Adobe & McAfee tackle stop corporate data leaks
Adobe and McAfee have joined forces to create technology that uses digital right management in a bid to stop data being leaked. The two companies hope Adobe's expertise in digital rights management and McAfee's data-loss prevention technology can be combined to restrict access to documents based on how the documents are classified.
PC Advisor

Fixed broadband connections 20 per cent by year end
Despite the global economic downturn, the number of household broadband connections continues to grow robustly, and one in five households worldwide will have a fixed broadband connection in the home by the end of 2009, according to Gartner.
Cellular News

AT&T accuses Google of hypocrisy on net neutrality
AT&T has accused Google of being a hypocrite when it comes to net neutrality because it blocks certain phone calls on its Google Voice service. The carrier has written a letter to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) claiming Google has violated the agency's net-neutrality principles, which Google has long supported.
ZD Net

RIM’s market share set to decline?
Blackberry’s parent Research in Motion (RIM) could loose market share to competing devices such as the iPhone as the company tries to move on from a less-than-rosey profit and outlook report.
IT PRO

Orange announces UK iPhone deal
Orange has reached an agreement to sell Apple's popular iPhone in the UK. The deal ends an exclusive arrangement between UK network operate O2 and the Californian phone maker, which has been in place since 2007. Orange said its customers would be able to buy the phone "later this year" but did not specify a date or pricing. Orange now offers the popular handset - of which more than 25 million have been sold worldwide - in 28 countries and territories.
BBC News

Twitter confirms major cash boost
Social networking website Twitter has confirmed that it has closed a "significant round of funding". Co-founder Evan Williams said in a blog post that the site had secured money from five investment firms. However, he did not confirm earlier reports that suggested the firm had managed to secure $100 million (£62 million), which would value the firm at $1 billion. The site, which allows users to write and share 140-character messages, has more than 45 million users worldwide.
BBC News

'Freemium' reaps a premium for online games developers
While newspapers and the music industry look for new ways to make as much money as they did before the dawn of digital, games makers are celebrating achieving success with the "freemium" business model. This model means that anyone can play for free, but they have to pay for access to higher levels or enhanced features in the game. The online game Club Penguin, owned by Disney, is probably the best known freemium games success story. Club Penguin, created by a Canadian company, saw phenomenal growth after its launch in October 2005, going from 15,000 users then to 1.4 million by the following March. The runaway success did not go unnoticed, and Disney scooped it up in August 2007.
The Guardian

Microsoft beats Apple to the Tablet
The quest for the Holy Grail is generally regarded as a preoccupation of those of a religious or mystical bent. But in fact the community which suffers most from Holy Grail Syndrome is made up of geeks and early adopters who would never be seen within a mile of an altar. For Christians, the Grail is the cup, plate or dish supposedly used by Jesus at the last Supper. For the computing community it is the Tablet, a slim, lightweight device which combines significant computing power with the convenience of a paper notebook. And sightings – or rumours – of the mythical device provoke the kind of delicious excitement so masterfully exploited by the novelist Dan Brown.
The Guardian

Postal strikes leave eBay users in limbo
Ebay sellers are worried they may suffer negative feedback from customers as buyers with goods caught up in the postal strike launch pre-emptive "dispute" claims in a bid to avoid being out of pocket. Many users of the online auction house have been left empty handed as the Royal Mail union snarl-up over job cuts and pay causes huge disruption at sorting offices across the country. In some cases, delays of more than two weeks have prompted irate buyers to start payment disputes, sparking financial disruption and damaging personal selling "reputations", known as detailed seller ratings (DSRs). These give a crucial indication of how efficiently an eBay user dispatches their goods.
The Guardian