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• Google Street View cars mapped UK's Wi-Fi networks

  Google's Street View Cars have logged every wireless network in the UK, it has been revealed.

• Google Nexus One to hit UK on April 30

  Vodafone has made the Google Nexus One available for pre-order.

• UK kicks off program to recruit security gurus

  The U.K. is planning to hold computer security exercises later this year to spark interest in the field and address a shortage of professionals in the country, a program modeled after one started in the U.S.

• Law enforcement push for stricter domain name rules

  Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.

• Counterfeit card fraud drops by half in the UK

  Fraud losses due to counterfeit payment cards fell by half in 2009 from the year prior in the U.K., but online banking losses continued to rise, according to new banking industry figures released Wednesday.

• TechnologyOne shakes up UK business

  Australian enterprise software provider TechnologyOne has committed to continuing its push into the UK market despite a $1.5 million loss on the business venture in 2009.

• Britain all atweet over Twitter phishing attack

  The latest phishing attack on Twitter users swept the U.K. overnight claiming several prominent users.

• UK registry to implement DNS security protocol

  Nominet, the U.K.'s domain name registry, will begin implementing a security protocol on Monday designed to protect the DNS (Domain Name System).

• ALRC renews data loss financial penalty call

  The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has renewed its call for fines for failing to notify the privacy commissioner of data breaches after the UK introduced penalties of up to half a million pounds.

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  Former iSOFT bosses charged with fraud

  The UK Financial Services Authority has launched fraud proceedings against four former directors of iSOFT Group.

• UK hacker granted short extension in extradition case

  The U.K. government will give a British hacker a short extension to challenge an extradition order to face trial in the U.S.

• T-Mobile UK employees sold customer data

  Workers at T-Mobile UK have been selling customer data to brokers who work for the competition, T-Mobile and the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said on Tuesday.

• UK hails first cybercrime cooperation with banks

  U.K. police are hailing the sentencing of four people who used a sophisticated Trojan horse program to siphon money out of online bank accounts and send it to Eastern European countries and Russia.

• UK to push for law to retain all communications data

  The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications.

• U.K. government looks to smart ticketing for transport

  The U.K. aims to have a plan by the end of this year that lets people use their mobile phones or smart cards to pay for travel across England's public transport system.