Articles Posted on 24 January 2008
Microsoft Insider reveals more about Windows 7
News Hardware
Long Zheng, of Windows Blogging website, has published a few more tasty bits after other websites released more details about Windows Seven - that one enlightened contributor has postedFrom the onset, it appears that Windows...
Comscore confirms slight Google Drop
News Security
Internet Data Cruncher Firm, Comscore has confirmed that Google's grip on the US Search market has been slightly loosened in December as the grand daddy of search lost a tiny 0.2, falling to 58.4 percent in December...
Your IP address is private says EU
News Consumer
The Associated Press (via Yahoo) writes that IP addresses are to be considered as Personal Information according to the man in charge of the EU's group of data privacy regulators. IP addresses allow companies such as Google...
Dell start selling PCs at PCWorld
News Security
Dell marked the end of the Direct Model era as the first Dell computers turned up for sale on the shelves of PC World, as reported by British Tech website, PC Pro.PC World has started to sell the Dell Inspiron 1520 as well...
Rumour Mill : IBM to buy AMD
News Hardware
Rumours of IBM making a move to snatch beleaguered chip manufacturer AMD have caused the latter's share price to rise by 8 percent. AMD has had an annus horribilis in 2007 as arch-rival Intel has been increasing its lead and...
Yahoo to offer free music service?
News Security
Yahoo! is considering offering non-copy protected MP3s either paid for or as part of an ad-supported free service.Yahoo already has Music Unlimited which costs USD 6 per month and allows the users to access over 2 million...
Nokia N82 – another important step forward
News Security
The release of a firmware update for the Nokia N82 is in itself is not of any great interest. It offers no new features, just correcting some bugs. However it does provide proof of a key technology working with real...
SES London 2008
News Web
The Premier Event for Search Engine Marketing & Optimization Returns to London - 19-21 February 2008 Attendance at SES London last year grew by over 50% and this year we expect more of the same. Search is hotter than ever and...
Play Special : Buffalo AirStation WHR-G54S Wireless Router 4-Port Switch EN, Fast EN, 802.11b, 802.11g, £28.99 delivered
News Hardware
The Buffalo AirStation G54 Wireless Cable/DSL Smart Router, on sale at Play for only £28.99 delivered, combines the 125 High Speed Mode wireless performance with Buffalo's AirStation One-Touch Secure System...
OCZ / 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz / Enhanced Latency Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Edition Memory - £59.99 only
News Hardware
As part of OCZ's Gold series, the PC2-6400 2GB modules deliver the performance and speed gamers require for today's graphic-intensive DirectX 10 PC games. At 800MHz, the 2GB Gold Edition runs at 5-5-5 latency timings and...
Logic3 - i-Station Clock Dock
News Mobile & Telco
The latest iPod accessory from Logic3 combines a more traditional clock radio with a mount for your player, putting your favourite music at your fingertips first thing in the morning. It has a rather retro feel, which we're going...
Novatel Wireless Ovation U727
News Hardware
It slices. It dices. It connects to the Internet and reads microSD memory cards from your cell phone. It may not be the fastest USB modem on the Verizon Wireless EV-DO Rev A network, but the Novatel Wireless USB727 presents a...
The growth of malware
News Security
Interesting data from Andreas Marx at AV-Test.org. This chart shows the growth of unique samples (by MD5) per year. (Data below):Year # of unique samples (MD5)1985 5641986 9101987 3891988 1,7381989 2,6041990 9,0441991 18,3841992...
MP calls for law to force online shops to verify age
News Security
A bill has been introduced in Parliament which would force online retailers to check customers' ages before selling goods that cannot be sold to children.The Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill...
RIPA could be challenged on human rights
News Security
The Government's new powers to force the handover of encryption keys could be vulnerable to a legal challenge under the Human Rights Act's guarantee to a fair trial. People who refuse keys or passwords face up to five years in...
Why the stock options backdating scandal won't hit the UK
News Security
OPINION: The former CEO of a US tech giant will have 21 long months in which to rue the day he ever heard of stock option backdating. Brocade Communications' Gregory Reyes has been sent to prison for 21 months and fined $15...
Bulgarian hackers make $400,000 worth of withdrawals
News Security
Reports are coming that a group of Bulgarian hackers have managed to withdraw more than $400,000 from US bank and credit card accounts.The hackers were reportedly caught during a joint investigation between the Varna Police...
BullGuard offers free spam filtering software - with free support!
News Security
BullGuard, the Danish IT security firm, has launched something rather unusual, a free to use spam filtering add-on for most email applications, and, get this, with free 24x7 online support! According to Theis Sondergaard, the...
Bridging Security and Visualization
News Security
OnSecrity just released another video of the conversation we recorded last year during RSA. I am talking about security visualization in light of the book I am working on. This video cast is the sequel to the first one that I...
