Virgin start trials of Detica Cview, the new Phorm

Virgin Media is set to delve into users’ traffic looking for copyright infringement, in the online equivalent of opening your post and not telling you. It’s the first ISP to try deep packet inspection with the controversial Detica CView technology, which will ascertain levels of illegal music file sharing across the Virgin network.

Phorm shares fall

Shares in the online ad firm Phorm have fallen by more than 40% after BT said it had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour.

They’re watching …

A House of Lords report has warned that the growth of surveillance is one of the most significant changes in British society since the second world war.

Planes grounded by ‘Conflicker virus’

Apparently in the past two weeks, some French fighter planes were grounded because the military had failed to take sufficient action (even though Microsoft had sent advance warning) to prevent the spread of a Windows-transmitted virus that some call Conficker and the Liberation journalist, Jean-Dominique Merchet, calls Conflicter.

Downadup/Conflicker Worm Is an Epidemic

The Downadup/Conflicker worm is striking back, and its assault has affected 10 million PCs this week alone.

Analysts expect Conficker virus activation

Security watchers are bracing themselves to respond to the activitation of the huge botnet created by the Conficker superworm.

Empire Direct In Administration

On the day when the government tried once again to oil the wheels of business lending, the proposals came too late for Empire Direct, as the Bradford-based company went into administration.

Google in targeted marketing rules talks

Online publishers and technology firms are thrashing out proposals to self-regulate behaviourally targeted, online marketing.

Phorm plans international expansions of targeted ads

Phorm, the controversial online advertising group, plans to expand into foreign markets, and possibly TV, after the successful completion of a large-scale trial with BT.

Information retention requirements for ISPs are changing very soon.

New rules set to come into force in March will require all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year.