Warning sounded on Web's future

The creator of the World Wide Web says the Internet needs a way to help people separate rumour from real science, reports The BBC.

Talking to BBC News, Sir Tim Berners-Lee said he was increasingly worried about the way the Web has been used to spread disinformation.

He was speaking in advance of an announcement about a foundation he has helped create that he hopes will improve the World Wide Web.

Some 1 500 UK jobs could be cut when HP announces its expected restructuring this week, trade union Public and Commercial Services Union (PCSU) has warned, reports Computing.co.uk.

"We are concerned that at least 10% of HP's 15 000-strong workforce will be affected by this restructuring," says PCSU national officer Jim Hanson.

"The estimate is based on our knowledge of similar moves by large companies aiming to maximise profits."

The Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, has banned a VOIP application for Apple's iPhone at the behest of T-Mobile, says The Register.

The app - available through Apple's iTunes App Store - allows users to make cheap phone calls using T-Mobile's WiFi network and bypass roaming charges.

However, that's not why the app called Sipgate got banned. The court argues that Sipgate makes use of unfair business practices to pull customers from T-Mobile to its own services. Sipgate only runs on iPhones of the first generation up to firmware 1.1.4 and requires the "BSD Subsystem" for installation. Jailbreaking the iPhone is a violation of T-Mobile's contract terms, the court says.

It looks like 3M is trying to bring back the good old-fashioned vacation slideshow, says CNet.

The company is reportedly close to rolling out a miniature, portable digital video projector, the likes of which could be used to project digital photos, PowerPoint presentations, or cat-on-a-treadmill videos.

Popular Science got an early look at the MPro110 and reports that after plugging it into a DVD player, a movie could be projected up to 11 inches wide on various pieces of furniture, walls and co-workers' body parts. The picture fared much better (and bigger) in a dark room.