Third of UK companies snoop on employee email

Over a third of British companies regularly snoop on their employees' email fearing that it may contain inappropriate or confidential information. As a result a third of companies say they have fired an employee over email misuse and 70 per cent say they have disciplined staff members. According to a survey by Forrester Consulting for security firm ProofPoint, in Britain more than a third of companies (38 per cent) employ staff to read or check an outbound email. ...more

Microsoft wants the world to share its Passport

Microsoft has announced plans to expand its Passport authentication service so that it works with third-party enterprises and service operators. Its goal is to make the Microsoft Passport a universal single sign-in system that will span multiple organisations and services and networks. The development should not come as a surprise. ...more

IBM launches two new Thinkpads with Centrino

The race is on to get your Centrino based notebooks to market. Amongst the early leaders, IBM has announced two new notebooks. At the top of the range is a full featured Thinkpad T40 with an ultraportable X31 for those who like to travel light. ...more

EC names and shames roaming rip-offs

The European Commission has launched a website detailing the roaming charges levied by mobile phone operators on their customers when they travel abroad. The move comes after years of pressure and investigation with little movement from the telcos. The problem not only lies with what the end user has to pay, but also the charges faced by the operators themselves when arranging roaming agreements. ...more

Who would buy that?

Only on the Internet. There's now a Web site dedicated to strange "rubbish" that people want to try and sell online. Forget about trawling through the thousands of items on eBay for that really eccentric gift, just surf over to whowouldbuythat. ...more