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RSS request in newsCanonical joins Linux Foundation
News A Red Hat spokesperson had not responded to a request for comment at the time of writing. Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu, has joined the Linux Foundation. [20 Aug 2008]
Are your 'frolleagues' ruining your career?
News Be willing to turn down a friend request from a friend or colleague. Workers risk damaging their career by mixing professional and personal contacts online, it has been claimed. Business networking site LinkedIn is warning about the growing... [14 Aug 2008]
Google Street View cleared by UK privacy watchdog
News The ICO was reassured by the fact that Google was blurring car registrations and faces, was open to removing images on request, and that the pictures were not viewed in real time so could not be used to track individuals. [31 Jul 2008]
Nasa hacker loses extradition appeal
News On Wednesday the Law Lords rejected a plea by McKinnon, who has not been charged in Britain, to quash the extradition request granted to the US authorities. His legal team had argued in the Lords that the US extradition request was an "abuse of... [30 Jul 2008]
'Cool' new rival set to challenge Google?
News The would-be Google rival says its service goes beyond prevailing search techniques that focus on web links and audience traffic patterns and instead analyses the context of each page and the concepts behind each user search request. [28 Jul 2008]
Google, Digg talks fall through
News Neither company responded immediately to a request for comment. Google has ended negotiations to buy social-news site Digg.com, according to TechCrunch. The two companies had reportedly been in the final stage of talks to bring Digg into the Google... [28 Jul 2008]
BBC to take better care of web budget
News The BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust, has approved the corporation's plans to manage its website budget more effectively - but has not approved a request for an additional £39m of new investment over the next year. [22 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News The tool has been used at Google for unearthing problems such as cross-site script inclusion threats, insufficient cross-site request forgery defences, caching issues, cross-site scripting candidates, potentially unsafe cross-domain code inclusion... [14 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone launch: Tech trouble for O2
News At the time of publication, Apple had not responded to a request for comment. Apple's UK 3G iPhone launch day did not go off without the obligatory technical hitch or two. Mobile operator O2 - Apple's iPhone partner in the UK - said the level of... [11 Jul 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News Davies told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that Privacy International had been in touch with Google to request "full disclosure of the technology specifications for the promised face and number-plate blurring system". [09 Jul 2008]
Anti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News Finally, site developers can request killbits from Microsoft which can be sent via Windows Update to terminate risky or outdated components. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced new security features within the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8... [03 Jul 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News Currently, only parents with children who are under six or disabled are entitled to request flexible working. Working from home - or when out and about with the help of a featherweight laptop - may seem to capture the spirit of the age but... [25 Jun 2008]
Will staff 'Right to Train' boost skills?
News The government has launched a consultation on a proposal to give employees a legal right to request training - describing investment in skills as key to bolstering the economy. We need to find new ways to bring the drive for skills into every... [19 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Microsoft had not responded to a request for comment at the time of writing. Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. In an attempt to reinforce its claim that Vista is... [21 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News UAC does not request these confirmations from users with administrator privileges, but, in Vista, users do not have this status by default. Microsoft had not responded to a request for comment at the time of writing. [29 Apr 2008]
