ICT in the news - w/c 08 May 2006

Warner to start movie downloads

Warner Brothers is to start selling film downloads via the internet using the same technology once blamed for helping people swap illegal copies

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Worker gets DVT sitting at desk

Freelance computer programmer Chris Simmons, from Whitchurch, Bristol, collapsed with deep vein thrombosis after an eight-hour shift at home.

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Site launches Chinese Wikipedia

China's leading web search company has launched an online, user-generated encyclopedia modelled on the US-based Wikipedia, which is blocked by Beijing.

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No more Mr Nice Guy

Gone is the sharp-suited, debonair, sliver-tongued fraudster who'd charm his way to a personal fortune.

In his place: countless thousands hunched over computers, stealing bank details and exploiting technological weakness

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Wheels turn on Mars rover project

Roughly the size of a go-kart, the rover is a gleaming six-wheeled device that embodies Europe's best hope so far of making a landing on Mars, and of unearthing evidence of the generations-old question, "was or is there life up there?"

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High street woe as web sales grow

High Street stores will lose market share to their online rivals as more households take broadband internet connections. By 2010, 6% of UK consumer spending on goods and services will be done online

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Warning on search engine safety

Some net searches are leading users to websites that expose them to spam, spyware and other dangerous downloads, reveals a report. According to the research the most dangerous words to search for are "free screensavers".

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