Every Chinese PC at risk of hacking
Controversial software that screens out "offensive material" from the internet, better known as "Green Dam", has been shown to have security flaws that could lead to the computer being taken over by malicious hackers. The government has mandated that the software be installed on every computer in the country, a move described by Chinese computer experts as a "large-scale disaster".
Pocket Lint

Mobile advertising is used for disaster warnings in Sri Lanka, with Dialog GSM and Celltick
The largest mobile operator in Sri Lanka today launched a Disaster and Emergency Warning Network to everyone on its network. Dialog GSMs warning system lets the Sri-Lankan government issue alerts and warnings to all of the operators subscribers, targeted by location.
Gomo news

Microsoft's Bing gains ground in search race
Microsoft's Bing search engine has got off to a healthy start, according to a report by ComScore, an online market tracker.
Tech World

Facebook to offer personalised URLs
The social networking site, Facebook, is moving forward with plans to give its users a personalised URL. This will allow users to put together web address with their member username. The system opens up on the 13th June.
Tech Watch

BT wants to end BBC's 'free ride' on its networks
BT is tired of the BBC and other video sites getting a "free ride" on its networks. Last week, the news broke that BT was "throttling" the BBC’s iPlayer video streaming system at peak times, which the broadcaster said was hurting viewers’ ability to watch television online.
IT Pro
 
Millions without internet access do not want broadband, finds Ofcom
The survey for the broadcasting regulator found that 70 per cent of adults in the UK now have the internet at home. But it also looked at why nearly one in three adults still do not have internet access and the reasons why they may not take it up in the future.
Telegraph

Nokia To Bring Pre-Like Wireless Charging Feature To Phones
Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is working on a technology that allows mobile phones - and possibly other devices - to charge up using nothing more than radio waves.
IT Pro Portal

UK IT managers unaware of Web 2.0 security risk: survey
Seventy of the top 100 most popular websites have hosted or directed users to malicious code, phishing, or fraud, according to new research released by security firm Websense. The research, called Web2.0@Work, examined the rise of Web 2.0 use in businesses.
CBR online

Jon Rubenstein becomes Palm CEO
Palm has announced that it's getting a new chairman and CEO. Ed Colligan is being replaced - after 16 years at the helm - by Palm's "executive chairman" Jon Rubenstein, from 12 June. An ex-Apple exec, Rubenstein joined the smartphone maker full time in October 2007, in Palm's words, "to help bring innovation back to the company".
Pocket Lint

Google book settlement faces new threat
According to reports in both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is beginning an inquiry into a $125 million settlement the company reached with publishers earlier this year.
Vnunet