http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/news-blog/ ZDNet UK Blogs - News Blog en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:47:41 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:47:41 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) Lenovo has bought back the mobile phone arm that it sold to a private equity firm at the start of 2008, the company said on Friday. The manufacturer sold Lenovo Mobile to the Hony Group for $100m just under two years ago, and has now bought it back for...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/0id67UNJhho" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014543o-2000331761b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/0id67UNJhho/0,1000000567,10014543o-2000331761b,00.htm Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:37:24 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014543o-2000331761b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) Businesses running open Wi-Fi networks should brace themselves for a slew of copyright warnings from rights holders, internet law expert Lilian Edwards has told ZDNet UK. Edwards also warned that, apart from the civil cases that can already be launched...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/uMXmk2_pulM" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014530o-2000331761b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/uMXmk2_pulM/0,1000000567,10014530o-2000331761b,00.htm Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:11:54 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014530o-2000331761b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) Risks to successful online banking identification and authentication using smartcards involve a mixture of human and technological factors, according to the European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa). The agency launched <a href="http://w...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/QYekWYNcNl8" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014528o-2000331828b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/QYekWYNcNl8/0,1000000567,10014528o-2000331828b,00.htm Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:04:28 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014528o-2000331828b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (K) Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US to face hacking charges is set to move forward, after home secretary Alan Johnson said he will not intervene. McKinnon's supporters had <a title="Home secretary considers Nasa hacker plea" href="http://news.zdnet.c...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/BH8ql7tkyJg" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014523o-2000342797b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/BH8ql7tkyJg/0,1000000567,10014523o-2000342797b,00.htm Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:17:31 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014523o-2000342797b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) 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 - forcing people to huddle together is a relic of the industrial...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/-PtiLxNJ6yQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014522o-2000331777b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/-PtiLxNJ6yQ/0,1000000567,10014522o-2000331777b,00.htm Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:53:51 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014522o-2000331777b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) 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, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8376555.stm">the BBC rep...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/4iVN7hhqKL4" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014517o-2000331828b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/4iVN7hhqKL4/0,1000000567,10014517o-2000331828b,00.htm Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:37:06 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014517o-2000331828b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) Security company Symantec has said that one of its websites was successfully breached. Romanian security researcher 'Unu' <a href="http://unu123456.baywords.com/2009/11/23/symantec-exposed-passwordsserials-sql-injection-full-database-access/">posted de...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/tcYiuzzI0_8" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014509o-2000331828b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/tcYiuzzI0_8/0,1000000567,10014509o-2000331828b,00.htm Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:23:16 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014509o-2000331828b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) The National Health Service's flagship IT project has been criticised by a tax campaign group for running billions of pounds over budget. The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has overspent by ?10.4bn, the <a href="http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/9OjuFLCWHdQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014501o-2000331828b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/9OjuFLCWHdQ/0,1000000567,10014501o-2000331828b,00.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:15:08 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014501o-2000331828b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (K) The world's biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is in operation again after more than a year of repairs. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Cern, said in a statement on Friday that particle beams are once again circula...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/1MoOkXZ4Q7E" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014496o-2000342797b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/1MoOkXZ4Q7E/0,1000000567,10014496o-2000342797b,00.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:03:36 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014496o-2000342797b,00.htm?s_cid=255 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) One of the UK's leading climate change research centres has had a security breach. The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (UEA) suffered a compromise of information, a UEA spokesperson said on Friday. "We are aware that informati...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~4/1J4PfRQCrtE" height="1" width="1"/> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014495o-2000331828b,00.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetuk/blogs/newsblog/~3/1J4PfRQCrtE/0,1000000567,10014495o-2000331828b,00.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:27 +0000 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014495o-2000331828b,00.htm?s_cid=255