Articles Posted on 01 February 2008
Asset Manager Enterprise Edition 1.0.1021
News Security
You can't afford the wasted time, effort, and cost of searching for and replacing lost or missing assets. With Asset Manager, you can track the assets you have, where they are, how much they cost, and more. You can use existing...
Service Oriented Architecture 2008 UK Local conference
News Cloud
The driving principle behind SOA is the ability to dynamically deliver applications required by the users that need them in a flexible and cost-effective manner.Many organisations have successfully completed small-scale SOA pilot...
Benefits of SVS
News Hardware
In this Podcast, Ben Chai of Incomingthought.com discusses with Derwen Williams, a technical support analyst for Altiris about the major benefits of software virtualisation solution to the industry.Listen to this...
Gold'en Rant : Security, not performance, is Vista's main focus
News Security
Here's a spot of good news for Microsoft Vista - all twelfty of them out of a claimed 100 million users - Vista Service Pack 1 is scheduled to be released to OEMs and punters next Monday, the 4th. The gameplan is for SP1 to be...
Push To Talk - Pushing no more?
News Hardware
Thinking of successful products that aren’t in Europe, what ever happened to Push to Talk? Unlike i-mode that had little support from handset manufacturers, Push to Talk can be found in many recent handsets from Nokia and...
Gartner Highlights Key Predictions for IT Organisations and Users in 2008 and Beyond
News Business & Government
The predictions highlight areas where executives and IT professionals need to take action in 2008. The full impact of these trends may not appear this year, but executives need to act now so that they can exploit the trends for...
Google Lucky Clickers are at risk
News Security
The "I'm feeling lucky" feature is being used by junk mailers and phishers to avoid being caught by anti-spam products according to Message Labs. Security Firm Messagelabs said, in its latest intelligence report, that...
The letter that Microsoft sent to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors
News Security
The letter that Microsoft sent to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors January 31, 2008 Board of Directors Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale,...
Breaking news : Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share
News Mobile & Telco
Transaction valued at approximately $44.6 billion in cash and stock;Provides 62 percent premium to current trading price for Yahoo! shareholders;Combined entity to create a more competitive company while providing superior value...
Californian utility company clerk gets targeted by hackers
News Security
Anti-Scientology hackers in the US appear to have singled out a Pacific Gas and Electric Company field clerk as the butt of their anger, even though it seems that John Lawson of Stockton, California, doesn't support the Church of...
Hackers disrupting Swedish Web sites
News Security
I noticed on the wires that hackers have successfully disrupted a couple of Swedish Web sites that offer discount programs for University students.Reports are unclear as to what information has been downloaded bout as many...
VoIP makes spying more difficult
News Security
VoIP is making life more difficult for spies according to a report (PDF format) released by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) which is in charge of collecting information and data. The report says that one of the...
Dell closes down Mall kiosks, favours stores
News Security
Following Dell's conversion to the retail channel model, something that it vehemently attacked when it was championing direct selling, the Computer manufacturer has announced that it will close 140 shopping mall kiosks in the...
Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com
News Security
Amazon.com Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Audible Inc. Audible.com is the leading online provider of premium digital spoken word audio content, specializing in digital audio editions of books,...
Will TIBCO be next on the acquisition block?
News Consumer
TIBCO Software has done extremely well since it came into existence from its origin as as Teknekron. Initially an EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) company, it quickly expanded to take on challenges such as Workflow,...
Quik-Biz Contract Management System 2.1
News Security
Quik-Biz Contract Management System helps you create a complete database of all your existing contracts. With Quik-Biz Contract Management System you get reports on milestones, obligations and rights.It will allow you to manage...
Sunbeamtech Tuniq 3 Mid Tower ATX Case Review
News Mobile & Telco
Sunbeamtech is a manufacturer of computer components that has been around for a while, and they have sent a large number of items to Bigbruin.com for review over the years. They are also the parent company of a line of higher...
Palit GeForce 8600 GT Super+1GB Video Card
News Security
I'm sure a lot of you have never head of Palit before. Before we were approached by them we had never heard of them either. Palit is not a new company, but they have done business almost entirely overseas. Now they are offering...
A questionable CAPTCHA
News Security
See in the wild. What is 7 + 3? Answer: * To combat spam, please solve the math question above.Err, that’s one thing a bot will be good at: Solving a simple math question. (The numbers change, but it's always the same...
Expect Government to be interested in your IT security.
News Security
OPINION: Disaster has struck and all big organisations should be preparing to pay the price. In the aftermath of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) loss -of personal information and a subsequent flood of data security breaches,...
Privacy head says Google may budge on privacy
News Security
The head of Europe's privacy watchdogs said that he is still in negotiations with Google about a major data retention dispute and is confident that the search giant will change its policies.Google has claimed its data retention...
