Posted: 19 Nov 2009 07:15 AM PST

Blind woman's Labrador attacked

Blind woman's Labrador attacked
Middlesex seal deal for Gilchrist
More arrests in mutilation murder
Heathrow crash passengers to sue
Tube strike looms as staff vote
Eduardo signs new deal at Arsenal
County cricket fixtures released
What's on the Big Screen?
'Ain't singin' for Coke'
Patch William

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 05:37 AM PST

Police release CCTV footage of a blind woman's guide dog being savaged by a terrier-type dog at a railway station in north-west London.

Middlesex seal deal for Gilchrist

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:15 AM PST

Middlesex sign former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist to spearhead their 2010 Twenty20 campaign.

More arrests in mutilation murder

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 06:24 AM PST

A further six people are arrested over the killing of a woman left dying and mutilated in the street.

Heathrow crash passengers to sue

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 05:17 AM PST

Ten passengers on a plane which crash-landed near Heathrow are to sue aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

Tube strike looms as staff vote

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:24 AM PST

Drivers, station and technical staff at London Underground will ballot for action on four local rows, a union says.

Eduardo signs new deal at Arsenal

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:21 AM PST

Arsenal striker Eduardo signs a new long-term contract at the club.

County cricket fixtures released

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:15 AM PST

Durham will begin the defence of their County Championship title against newly-promoted Essex.

What's on the Big Screen?

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:04 AM PST

The Big Screen in Walthamstow shows highlights from some of the BBC's programmes and events as well as films created by local artists.

'Ain't singin' for Coke'

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:10 PM PST

Will musicians on the London Underground sing for their sponsor now Coca-Cola is funding the licensed busking scheme?

Patch William

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:04 AM PST

Indie acoustic leanings bear fruit on a guitar-charged, toe-tapping new EP. Meet and hear this London foursome inside.

Former China student leader tried on fraud charges (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:14 AM PST

Former China student leader tried on fraud charges (AP)

Former China student leader tried on fraud charges (AP)
More English needed as China steps up peacekeeping (Reuters)
Bankers poised to help China's richest invest $7.6 trln: group (Reuters)
1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China (AP)
China puts dissident from U.S. on trial after Obama leaves (Reuters)
China Commercial Aircraft plans plant in Shanghai (AP)
Deutsche Bank to be key player in Chinese bank (AFP)
India says needs no help to heal Pakistan ties (Reuters)
Obama, brother hold brief reunion in Beijing (AFP)
Wen says China doesn't seek trade surplus with US (AP)

Former China student leader tried on fraud charges (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:02 AM PST

AP - An exiled former leader of the 1989 student pro-democracy movement went on trial in southwestern China on Thursday on financial fraud charges after being extradited from Hong Kong, a human rights group reported.

More English needed as China steps up peacekeeping (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:36 AM PST

Reuters - A lack of proficiency in English has been one of the main factors hindering Chinese peacekeeping forces in their missions overseas, officials said on Thursday at a new training center outside Beijing.

Bankers poised to help China's richest invest $7.6 trln: group (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:12 AM PST

Reuters - The number of U.S.-dollar millionaires in China is expected to nearly double in five years, luring private bankers eager to help them invest an expected combined wealth over $7.6 trillion by 2013, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said on Thursday.

1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:14 PM PST

AP - China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.

China puts dissident from U.S. on trial after Obama leaves (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:19 PM PST

Reuters - A student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement who has long lived in the United States went on trial in China on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama finished a visit that raised human rights.

China Commercial Aircraft plans plant in Shanghai (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 09:42 PM PST

AP - Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China plans to build an assembly line for its homegrown C919 jetliners in Shanghai, the latest step in the country's ambitions to become a leader in world aviation.

Deutsche Bank to be key player in Chinese bank (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:36 PM PST

AFP - Deutsche Bank is set to become the largest shareholder in China's Huaxia Bank after agreeing to increase its stake in the mid-sized lender to 17.12 percent, the Chinese bank said Thursday.

India says needs no help to heal Pakistan ties (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 09:49 AM PST

Reuters - India on Wednesday said it needs no external help to improve ties with neighbor Pakistan, in a testy response to a statement issued by the United States and China.

Obama, brother hold brief reunion in Beijing (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:27 AM PST

AFP - President Barack Obama had a brief but emotional reunion with half-brother Mark Obama Ndesandjo in Beijing, during the US leader's first official visit to China.

Wen says China doesn't seek trade surplus with US (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 07:01 AM PST

AP - China's premier has told President Barack Obama that Beijing doesn't seek a trade surplus with the U.S.

Cyberfraud Arrests Unlikely to Stem ZeuS Rampage

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:14 AM PST

Cyberfraud Arrests Unlikely to Stem ZeuS Rampage

Cyberfraud Arrests Unlikely to Stem ZeuS Rampage
Cloud Security's Silver Lining: Q&A With ISF President Howard Schmidt
Maemo Edges Out Symbian in Nokia's N900 Smartphone
Microsoft FOSSifies .Net Micro Framework
GAO Accuses Nuke Lab of Shoddy Cybersecurity

Cyberfraud Arrests Unlikely to Stem ZeuS Rampage

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST

British police on Wednesday announced the arrest of two people in the city of Manchester on suspicion of using the so-called ZeuS Trojan horse to commit banking fraud. The couple, who were detained Nov. 3, are out on bail pending trial. ZeuS, also known as "Zbot," is a notorious bit of malware used to steal users' banking and other personal information from their computers. It has been around for several years in several flavors because there are online toolkits that make it easy to create new variants.

Cloud Security's Silver Lining: Q&A With ISF President Howard Schmidt

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:00 AM PST

The Information Security Forum may bill itself as the world's leading independent authority on IT security, but the companies and agencies that its members work for are finding themselves more dependent than ever on its computer security expertise. Current trends that are expanding access to networks for companies and consumers are also providing more potential opportunities for IT's "bad guys": hackers, cybercriminals, Web fraudsters. It's Howard A. Schmidt's job to make sure the ISF can be a go-to organization for those looking to secure their networks.

Maemo Edges Out Symbian in Nokia's N900 Smartphone

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:25 PM PST

Three months after Nokia announced its N900 smartphone, the device has arrived in the United States. The N900 runs on the Linux-based Maemo platform, and Nokia's hype around it raises questions about whether the company plans to replace its older Symbian platform with Maemo. Meanwhile, rumors that Nokia might purchase device maker Palm have been swirling around in the market, drawing yet another question mark around the Finnish smartphone vendor's plans. Maemo is an open source platform based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Microsoft FOSSifies .Net Micro Framework

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:00 AM PST

The latest version of Microsoft's .Net Micro framework is now in the hands of the FOSS community. Microsoft announced at its Professional Developer Conference on Tuesday the release of version 4.0 under the Apache 2.0 license. The license transfer makes good on a longstanding promise from Redmond that it would make the popular .Net code base available as open source. The gift to the open source community, however, does come with some strings attached -- or, rather, removed from the gift wrapping.

GAO Accuses Nuke Lab of Shoddy Cybersecurity

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 09:37 AM PST

Security weaknesses uncovered in Los Alamos National Laboratory's classified computer network could increase the risk of a breach of classified information, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new report. The GAO audited key parts of the nuclear weapons lab's classified computers from November 2008 to July 2009. The classified computer network consists of more than 3,900 computers and devices for about 3,800 users, the report said.