Week in Review: Tech City and Google guilt

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Silicon Roundabout?

Prime Minister David Cameron has tried to show his backing for the technology sector in the UK by announcing a new ‘Tech City’ in the East End of London.

He claimed the new base around Old Street, Shoreditch and the Olympic Park would help British technology take centre stage and rival Silicon Valley in the US.

A brave proposition and a welcome investment, but will the Old Street roundabout ever have the glamour of the Californian coastline? We will wait and see.

Naughty Google, but no fine

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) came out this week and told the world Google had breached the Data Protection Act when it gathered information through Wi-Fi connections during its Street View project.

However, despite this statement, the ICO has still refused to give out a fine, claiming the breach was committed before it had the powers to take money from the offenders.

Obviously the ICO has got a lot of stick for yet again shying away from the power it has but Commissioner Graham has tried to stem the abuse by saying the ICO would be issuing fines before the month is out.

We will believe it when we see it.

Best of the rest

The Oracle vs SAP court case is in full swing, but new HP chief executive (CEO) Leo Apotheker will not be taking the stand to give evidence, yet again rubbing Oracle CEO Larry Ellison up the wrong way.

TalkTalk has been threatened with a massive fine for charging its customers for services, even after they had cancelled their contracts.

And Facebook has put more money behind mobile options for the social networking site, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg making the controversial claim that the iPad was not mobile.

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