News Headlines - 19 April 2011

▽36,000 face losing place at university because of £9,000 tuition fees - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8462195/36000-face-losing-place-at-university-because-of-9000-tuition-fees.html
As many as 36,000 students could miss out on degree courses after universities ignored the Government’s pleas not to charge maximum tuition fees.

▽Rupert Murdoch's News Corp considers Formula 1 takeover - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/8462237/Rupert-Murdochs-News-Corp-considers-Formula-1-takeover.html
News Corporation is in preliminary negotiations with potential partners about forming a consortium to acquire control of Formula 1 motor racing.

▽A Premature Party for Intel - Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703922504576273431464565692.html
Shares leapt 5% in aftermarket trading when the tech firm posted strong first-quarter revenue growth. After excluding the impact of acquisitions, Intel's revenue was 6% above expectations—no easy feat for so large a company.
But thanks to weak sales of PCs, responsible for 70% of Intel revenue, the rest of the year looks less rosy.

▽Internet freedom under attack, report claims - BCS
http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/39891
Research published by watchdog organisation Freedom on the Net has shown that cyberattacks, politically-motivated censorship and government control are among the more serious threats to online independence.

▽City College Norwich dumped student files in skip - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-13133048City College Norwich breached the Data Protection Act by leaving student files in bin bags which were dumped in a skip, an investigation has found.