Articles Posted on 08 June 2007
British banks wriggling out of their security responsibilities
News Security
If there's one thing that annoys me in the business world, it's e-services companies that try to foist the responsibility for installing IT security on their PCs on to the consumer.A classic case of this is the British banks, who...
Major Players From Telecom, Cable & Media Send Clear Message to Market
News Mobile & Telco
CIOs, CTOs and other senior executives from many of the world’s largest telecom, cable and media companies, held a summit meeting at the TeleManagement World conference here and agreed to work together to accelerate the...
Toyota Prius is not so green, says ads watchdog
News Security
A TV advert for the Toyota Prius has been banned for misleading viewers about the car's green credentials. The Saatchi and Saatchi-produced ad has been taken off air by regulators over its misleading claim to emit one tonne less...
Government failing on privacy when sharing our data, say MPs
News Security
The Government is not serious enough about protecting citizens' data when it comes to pan-European data sharing schemes, a parliamentary committee warned today. The Government should back the adoption of a sidelined data...
Free downloads of Panda Antivirus 2008
News Security
Those nice peeps over at Panda Software are offering free downloads of the beta test edition of Panda Antivirus 2008.What's interesting about this version - the lite edition of Panda's range of IT security applications - is that...
Iterating offers first comprehensive wiki-based software guide with a dynamic feature matrix
News Software
ITerating, the first free Wiki-based software guide covering open source, commercial and hosted software, today announced the addition of a Feature Matrix, which allows users to dynamically create customized, side-by-side feature...
Malware using packing to escape detection
News Security
PandaLabs, the research arm of Panda Software, has published research that shows 78 percent of new malware using some kind of file packing to evade detection.Interestingly, the research claims that there are now many different...
HGI Defines Future Of The Home Gateway
News Hardware
The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) today identified the key operator requirements driving future development of Home Gateways with the commencement of work on its third specification document. The key features addressed will...
What to look for in an Email Archiving Solution...
News Hardware
Choosing an e-mail archiving solution - whether to meet technical, business or compliance reasons - is a project that should not be taken lightly.You need to have the confidence that you will still be able to 'get at' archived...
FIRST Interview with Mark Rowe
News Security
Mark Rowe discusses with Ben Chai about his Friday Geek Zone presentation on automated attack vectors entitled "Tools and techniques to automate the discovery of zero day vulnerabilities".Mark Rowe together with Joe...
Google fills the vacuum on the AOL deal
News Security
With the recent Google deal with AOL, there was lots of false information. Google veep Marissa Mayer whacks the rumors: - Biased results? No way. Providing great search is the core of what we do. Business partnerships will...
Google's Street View could be unlawful in Europe
News Security
EDITORIAL: Like a trigger-happy tourist, Google has shot almost every street in five US cities and added its pics to what might be the world's biggest holiday album. But if Google ever starts shooting the streets of Europe,...
London insurers in IT mess
News Software
A new survey of the largest insurance companies in the UK has shown that only 20% have moved to primarily electronic document storage, leaving the majority in a precarious state of readiness for the new Contract Certainty regime...
