Google misses Germany deadline

Google has missed a deadline with regulators in Germany to hand over personal data it collected over WiFi networks as part of its Street View scheme, says Financial Times.

The delay means Google could face a fine of hundreds of thousands of euros, and comes as it faces increasing pressure from regulators globally for its unauthorised accumulation of 600GB of personal data.

The data protection authority in Hamburg had asked Google to submit the original hard drives containing the "payload" data - such as e-mails or fragments of Web pages being visited by individuals using unsecured wireless networks - by midnight on Wednesday.

Japanese police have arrested two men over suspected involvement in a Hentai-themed malware scam campaign, writes The Register.

Oka Akira, 27, from Tokyo, and an unnamed 20-year-old are both suspected of defrauding “tens of thousands” of Japanese yen from a minority of the 5 000 victims they exposed to malware, the Yomiuri Shimbun reports.

The duo allegedly posted malware that posed as a cracked copy of a Hentai-based game onto the Winny file-sharing Web sites. The supposed installer for the game brought up a form requiring the user to enter personal information. This information, alongside the IP address of a computer and Web browsing history, were then posted on a publicly available Web site.

Scientists have been testing groundbreaking technologies, which it is hoped will help disrupt terrorist activities, reveals the BBC.

The military research laboratories in Wiltshire tried out new sensor and data-processing systems in an airborne surveillance experiment.

The aim is to track the movement of terrorists, particularly those using improvised explosive devices.

The latest study of consumer electronics manufacturers by Greenpeace will make for uncomfortable reading at a number of technology firms, which have been accused of backtracking on previous promises, reports Computing.co.uk.

The Greenpeace Guide To Greener Electronics placed Nokia at the top for the second year, followed by Sony Ericsson. Nokia gained points for phasing out brominated compounds, chlorinated flame retardants and antimony trioxide in all new handsets, and for its commitment to cut greenhouse emissions by a third.

Nintendo came last in the rankings at 18th place with a score of just 1.8 out of a possible 10. The company scored zero for its electronic waste efforts, and has failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.