Weekend NewsBytes: Google to delete wi-fi data; Jolibook notebook out tomorrow

Google has been told it can now delete the wi-fi data which its Street View cars mistakenly collected from unsecured networks across the UK. Information Commissioner Christopher Graham told the Guardian: “I welcome the fact that the wi-fi payload data that should never have been collected in the first place can, at last, be deleted.” That effectively draws a line under the matter for the ICO, who won’t fine Google over the episode, but will audit the company’s data protection practices next year. For many, that’s not nearly enough of a reprimand.

We anticipated that the Jolibook, a new Linux powered notebook, would be out on Friday but that didn’t happen. It seems that according to a report in the Metro.co.uk, it will in fact be unleashed tomorrow. The device comes with a 10 inch display, 1.5GHz dual-core Atom N550 processor, and a 250GB hard disk. As the name of the OS, Jolicloud 1.1, suggests, it’s designed to operate in the cloud (and will be HTML5 based). If you want one, the notebook will set you back £280.