Is it possible to measure IT Security?
It is a commonly held principle in many areas of business that if you can’t measure something quantitatively, it will be difficult to raise the quality objectively. The applicability of this statement to the world of IT security is clear. Without having some form of metrics in place, it is tough, if not impossible, to judge whether security is getting better over time. Indeed, it is probably fair to say that many organisations have only one way to assess security namely, did anything go wrong but this is hardly a metric for the forward-looking.
The Register

On Rupert’s iPad: Times, Sky TV Show Different Charging Approaches
The Times joined the Financial Times as the only national UK newspaper with a news app for iPad’s international launch Friday morning. Yes, it’s pay-for, but there’s an entirely different pricepoint from the new websites, which will soon charge £1 a day, £2 a week or free with print. It’s £9.99 every 28 days. But (and here’s where it may fall down) - these payments don’t link up with website payments. That means anyone who is paying to access the website must also pay the extra tenner a month for the same content on iPad, and vice versa.
mocoNews

What to Expect From Apple’s iPhone-centric WWDC 2010
News outlets may have spoiled the big surprise for Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference by publishing early photos and details of the next-generation iPhone. Nonetheless, in a recent e-mail, Steve Jobs promised a customer that You won’t be disappointed by the announcements to come. What else might Apple have in store for the event, which happens June 7 to 11 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center? Before last year’s WWDC, Wired.com accurately predicted the introduction of new iPhones and MacBooks, as well as the release date of the Snow Leopard operating system. So with this year’s WWDC keynote scheduled for June 7, we thought it’d be fun to step up and place our bets once again.  In addition to the obvious new iPhone, we’re predicting something big happening with relation to streaming video. Also, we dismiss recent rumors about Microsoft making an appearance to announce iPhone OS developer tools, and once again we file the possibility of a Verizon iPhone under unlikely.
Wired

Palm webOS Design Director Heads To Google
This can't be good. Matias Duarte has left Palm for Google. The now former senior director of human interface and user experience for Palm was the genius behind webOS's user interface and his departure does not bode well for new owner HP. Google has confirmed with All Things D that Duarte is joining his former Danger cohort Andy Rubin and the Android team. While Duarte was design chief at Helio, Rubin approached the now defunct team about an open source platform he was working on at Google. Had Helio released the Ocean 3 with Android and not the Linux-based smartphone OS that was being built internally, Helio might still be around. But that's neither here nor there.
Techland

Apple iPad ready to hit UK streets
Jake Lee knew he would have a long, cold night ahead  but wasn't troubled: the 17-year-old from Theydon Bois, Essex had his father's thick coat  plus the assurance of being the first to buy an Apple iPad at the company's Regent Street store in London when it opens its doors at 8am tomorrow."I didn't order online because I wanted to get the experience of buying it, of being in the queue," said Lee, who has been saving from his part-time job after school "for months" to be able to afford the £429 low-end version. Yet judging by the length  or brevity of the queue outside the store, which by mid-afternoon comprised just five people, Apple's latest offering a 9-inch touchscreen tablet computer operated like its hit iPhone  is not drawing the crowds in the same way as previous product launches, which attracted scores of patient buyers.
The Guardian

Bebo founder not interested in buying it back
Talking exclusively to The Telegraph, British born Birch, who co-founded the once highly popular site with his wife Xochi, has said he wouldn’t be surprised if a social gaming company, like Zynga, responsible for very popular games such as Farmville, snapped up the business. Most social networks have gone into gaming and I think somebody will buy Bebo from AOL as it still has still has a lot of unique users a month and that’s valuable, Birch said.
Telegraph

Yahoo! scoops deal with creator of 'Farmville,' 'Mafia Wars,' 'Treasure Isle'
Zynga and Yahoo! Inc have announced that Zynga will be bringing their set of social games to Yahoo!'s sites, in much the same way as they are available on Facebook and MySpace. The move means that Yahoo! users will be able to play Zynga games not only on Yahoo! websites but also via their email and instant messanger programs. Heads were scratched after Zynga and Facebook tied up a five-year deal last week in the face of rumors about a rift in their business relationship, but those rumors now appear to have had some foundation following the announcement of a partnership with Yahoo! Inc.
The Independent

Behind the scenes: Tennis French Open in 3D
This year's French Open will be one that is remembered not just for the tennis played but for the fact that it is being shot and broadcast live in 3D. Home Cinema Choice – part of the TechRadar network were on hand to witness the event. According to HCC, the transmissions, produced in association with the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), are being beamed to 3,000 locations across 58 European territories, via Hotbird and Astra.
TechRadar UK

Facebook Provides Tools To Make Android Apps More Social
This time it is Facebook that allowing developers to integrate social networking into their Android applications. Last week, it was MySpace that released a software developer tool kit.
Facebook made the announcement on their blog today, saying that their SDK which already supported iPhone and mobile websites is now up to speed on Android. TechCrunch notes that there have been ways to integrate Facebook into Android applications before now, but that these have really been hacked together from the iPhone SDK, and weren’t really official.
mocoNews

Homelessness charity app iHobo tops 276k downloads
A virtual pet-style iPhone game that aims to raise awareness of homelessness has been downloaded more than 276,000 times in a matter of weeks in the UK.The app is called iHobo, and was launched by UK youth homelessness charity Depaul UK on 10th May. It is only available on iPhone in the UK, making that downloads total even more impressive.
Mobile Entertainment