Virtual monkeys write Shakespeare

A few million virtual monkeys are close to re-creating the complete works of Shakespeare by randomly mashing keys on virtual typewriters, writes the BBC.

A running total of how well they are doing shows that the re-creation is 99.990% complete.

The first single work to be completed was the poem A Lover's Complaint.

The telecoms regulator in India has put a cap on the number of text messages which can be sent from a mobile phone, reports the BBC.

Under the new rules, no one will be able to send more than 100 texts in a day, officials say.

The ruling is expected to be a big relief for millions of mobile phone users who have to deal with dozens of unsolicited text messages every day. India has made several attempts in the past to rein in telemarketing firms that bombard mobile phone users.

Facebook users who were spying on their Timeline to see who had unfriended them in the past will no longer be able to do so, says CNet News.

Late last week, Facebook users discovered that when accessing the social network's new Timeline feature and choosing a year, they could find out which former friends had unfriended them.

When viewing their friends list in a particular year, users who saw an "Add Friend" icon next to a person's name knew that particular user had unfriended them since that time.

According to a recent report by the UK Home Affairs Committee, the police force's use of IT is "broken" due to a multiplicity of IT systems and contracts, reports Computing.co.uk.

The report reads: "The home secretary noted that the police currently spend £1.2 billion a year on information and communications technology, but said this did not represent good value for money."

Terry Skinner, chairman of the Justice and Emergency Services Information Communication Association Group at Intellect, told the Home Affairs Committee that the "police overspend on IT by at least 20%", which means an overspend of about £240 million.