Articles Posted on 24 January 2007
20x DVD writers launched by Liteon
News Hardware
Lite-On IT has announced the launch of two new additions to its already successful and pioneering product line of 20x DVD writers.The LH-20A1S is the world’s first 20x DVD burner with a Serial ATA interface. The internal drive is...
Norwich schools have a p0rn history....
News Security
Frank Krasicki, a teacher (who actually has taught in Norwich in the past) has been covering the Amero scandal on his blog, and he's pissed.And now he's found out something pretty interesting:I just searched the Bulletin for the...
LG Provides Glimpse Into Consumer Electronics Future
News Security
With a 3D TV and 100-inch display, among other products, LG reaffirmed its leadership in innovative technologies and design, and unveiled a "sneak peak" of tomorrow's technology today at the 2007 International CES."We constantly...
Archive your emails or go to jail. You choose
News Consumer
Do you remember the content of the email you sent to your key supplier on June 8th 2001 at 4:05 pm? Of course you don’t, but this is the type of question you will be expected to answer by a court of law if an investigation...
Parallel Workstation for Windows and Linux launched
News Software
Parallels announced through its UK distribution partner, Avanquest UK, that it is bringing virtualization to Windows Vista through Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows and Linux, the easy-to-use desktop virtualization software...
Nordea Bank hit by Russkies for $1.1 million
News Security
In what some sources are claiming is the world's biggest-ever online bank heist, Nordea Bank appears to been been hit by a Russian organised crime gang in a fraud worth $1.1 million.According to McAfee, around 250 customers of...
Heads up: Storm worm getting nasty
News Security
This "storm worm", as it's being referred to colloquially, is quite nasty and there is activity out there on this one. Also, F-Secure has reported that it's started using rootkit technology.Using email as an infection vector, it...
When a 0% Success Rate is Worthwhile
News Security
There's an article in Zaman.com, about "Turkish Hacker Depletes 10,000 Bank Accounts " A criminal enterprise comprised of 10 individuals who drained the accounts of 10,580 customers by sending virus-infected e-mails was...
Macro
News Software
A macro in computer science is an abstraction, that defines how a certain input pattern is replaced by an output pattern according to a defined set of rules. The term originated with macro-assemblers, where the idea was to write...
Organisational responsiveness & VOIP
News Hardware
The Yorkshire Investment Group has successfully implemented VoIP across five operational sites as well as linking a network of home and remote workers. Primarily motivated by the goal to improve the operational effectiveness of...
Zone-H hit by defacement hackers
News Security
In what is arguably the most ironic hack of all time, defacement hackers appear to have hit the Zone-H Web hacking archive portal for around 48 hours earlier this week.On investigation, Zone-H says that the hackers managed to get...
Bank hit by 'biggest ever' hack
News Security
Swedish bank Nordea has been hit by what security company McAfee has called the biggest internet fraud in history. Up to £600,000 has been stolen in the past three months from 250 customer accounts, according to Swedish press...
A Little Bot Worried
News Security
Microsoft is hosting an unusual summit of security experts to discuss the growing malevolence of botnets, zero-day exploits and rootkits. The meeting will outline intelligence gathered by the Microsoft Security Response Center...
2007 : The Year of Image Exchange as Banks Accelerate Check Electronification
News Hardware
According to new research charting the adoption of Check 21 (The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act), 2007 will be another significant year in the ongoing "electronification" of paper checks. TowerGroup expects monthly check...
SWsoft Joins SPEC to Assist with Virtualization Benchmarking
News Hardware
SWsoft has joined the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) as part of its new working group to develop standard methods of comparing virtualization performance for data center servers. SPEC is a non-profit organization...
