Weekend Technology News Roundup for 30th November 2008

By Jason Slater
Monday, 1 December 2008

A round up of recent and interesting technology news and articles from technology sites around the web including IT Pro, BBC, Silicon.com, Network World, Computer Weekly, Computing, ZDNet and BCS – all with our unique spin.

UK users waste money by wasting mobiles
(or How can we be wasting money when the phones were described as “free”?)
Web searches feed health fears
(or Mark Twain would be proud)
Web Xmas shopping heads for 10 per cent boost
(or we can’t afford to run the car anymore so we’ll have to shop online)
Microsoft and Yahoo dismiss report of search deal
(or What are they up? Search me!)
Human error tops IT security concerns
(or I didn’t press anything – honestly)
CIO’s feel “out of the loop”
(or What Loop!?)
LHC restart pushed back further
(or Stand back – well back)
Data centres’ code of conduct
(or Last one out – switch the lights off)