Research claims IT makes people happy
New research claims to have found a correlation between IT and wellbeing, and evidence that women benefit more than men from access to technology. The research was commissioned by the British Computer Society (BCS) and conducted by the Trajectory Partnership. The findings were based on an analysis of the World Values Survey of over 35,000 people globally, and were presented in a report entitled The Information Dividend: Can IT make you happier?.
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Record labels win in LimeWire copyright case
The developers of file-sharing software Limewire have been decreed to be liable to 13 major record companies for infringing their copyrights in a landmark ruling. Manhattan Federal Judge Kimba Wood agreed with the 13 record companies that LimeWire's parent company Lime Wire LLC and its founder Mark Gorton should be held liable for copyright infringement. Limewire has been operating since 2000 and has over 50 million monthly users.
TechRadar UK

How new tech is empowering women in the developing world
A new survey of 35,000 people worldwide suggests that access to computers, the internet and communications devices such as mobile phones increases people's sense of happiness and wellbeing. The latest research, carried out on behalf of BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT, claims that information technology has an "enabling and empowering role", that leads to increased "life satisfaction".
TechRadar UK

SAP Buys Sybase For $5.8 Billion To ‘Unwire’ The Enterprise
Enterprise software company SAP is spending an impressive $5.8 billion to make sure it has an app for that. The German-based company, which makes customer-relationship and expense management software, said today in a release that it is acquiring Sybase to “enable companies to become better-run ‘unwired enterprises’.” SAP will tap into Sybase’s expertise, which includes mobile messaging and marketing, to connect all SAP applications and data and enable them on mobile devices.
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LimeWire induces infringement, Judge rules
A US District Court has has ruled that the company behind the LimeWire P2P software is responsible for inducing copyright infringement, even though the software theoretically has quite legitimate, non-infringing uses. It's likely to be the end for the company, which markets the most popular file sharing client worldwide.
The Register

YouTube extends users' 'private' video net
The online video site  said on a post on the YouTube blog, that the number of people who can see users' 'private' unlisted videos has had its cap of 25 removed. Users can now share their cinematic creations - or indeed other people's with an unlimited number of fellow YouTubers.
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M&S Launches Mobile Site
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched a mobile website, the first from a major UK high street retailer. The site, developed by Usablenet and designed by Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), will always be in sync with the main M&S website so that customers can log into their regular web account and manage their shopping basket from their mobile.
Mobile Marketing magazine

JV network ready for data boom
Everything Everywhere, the UK joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile, will put rival firms' network infrastructure in the shade, reckons chief executive Tom Alexander. Asked if their combined network operation would settle the argument over network quality, with customers of both brands roaming across all shared infrastructure by the end of the year, Alexander said: "Definitely. I think every operator has a need to improve 3G coverage.”
Mobile News

Adobe wastes money trying to shame Apple
Adobe has wasted several thousand dollars buying a full page advert in the San Francisco Chronicle designed to shame Apple into burying the hatchet. The advert claims that the two companies have a lot in common. They both love creativity, innovation, apps, HTML5 etc. It asks why Apple cannot love Abobe and as a Parthian shot dubs Apple as the enemy of freedom.
Tech Eye

Facebook to tackle privacy concerns at emergency meeting
Facebook has ordered all staff to attend a crisis meeting this afternoon to discuss growing concerns about user privacy on the social networking site. Facebook has faced mounting criticism from users in recent days from users regarding the complexity of the site's privacy settings, which dictate how information is shared with friends and acquaintances. Elliot Schrage, vice president for public policy at Facebook, was forced to defend the site's privacy position in a Q&A session with New York Times readers. He accepted that Facebook needed simplify its privacy controls, as they were clearly "too confusing" for the site's 400 million global users, and said these issues were "fixable".
The Telegraph