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UK ISP name and shame list proposed - 18 Nov 08

The government's minister of culture, Barbara Follett, and her conservative shadow, Ed Vaizey, have given their support to an idea that would see league tables published displaying how effectively UK ISPs deal with the removal of offensive content. This name and shame style list would typically deal with violent or sexually explicit web content, thus embarrassing some ISPs into dealing with the problem. Follett also criticised existing filter systems for being too weak and easy to bypass, although no specific method was highlighted:

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Sun's Open Source GlassFish server debuts - 18 Nov 08

Company's customers to benefit from GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude's development and management environments.

One Laptop Per Child available at Amazon UK - 18 Nov 08

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) group launched its Give 1 Get 1 programme for a second time, allowing people to buy one of their iconic green mini laptops and donate one to a child in the developing world at the same time for just $399 (£270).

Obama check potential staff's Facebook accounts - 18 Nov 08

Potential employees applying for jobs in Obama Barack's administration are being asked to provide access to their Facebook account and other social networking pages in a bid to uncover information or posts that could embarrass the President-elect.

McColo shut-down halts 3/4 spam - 17 Nov 08

Allegedly hosting "some of the most disreputable cyber-criminal gangs in business today" according to Washington Post reports, web hosting provider McColo (www.mccolo.com) after going offline this week has reduced the global amount of spam by three quarters according to some estimates.
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