the technology because their machines are not upgradeable. Read here for more.....
Police probe theft of MoD laptop Police are investigating the theft of a laptop from a Royal Navy officer which had held the personal details of 600,000 people. Read here for more.....
Teachers voice plagiarism fears More than half of teachers believe internet plagiarism is a serious problem among sixth-form students, a teaching union survey suggests. Read here for more.....
Brown's web bid to boost English UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a new internet project to vastly expand the teaching of English. Read here for more.....
EU launches new Microsoft probes The European Commission is launching two new anti-competition investigations against US computer giant Microsoft. Read here for more.....
Yap-lication unlocks canine moods The nuances of a dog's barks, howls, yaps and growls can now apparently be discerned by a new computer program developed by Hungarian scientists. Read here for more.....
Apple announces ultra-thin laptop Apple boss Steve Jobs has unveiled the world's thinnest laptop, called the MacBook Air. The computer, which is 0.76 inches (1.93cm) at its thickest point, was unveiled at an event in San Francisco. Read here for more.....
Apple's parade of technology Apple's annual MacWorld event has become a cult event for fans and they have come to expect the announcement of exciting and ground-breaking new products. Read here for more.....
Researchers plunder social networks Every day millions of students at college in America log onto Facebook. What they are not aware of is that they are being monitored by researchers, who are almost overwhelmed by the amount of data they can gather about tastes, preferences and relationships. Read here for more.....
Deep clean your workstation In an effort to purge hospitals of superbugs, contractors are using ultrasonic cleaning techniques. But these aren't limited to the health service, and can even be used on your office keyboard. Read here for more.....
Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous Facebook has been asked to remove the Scrabulous game from its website by the makers of Scrabble. The Facebook add-on has proved hugely popular on the social network site and regularly racks up more than 500,000 daily users. Read here for more.....
Collar 'key' to snow leopard secrets Lying somewhere in the mountainous, snow-cloaked terrain of Pakistan's Tooshi Game Reserve is a collar that could help unlock the secrets of the elusive snow leopard. Read here for more.....
Christmas online sales rise 50% UK online sales rose by more than 50% in the three months to Christmas, according to an industry survey. Read here for more.....
Smith targets internet extremism The home secretary is to outline plans to target websites promoting extremism, as part of efforts to stop people being drawn towards radical groups. Read here for more.....
Poisoned websites attack visitors Thousands of small web shops have been unwittingly poisoned with malicious code that infects PC users who visit. Read here for more.....
The invisible computer revolution Along with the internet, with which it is rapidly merging, the mobile phone is the most astonishing technology story of our time, and one that has the power to revolutionise access to information across the developing world. Read here for more.....
Facebook faces privacy questions Facebook is to be quizzed about its data protection policies by the Information Commissioner's Office. The investigation follows a complaint by a user of the social network who was unable to fully delete their profile even after terminating their account. Read here for more.....
One million viewers use iPlayer More than 3.5 million programmes have been watched by more than a million people using the BBC's online video service iPlayer since 25 December. Read here for more.....
Nasa investigates virtual space The US space agency is exploring the possibility of developing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. The virtual world would be aimed at students and would "simulate real Nasa engineering and science missions". Read here for more.....
Parents urged to embrace new technology It seems that every week a new report is published revealing the negative impact technology such as the internet, computer games and television is having on young people. Read here for more.....
Mobile customers 'waste billions' Confusion about phone tariffs means mobile customers could be wasting £8bn a year, an online price comparison service has warned. Read here for more.....