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Home taping insigniaBritish Telecom chief exexutive Ian Livingstone has joined others in writing to the Financial Times in protest at proposals to cut people off the Internet if they infringe copyright.

They should be fined instead, says the signatories. In this way you get a fund with which you can pay some owed copyrights rather than disenfranchised citizens.

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]]>Guy ClappertonWed, 10 Mar 2010 09:18:00 ESTPlaystation 3 - tortoise to the Wii?http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/10/playstation-3-tortoise-to-the-wii/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/10/playstation-3-tortoise-to-the-wii/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/10/playstation-3-tortoise-to-the-wii/#commentsFiled under:

PS3 consoleIt's pretty much received wisdom in the games industry that the Wii is the best selling games console, with Playstation 3 an embarrassing trailer for Sony. This may change: analysts from US firm Strategic Analytics are saying it's going to have more staying power.

They're missing a load of points in the Wii's favour, and assuming that there'll be no PS4 for a while, but their projections are impressive. PS3 sales will reach 127 million against a total of 103 million for Wii, they're saying, because it's going to be around a lot longer.

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]]>Guy ClappertonWed, 10 Mar 2010 08:58:00 ESTExpenses scandal - no MPs involvedhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/expenses-scandal-no-mps-involved/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/expenses-scandal-no-mps-involved/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/expenses-scandal-no-mps-involved/#commentsFiled under:

MoneyHere we go again with an expenses story but this time it's not in the public sector: according to new research from specialist payment card specialist fuelGenie, almost one in 30 staff are on the fiddle in small businesses.

Financial service staff are the worst offenders with some 18.2% admitting to claiming falsely (and if 18.2% admit to it you can be certain there are more).

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]]>Guy ClappertonTue, 09 Mar 2010 08:49:00 ESTWeak security questions put data at riskhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/weak-security-questions-put-data-at-risk/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/weak-security-questions-put-data-at-risk/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/weak-security-questions-put-data-at-risk/#commentsFiled under: ,

Picture of home falling off a cliffEvery now and then in this column I mention how people pick insecure passwords for websites and work computers. There's now another wrinkle - insecure questions.

When I log onto one of my accounts I get asked a few things. Name of first school, mother's maiden name...now, how many people would actually know those things about me? My mum's a nice woman, she has loads of friends, it could be hundreds.

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]]>Guy ClappertonTue, 09 Mar 2010 06:43:00 ESTGadgets - more important than people!http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/gadgets-more-important-than-people/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/gadgets-more-important-than-people/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/gadgets-more-important-than-people/#commentsFiled under:

Power adapter from a gadgetHow important are your gadgets to you? New research from the Geek Squad suggests that they might be getting more vital than is healthy to a lot of people, as seven out of 10 people would rather fix a gadget than see to a health problem or a relationship issue.

Exclude relationship problems and it seems eight out of 10 people in the UK would rather go and do some DIY or work on a gadget somehow than go and see a doctor about something.

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]]>Guy ClappertonTue, 09 Mar 2010 06:06:00 ESTVinyl sales up, CDs downhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/vinyl-sales-up-cds-down/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/vinyl-sales-up-cds-down/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/09/vinyl-sales-up-cds-down/#commentsFiled under: ,

Old pic of a music shopSomewhere among all the talk about CD sales shrinking (true) and downloads increasing (also true) and the hotly debated illegal download conundrum (controversial) we've missed a trick.

Vinyl record sales are growing. According to the Official UK Charts Company they grew 5% last year with American sales growing even more, by a million. In an age when 30% of last year's £2.6bn music industry was due to downloads this is remarkable.

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]]>Guy ClappertonTue, 09 Mar 2010 05:48:00 ESTYour right to connect electronicallyhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/your-right-to-connect-electronically/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/your-right-to-connect-electronically/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/your-right-to-connect-electronically/#commentsFiled under:

web links illustrationDo you think Internet access should be a fundamental human right? Half the world would agree with you strongly if you said "yes", with a further 29% agreeing somewhat.

The nay-sayers are in the minority, then, with less than 10% of people feeling strongly that it shouldn't be counted as such. Bodies as widely recognised as the United Nations are pushing for universal access.

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]]>Guy ClappertonMon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:00 ESTSmall biz banks raidedhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/small-biz-banks-raided/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/small-biz-banks-raided/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/small-biz-banks-raided/#commentsFiled under: , ,

chained computerThere's a new batch of computer malware out there and it's attacking banks of small businesses. It's exploiting the trend for social networking and underlines the need to keep all security software absolutely up to date.

The US has reported more than $120m worth of losses in the third quarter of last year, according to a Financial Times report. ID fraud overall is costing the country $700m per quarter.

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]]>Guy ClappertonMon, 08 Mar 2010 06:50:00 ESTIs there Internet addiction?http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/is-there-internet-addiction/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/is-there-internet-addiction/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/08/is-there-internet-addiction/#commentsFiled under:

Man on computerAn article in the Times today asks the question, is Internet addiction like any other addiction and should it be treated as such?

Cards on the table - I'm not a doctor, never have been and never will be by now. But my answer is "no" - but some of the addictive behaviour could indicate an underlying problem.

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]]>Guy ClappertonMon, 08 Mar 2010 06:20:00 ESTYouTube threatened in UKhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/05/youtube-threatened-in-uk/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/05/youtube-threatened-in-uk/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/05/youtube-threatened-in-uk/#commentsFiled under: ,

Old home taping warningAmendments to the Digital Economy Bill currently working its way through Parliament might put services like YouTube under threat for its users' copyright breaches.

The issue is that loads of people - no, loads - are putting copyright material they don't own onto the service and the copyright owners have had enough. The Government might end up taking the service down completely if it doesn't remove the offending material.

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]]>Guy ClappertonFri, 05 Mar 2010 06:29:00 ESTBusiness continuity costs revealedhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/05/business-continuity-costs-revealed/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/05/business-continuity-costs-revealed/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/05/business-continuity-costs-revealed/#commentsFiled under: ,

Picture of a calculator to indicate costs being worked outSmall business owners whose staff stayed off during the snow earlier this year lost approx. £13,800 as a result, says new research from IT consultancy Ramsac.

The silly thing is that most of it could have been avoided through good business planning.

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]]>Guy ClappertonFri, 05 Mar 2010 05:39:00 ESTFacebook not cashing in - yethttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/facebook-not-cashing-in-yet/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/facebook-not-cashing-in-yet/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/facebook-not-cashing-in-yet/#commentsFiled under: ,

Clocks to indicate timing You could imagine that if you'd started a major successful business you'd want to get some money out of it for yourself through an IPO. Well, not if you're Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, who's told the Wall Street Journal he's not ready for that yet.

And good luck to him. I've been covering businesses for over 20 years as a journalist and the transition to a listed company doesn't always run as smoothly as the founders think.

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]]>Guy ClappertonThu, 04 Mar 2010 12:11:00 ESTEurope considers free broadbandhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/europe-considers-free-broadband/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/europe-considers-free-broadband/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/europe-considers-free-broadband/#commentsFiled under:

Graphic to represent connected computersThe European Union is considering making provision for everyone, no matter where they live, to have broadband.

The move follows the Universal Service Directive of 2002, which says everyone should have access to telecommunications regardless of location or disability. The update to include the Internet is welcome in principle - but affordable?

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]]>Guy ClappertonThu, 04 Mar 2010 09:48:00 ESTComputers don't understand us menhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/computers-dont-understand-us-men/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/computers-dont-understand-us-men/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/computers-dont-understand-us-men/#commentsNew research at Edinburgh University suggests that computers find it a lot more difficult to understand male voices than those coming from women.

It's apparently because we umm and aah a lot, and don't ask directions when we need them. OK, I made the last bit up.

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]]>Guy ClappertonThu, 04 Mar 2010 09:18:00 ESTUS spills beans on cybercrime fighthttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/us-spills-beans-on-cybercrime-fight/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/us-spills-beans-on-cybercrime-fight/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/04/us-spills-beans-on-cybercrime-fight/#commentsFiled under:

A criminalThe American authorities have declassified a series of measures they are taking against Cybercrime - but they're so vague as to be useless.

The value of these crimes is hard to pin down. Last year reports indicated that by January 2009 individuals and businesses were losing $1 trillion per year; last month Symantec published a survey suggesting businesses were losing an average of $1.2 million a month.

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]]>Guy ClappertonThu, 04 Mar 2010 05:59:00 ESTNectar Business Awards open for entrieshttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/nectar-business-awards-open-for-entries/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/nectar-business-awards-open-for-entries/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/nectar-business-awards-open-for-entries/#commentsFiled under:

James Caan, judge of the Nectar Business AwardsThe second annual Nectar Small Business Awards, sponsored (surprise surprise) by the loyalty card giant, are open for entry for small businesses in the UK.

This is an exciting chance not only to win £2000 but to be evaluated by a panel of judges including Dragon's Den's James Caan, Office Depot's John O'Keefe, Nectar's Charlie Humphreys and...well...me.

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]]>Guy ClappertonWed, 03 Mar 2010 09:12:00 ESTApple threatens HTC, Googlehttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/apple-threatens-htc-google/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/apple-threatens-htc-google/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/apple-threatens-htc-google/#commentsFiled under:

iPhoneApple has started legal action against phone maker HTC over alleged patent infringement of technology in the iPhone. This could be big - HTC makes the Nexus One, the so-called Google Phone, and if this comes off the shelves it could be a huge issue.

Or could it? The phone hasn't outsold the iPhone, not even close, nor the Blackberry - maybe the interesting question is actually why Apple should care.

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]]>Guy ClappertonWed, 03 Mar 2010 08:45:00 ESTAnother business academy openshttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/another-business-academy-opens/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/another-business-academy-opens/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/03/another-business-academy-opens/#commentsFiled under:

Man studying to represent the idea of a seminarOK, this one hasn't only just opened. But I promised I'd cover any approaches from people running business academies without some sort of celebrity status.

And here we are. Jonathan Jay set up Success Track in 2008 and it's worth knowing about now because of two seminars it's running at the end of this week and the beginning of next.

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]]>Guy ClappertonWed, 03 Mar 2010 08:33:00 ESTFree broadband for Manchester schoolhttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/02/free-broadband-for-manchester-school/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/02/free-broadband-for-manchester-school/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/02/free-broadband-for-manchester-school/#commentsFiled under:

A man, a child and a computerStudents at a Manchester school are going to get broadband for nothing. The Council will be paying for a free WiFi network so they can study, research and soforth whether their parents can afford the overhead or not.

Inexpensive though Internet Access might seem to many people reading this blog, in areas of deprivation it's still an issue. This is an innovative approach that will make a difference.

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]]>Guy ClappertonTue, 02 Mar 2010 12:23:00 ESTMillennium Bug - a decade latehttp://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/02/millennium-bug-a-decade-late/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/02/millennium-bug-a-decade-late/http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/03/02/millennium-bug-a-decade-late/#commentsFiled under:

Picture of man with head in hands11 years ago a lot of journalists - including me - were making a good living out of writing about something called the Millennium bug. It was going to hit every computer at midnight on 31 December 1999.

The time came and nothing happened. Until yesterday when a whole load of Sony Playstations killed themselves rather than admit it was 1 March.

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]]>Guy ClappertonTue, 02 Mar 2010 12:01:00 EST