News round-up: 19 November

If today's news was a list of far right party members then it would have a particularly large grouping around the town of 'good quality'.

We've doorstepped the stories that accidentally signed up, rounded on the exclusives that should have known better and kicked out the small fry that nobody cares about.

Virus outbreak in a hospital may not be headline news – but when that virus is attacking the computers then it certainly is.

Apple has been busy – fixing the trackpad on the MacBook and also fighting off Psystar's claims that a proprietary OS is a breach of US antitrust laws.

HP unveiled what has to be the most desirable gadget of the day with their TouchSmart tx2. The £800 laptop is also a tablet PC and a media powerhouse – we like.

In the world of the internet Facebook has finally moved to add some sort of quality to its apps, Google is publishing LIFE magazine's back catalogue of photos and the BBC will be streaming BBC One and Two from the end of November.

Xbox's NXE launch is close – and the 360 has hit our news grid harder than a dozy wasp into a web today with news that Sony movies have been pulled and that a Fable 2 announcement has been delayed.

Ofcom were less than delighted with comments from ITV that it was losing touch, but were still happier than the company that somebody attempted to pay off with a drawing of a spider.

Others on 'the list'

Nintendo Wii is two, hardcore losing faith
Times Online to combine with Sky News
TfL allowed to keep Oyster card name
Vietnamese gaming addiction rehab opens
Female astronaut loses toolkit in space
Virgin Media launches 16Mb ADSL service
BlackBerry Javelin coming to UK next month
3 spurns the new LG Prada II handset
Sony brings Blu-ray discs to China