Malicious Monopoly game spreads via social networking
A new spam campaign that lures users into a malicious game of Monopoly has been detected. Websense Security Labs claimed that the campaign is targeting players via social networking techniques. The spam uses a social networking technique to ‘invite' you to play the online board game. It then provides a link to the fake Monopoly game download site, which downloads a Trojan.
http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Malicious-Monopoly-game-spreads-via-social-networking/article/149478/

MoJ lost sensitive data on 1,500 staff
The Ministry of Justice lost an encrypted memory stick containing the personal details of 1,500 people in March this year. Budget spreadsheets which included the names, national insurance and employee numbers of MoJ staff were on the stick which was lost by an employee, according to the department's resource accounts for 2008-09.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39763712,00.htm

Nokia extends Comes With Music subs period
Music Ally reports that Nokia is giving Comes With Music users an extra 90 days of access to the service after their original 12 month subscriptions expire. The Finnish company launched its 'all the music you can eat for the price of a handset' offering amid a whirlwind of publicity in September last year.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/34459/Nokia-extends-Comes-With-Music-subs-period

Mercedes allocates half its UK marketing budget to digital
Mercedes-Benz is now allocating 50 per cent of its UK marketing budget to digital media, according to its VP for brand communications, Anders Sundt Jensen. Jensen said the dynamics of the UK market and the advanced consumer behaviour in the UK meant the automotive brand was already allocating half of its budget to digital, well ahead of other European territories where the company was far from allocating even 40 per cent.
http://www.nma.co.uk/mercedes-allocates-half-its-uk-marketing-budget-to-digital/3004803.article

Nintendo drops Wii console price  
A drop in sales for Nintendo’s Wii games console has meant the Japanese firm is set to lower the wholesale price by 20 per cent in the run up to Christmas.  To date the Wii console has sold 52 million units worldwide, outselling rival’s Sony and Microsoft by over 20 million units. But a sharp drop in year on year sales has led the firm to bring in the cost saving measures.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8272240.stm

Smartphones Driving the Rise in Mobile Advertising
A new report from eMarketer, predicts that mobile advertising will gain momentum over the next five years, reaching $1.56 billion by 2013. With the proliferation of smartphones set to fuel the growth of mobile advertising opportunities. Messaging based advertising will continue to be an effective way to reach mobile users.
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/39750.php

BT to boost rural broadband access in Scotland
BT and the Scottish Government have joined forces to improve internet access in rural parts of the country and cure the frustration within these rural communities. BT will seek to upgrade exchanges in rural areas in an effort to provide increased broadband capacity. BT recently confirmed it is trialling Broadband Enabling Technology designed to offer quality web services over longer distances than current systems allow.
http://www.cable.co.uk/news/bt-to-boost-rural-broadband-access-in-scotland-19376166/

Google Sidewiki offers fresh way to annotate web
Google has launched its newest toolbar application that allows people to comment, annotate and add notes to articles on the web. Called Sidewiki, the service then allows this information to be shared between any other person using the service or through social networking sites.  Powered by Google’s newest algorithm, designed to keep the most relevant notes at the top of each article.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/351853/google-sidewiki-offers-fresh-way-to-annotate-web

UK broadband tax to 'become law'
Plans to add an annual tax of £6 for landlines to pay for the upgrade of high speed networks, could become law before the next general election.  The Next Generation tax, worth £175 million a year to fund broadband networks, will be included in the Digital Economy Bill, to be presented to parliament in November.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/32391/UK-broadband-tax-to-become-law