EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

An interesting piece to kick off this morning's edition with many UK firms choosing private investigators to handle cases of e-crime rather than go to traditional law enforcement agencies.

Apparently private firms use 'softer' and 'more persuasive' techniques to get results.

They've dropped a couple of examples into the piece too. Let us know what you think!

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Tom Young | January 16, 2009

Growing numbers of UK firms are turning to private investigators to help solve IT security problems as the police struggle to provide adequate resources

By Iain Thomson | January 16, 2009

Researchers at Intel and the Computer Security Laboratory at the University of California have devised a new way to counter zero-day attacks.

By Iain Thomson | January 16, 2009

A study in Germany has concluded that there is no link between mobile phone use and a rare form of eye cancer.

By Staff Writers | January 16, 2009

Yahoo's new chief executive, Carol Bartz, told employees on Wednesday her gut instinct is to hang on to the company's search business, the Dow Jones newswire reported.

By Phil Muncaster | January 16, 2009

Salesforce.com today launched a new customer service offering, which integrates with Facebook, Google and other resources to help contact centre staff better support customers.

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