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Articles Posted on 30 October 2007

Embedded Storage Applications gets Ultra-Small Solid-State Drive

Embedded Storage Applications gets Ultra-Small Solid-State Drive

News Hardware

SiliconDrive USB Blade is a breakthrough storage solution in an environmentally-rugged and ultra-small form factor, providing improved storage design flexibility in applications where board space and performance are critical...


Survey Reveals Most Popular Server Operating Systems

Survey Reveals Most Popular Server Operating Systems

News Software

The classic battle over operating system supremacy is raging on in the fourth quarter. In one corner, Microsoft stands with hands raised in victory as the market leader. In the other corner, various open-source operating systems...


AT&T Expands Internet Data Centres In Europe

AT&T Expands Internet Data Centres In Europe

News Hardware

AT&T announced the expansion of its data centres in Europe, highlighted by the addition of over one-third more space to its London facility. The company also added to its centre in Amsterdam. This expansion is part of a...


£32.99 7" White Digital Photo Frame LCD Screen

£32.99 7" White Digital Photo Frame LCD Screen

News Consumer

Loads of pictures of your friends on your phone and digital camera? Unlock the fun time by popping your memory card into this funky photo frame. Ebuyer sells those for only £32.99. You will have to add the delivery charges...


Microsoft Vista sucks - yes, really!

Microsoft Vista sucks - yes, really!

News Security

Hey, you know, it seems I'm not the only Netter that thinks Vista sucks, as judging from this YouTube video - when you get right down to it, it's a seriously crud operating system.But hang on a minute - who really wants to see...


PineApp warns Netters over the new generation of MP3 media spam

PineApp warns Netters over the new generation of MP3 media spam

News Security

PineApp, the email and network security specialist, has warned 'Netters to be aware of unwanted MP3 audio media messages, which it says are a form of audio spam.The company claims that the first mass "pump and dump" stock market...


European ageism ruling could change UK law on retirement

European ageism ruling could change UK law on retirement

News Security

A ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a Spanish case last week could strengthen the hand of an age pressure group appealing against UK retirement laws, according to an employment law expert.Pressure group Heyday is...


Government hints at new national computer crime force

Government hints at new national computer crime force

News Security

The UK Government is considering setting up a new national police unit to tackle computer crime, just two years after the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was disbanded.The NHTCU was dissolved into the Serious and Organised...


Beware targeted fake "complaint" emails

Beware targeted fake "complaint" emails

News Security

Here’s a sample we received today, sent to our controller. That link to the “complaint document” loads something that should not be considered as anything even remotely safe. We’ve certainly seen these before, but just a...


Legacy IT users of Escape Route from Skills Crunch

Legacy IT users of Escape Route from Skills Crunch

News Hardware

IT Provider Northdoor alerted institutions attempting to continue the maintenance and development of legacy IT applications in the face of the retirement, reducing availability and increasing cost of skilled legacy programmers....


£368.99 17-inch Fujitsu laptop from Buyit247.com

£368.99 17-inch Fujitsu laptop from Buyit247.com

News Hardware

Just on time for Halloween, Buyit247.com is offering a £50 rebate on its grade-2 (refurbished or end of line) laptops. One laptop stand out of the lot. The discount is automatically computed when you check out.The...


MP3 Spam Attack rocks the web

MP3 Spam Attack rocks the web

News Security

MXSweep reports on massive outbreak of MP3 spam by stock market pump-and-dump fraudsters. This brand new type of email borne spam has been flooding users since last week and in a very short time accounted for around 7 - 10% of...


A gPhone to follow the sPhone at Three?

A gPhone to follow the sPhone at Three?

News Mobile & Telco

The Wall Street Journal wrote that Google will tell the world more about its plan to take over the wireless market after having captured the lionshare of online desktop search.Google has been pushing hard to grab a share of the...


Uruguay gets first batch of USD 100 laptops

Uruguay gets first batch of USD 100 laptops

News Software

The Uruguayan government has placed an official order for 100,000 "One Laptop Per Child" Laptops with an option for another 300,000 laptops in two years. The initial plan was to sell the laptop for USD 100 but the...


Cybercrime is UK's worse fear

Cybercrime is UK's worse fear

News Security

Cyber Theft has been named as one of the UK’s most feared crimes with Brits believing themselves more susceptible to online fraudsters than any other criminals. According to the latest survey, 87% of Brits admit they are...


Microsoft to Acquire Thailand-based Health Firm

Microsoft to Acquire Thailand-based Health Firm

News Software

Building on a worldwide commitment to improving health through software technology, Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire software, intellectual property and other assets from Global Care Solutions (GCS), a privately held company...


Barclays to promote card reader security system

Barclays to promote card reader security system

News Security

In a bid to avert the rise of cyber crime, Barclays Bank is on track to get online customers to use its two factor security system as from November 2007, Computerweekly has learnt.Already a quarter million people are using...


Google passes ITV in ad revenues

Google passes ITV in ad revenues

News Software

One year after overtaking Channel 4, Google UK has surpassed ITV and is now the biggest advertising revenue recipient in the UK. Google generated GBP 327m in Q3, from sponsored links compared to ITV1's GBP 317m. This was boosted...

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