Daily TMT round up

Technology
Apple's Jobs says cash hoard allows for bold moves
http://www.reuters.com/article/

ICO to investigate surveillance for Parliamentary report
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/26/ico_surveillance_report/

Gmail error hops on POP
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/26/gmail_outage_hops_on_pop/

Media
BBC 'to axe radio stations and halve website' in strategic review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/26/bbc-media-radio-internet-web
site

Clamp down on lads' mags to avoid 'pornification' of society, says study
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/clamp-down-on-lads-mags-to
-avoid-pornification-of-society-says-study-1911324.html

Freeview boss Ilse Howling: It's time to take HDTV mainstream
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandteleco
ms/media/7319547/Freeview-boss-Ilse-Howling-Its-time-to-take-HDTV-mainst
ream.html

Telecoms
Palm shares plummet as it issues profit warning
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/25/palm-profits-warning

BT helps videoconferencers connect
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=188427

Energy saving TDM/Ethernet fibre mux launched
http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news_wire/115544/Energy_saving_TDM%252FEth
ernet_fibre_mux_launched.html

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Technology
Is there still life in broadband dongles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2010/feb/23/uk-3g-mobile-br
oadband

Twitter sees astronomical growth, investigates ways to monetize the
service
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/l

Yahoo tie up with Twitter deepens
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39bd5636-20cb-11df-b920-00144feab49a.html

Media
Consumers 'confused' by copyright
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8531415.stm

Business superbrands: The Financial Times and The Economist lead media
rankings
http://www.brandrepublic.com/

Wal-Mart pins hopes on Vudu
http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54335&area=89

Telecoms
Gartner: Handset market to storm forward in 2010
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/

Cisco joins Google in ultra-fast broadband race
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed9a5262-20b7-11df-9775-00144feab49a.html

Wireless carriers tell FCC they disclose fees
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories

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Technology
MPs label broadband tax 'unfair'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8529015.stm

Poor governance at the heart of poor data security, says ICO
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/23/240386/Poor-governance
-at-the-heart-of-poor-data-security-says.htm

Kobo opens e-book store in UK
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2258258/kobo-opens-book-service-uk

Media
BBC Worldwide to screen Glastonbury overseas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/23/bbc-screen-glastonbury-overs
eas?&CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Paxman apologises for using F-word on air
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/paxman-apologises-for-u
sing-fword-on-air-1907667.html

Samsung promises Euro 3D TV release first
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/02/22/samsung_3d_tv_europe/

Telecoms
Mobile World Congress round-up
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7036421
.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742

MVNO Simple Mobile revamps plans
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/simple-mobile-mvno-revamps-plans/201
0-02-22?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss

Developer apathy could curb telco app stores
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=188262

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Technology
Free Software Foundation urges Google to open On2 codec
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/22/fsf_on_google_and_video_codecs/

PleaseRobMe website highlights dangers of telling world your location
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/articl
e7032820.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742

Cyber security tops IT priority list
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2258220/cyber-security-tops-priority

Media
Advertising is getting personal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7272824/Advertising-is-gettin
g-personal.html

First Freeview HD TV goes on sale
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/02/19/comet_sells_panasonic_freeview_h
d_tv/

Stephen Glover: This time will it be the Sun wot hung it?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/stephen-glover/stephen-g
lover-this-time-will-it-be-the-sun-wot-hung-it-1906269.html

Telecoms
Orange and T-Mobile merger finds favour in Brussels
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/21/orange-t-mobile-merger

Sky's mobile TV now enabled for 3G
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications

Newspapers' fury at BBC's mobile push
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/newspapers-fury-at-bbcs-m
obile-push-1904139.html

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Technology
Quantum trick for pressure-sensitive mobile devices
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8504373.stm

Microsoft's Office 2010 review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/08/office-2010-review-tech
nophile

Sun's cloud and gaming execs leave Oracle
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/09/sun_oracle_exits/

Media
BBC, Arqiva to sell DTT slots
http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54109&area=1

Ad industry predicted to emerge from recession in Q3
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/982586/Ad-industry-predicted-emerge-re
cession-Q3/

Electronic Arts predicts fall in game sales
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28f9d164-1511-11df-ad58-00144feab49a.html?ncli
ck_check=1

Telecoms
Facebook leads rise in mobile web use
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/feb/08/facebook-rise-mobile-web
-use

Mobile growth strategies in Africa
http://www.lightreading.com/video.asp?doc_id=187655

BlackBerry Curve tops iPhone inQ4 smartphone sales
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story

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Technology
Apple quietly moves iTunes to the Web
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-quie
tly-moves-itunes-to-the-web-1890167.html

SAP CEO resigns, replaced by two co-chief executives
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_SAP_CEO?SITE=RIPAW&SEC
TION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

World's biggest mobile operating system opens up to take on Google
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article7014673.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&a
ttr=1063742

Media
Sony to revamp movie classics for 3D era
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/02/05/sony_3d_classic_conversion/

Sporting events like the Super Bowl buck the trend for fragmentation
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/982269/Sporting-events-Super-Bowl-buck
-trend-fragmentation/

Seesaw: A Spotify, a Hulu, or a Joost?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/02/seesaw_a
_spotify_a_hulu_or_a_j.html

Telecoms
Vodafone suspends employee over obscene Twitter update
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/7168310/Vodafone-suspends-
employee-over-obscene-Twitter-update.html

Four things you can do with Foursquare
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7165842/Four-things-y
ou-can-do-with-Foursquare.html

BT sponsors 2018 World Cup hosting bid
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/982258/BT-sponsors-2018-World-Cup-host
ing-bid/

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Technology
Amazon gives in to Macmillan on e-book pricing
http://www.reuters.com/article/i

Google searches getting more social
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/

Microsoft accuses Google of 'software plus services'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/01/microsoft_on_google_web_apps/

Media
Talk Talk to launch television and mobile services
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/

SeeSaw signs raft of programme deals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7105354/SeeSaw-signs-raft-of-
programme-deals.html

Bollywood ambition
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/

Telecoms
Tories plan 'Superfast broadband' by 2017
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8489870.stm

Fring first to bring 3G video and voice calls to iPhone
http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news_wire/115394/fring_first_to_bring_3G_v
ideo_and_voice_calls_to_the_iPhone.html

Smartphone competition to bite in 2010 after Q4 boom
http://www.reuters.com/article/id