YouTube has been issued a ban order of 30 month by the Turkish court for posting a video on the site supposedly showing the former chairman of the opposition party of the country in bedroom with a female aide and the video cannot be removed. The new ruling came after the end of YouTube ban by a different Turkish court at the weekend, which was there since 2008 May, after posting videos which according to the government of Turkey were insulting the founder of republic, Mustafa Keman Ataturk.

When the offensive clips were removed by a Germany company employed by the Turkish governemtn, the ban was lifted. But YouTube’s parent company, Google re-published the videos again and said they wre not violating copyrights of anyone.

At the same time, another Turkish court in Ankara has ordered the Telecommunication Board of Turkey to re-enforce the ban, if Google refuses to take off the videos which are deemed offensive to the government of Turkey. Google representatives in Turkey are checking into the reports since 2008 May. Internet users of Turkey who are waiting to access YouTube have been successful in doing that with the help of proxy websites. Turkey’s internet laws have been criticized by the internet freedom campaigners and regulators.

The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham has asked Google to sign a deal which guarantees that it will not violate information protection laws and asked for an audit of data protection practices of Google UK. Graham said, the most important and proper regulatory action in such circumstances to get a legal assurance legally from Google saying it will not happen again.

He also said, it is his view that the collection of this data was unfair and not lawful and it comprises of a significant violation of the first principle of Data Protection Act. Earlier this year Google agrees that it had downloaded personal information from wireless networks throughout the country with help of its Street View cars. Google took both home computer emails and passwords. But Google remains firm that the information farming happened by accident.

Global Privacy Counsel of Google explained that, since they announced and admitted their mistake in May they have co-operated with the ICO and worked to improve their internal controls. They did not want this information, and they have not used any of it in their products and services in any way and they have also sought to delete it as soon as possible. They are sorry for collecting payload information by mistake in UK from unencrypted wireless networks. Even after being in violation of UK Data Protection Laws, Google will not be imposed any fine by the Information Commissioner.

Apple has confirmed that the upcoming iOS 4.2 software update will help you fix a bug in operating system of Apple which has caused chaotic situation with its alarm function. Users of iPhone have complained that the alarms have been going off an hour later than they supposed to be since the clocks went an hour back at the weekend.

It looks like though the iPhone adjusted inbuilt clock automatically to match the return to GMT, repeating alarms, used by most of the people all through the week to wake them up in the morning for work. These alarms are affected by a software bug which caused them to go off an hour after the time intended.

Apple said, they are aware of this issue which is related to daylight saying time and repeating alarms and they will deliver a solution to fix this issue with the iOS 4.2 software update in this month. Apple has suggested customers set non-recurring alarms for time being, and reset it after 7 November and the issue will be resolved. iPhone users of US are also expected to come under this issue when their clocks change this weekend. Users in Australia and New Zealand were also affected by this issue when their clocks changed.

Some of the iPhone users suggested a solution to switch off automatic time zone adjustement on the iPhone, and adjust the date and time manually. And many said, this work around has solved the problem. The new software is expected to come out next week.

SAP AG of Germany is paying $120 million to Oracle Corp in return for a promise by the U.S company not to look for healing damages in its lawsuit against SAP for the theft of software. When the HP refused a court order for Leo Apotheker to testify in the case, the legal drama increased. Leo Apotheker is the new chief executive of HP and he is former CEO of SAP.

This news was released by some sources but on condition of anonymity because they were ordered to keep the matter quiet by the judge. SAP reported profit of $1 billion in the recent quarter, it has admitted its mistake in the three and one-half year case, also accepted the responsibility and close down its subsidiary, TomorrowNow. TomorrowNow downloaded millions of files impropertly from the customer service website of Oracle.

The two companies are fighting on the redeeming damages which SAP will have to pay, it varies from tens of millions to billions of dollars. These compensative damages are allocated for particular losses. The agreement requires final approval in Oakland by U.S district judge. $120 million is a huge amount for legal fees, but SAP has to do this.

Canesta has been acquired Microsoft, Canesta makes microchips that allows computers to see images in three dimensions. This purchase comes as Microsoft is all set to launch its Kinect motion controller in next month. It is hoping to increase sales of its xBox video game consoles. Canesta’s technology concentrates mainly on consumer apps. According to Canesta Microsoft has its eyes already on more and better movement identifying products down the line for its video game system and other apps.

Camera based system of Kinect which is built into cameras allows players to control games with body and hand expressions letting players dispose the hand held controllers they have been using for decades. Canesta also says, its CMOS 3D chips provides every day devices 3-D approach better than competing technology.

$5 million has been invested by Honda in Canesta to develop 3-D technology to aid drivers park their cars and refrain collisions. Hitachi is also using the technology of Canesta to produce a television controlled by hand expressions rather than a remote control. Its technology goes beyond at differentiating players from their background according to Canesta.

It was not cleat for how much Canesta sold itself, but the company obtained $60 million through four rounds of funding from venture capital groups. Microsoft had announced it was working on Kinect over a year ago and we all are yet to see how well it will be accepted by consumers.