I’ve had a good few hours to spare this Monday which is a rare treat indeed. Now that I’ve caught up on my Technology RSS feeds here are some stories that have caught my eye today.

Facebook is awarded $711m in its case against Sanford Wallace who spammed the popular social website by breaking into users accounts.

Elsewhere in the world Kiwi pill spammers are also hit with a hefty fine for breaking New Zealand’s anti-spam laws, the first of its kind in New Zealand. Shane Atkinson and Roland Smits were touted to have been the largest pharmaceutical spamming operation in the history of the internet.

An IT expert in Scotland has landed himself in hot water and is now being accused of sending out a computer virus that allowed him to spy on his victims via their web cam. He denies it of course.

It must suck to be a member of the IT team at the BBC or maybe not. Apparently the IT staff is paid “well below” the commercial sector but yet have the honour for working in the BBC, it’s not all that bad then.

UK receives criticism from Brussels about privacy matters. The UK government has been accused of failing to protect citizens’ privacy by the European Commission.

To round off such as quick post here is nice amusing video, the website is down!

All in a days work!