I've been thinking a bit about how "sexy" the subject of Computer Science is. In her intro yesterday Karen Young from Microsoft mentioned that it was being seen as less attractive as a subject for students to take...

Dave Baker and I gave our final talk at TechEd 2007 today. The session was a deeper dive into the .NET Micro Framework and had the title "Small is Beautiful", which was not my idea..... We gave out our second free...

In a new online striptease, the buxom, beautiful blonde who promises to remove her slinky pieces of lingerie doesn't want your personal info or your card details - she's after your psyche.Yes, really. Apparently it's all part of...

I was interested to see a report on the wires that HSBC is planning to replace its - quite literally - hundreds of anti-fraud systems in use world-wide with a single, global, anti-fraud service. The idea is that the system will...

Four English police forces have been ordered to delete criminal records because they have been kept for too long. The forces are appealing the decision to the Information Tribunal.The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has...

Interesting stuff. Many people these days depend on Bayesian filters to protect them from the ever present email scourge that is spam. Unlike older technologies, these programs' claim to fame is that they learn the spam patterns...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist Salesforce.com has revealed that one of its employees has involuntarily surrendered the keys of the company's customer database to criminals after failing over a targeted e-mail virus and...

Europe is integrating its card payment systems. Six European card payment schemes have joined together to establish the "Euro Alliance of Payment Schemes s.c.r.l. (EAPS)". Based in Brussels, the new company will...

A radical new approach to search engine technology has been developed by True Knowledge that has the potential to change the way factual information is made accessible via the Internet. It neatly side steps the problem of getting...

Microsoft has officially unveiled the new version of Windows Live Services in 36 languages and 59 countries worldwide, backed by 10 billion online ad impressions.WLS is essentially a set of connected services that allow people to...

Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue and Nokia the world's largest handset manufacturer, have agreed to launch an integrated suite of Vodafone services combined with Nokia Ovi Services on a range of Nokia...

A virtual job fair for Luxembourg, which aims to recruit high-calibre candidates to take up skilled roles, is attracting keen Second Lifers from 45 different countries world-wide. Set up by Gax Technologies and taking place on...

Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, unveiled the firm's new ad initiative called Facebook ads.This new advert solution focuses on "trusted referrals" where adverts will be transmitted through and to your friends, like...

Chinese internet websites are hot properties and the latest IPO (Initial Public Offer) just proves it. The shares of Alibaba.com, one of China's biggest Internet company, have nearly tripled on the first day, in what some have...

Comscore has released its latest figures on how well Internet is doing in Europe. The survey, which shows some pretty interesting figures showing that UK are the biggest Internet consumers.However, the survey excludes traffic...

However, the project has lost some buzz and It is hard not to think that there's a global neo-conspiracy to harm the OLPC project.Nicholas Negroponte might be a technical whiz but neither him, nor the whole team behind this...

Canon is offering a £20 cashback when you purchase a Canon Pixma MP210 all in one colour printer, bringing the price down to £21 including VAT and delivery. Ready to print, copy and scan the fast and easy way? Now...

Some Leopard users have reported facing problems when using Skype or Online Games like World of Warcraft.German-based Heise Security points its finger to Mac OS X Leopard's firewall as the root of all the problems with the issue...

Ericom Software, which provides Enterprise-Wide Application Access solutions, revealed that Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust has selected PowerTerm WebConnect Enterprise edition to provide employees with secure access to the...