Articles Posted on 19 February 2008
The Power of Remote Support in Battling Today's Top Customer Support Issues
News Hardware
Through ongoing member interviews, surveys, conferences and summits, the SSPA has identified the six toughest business issues impacting service and support organizations. These strategic issues represent the major obstacles to...
Unified Communications : Real-Time Communications Concepts and Business Applications
News Hardware
Unified communications has the potential to dramatically simplify and improve enterprise communications, as well as improve business agility. By integrating various forms of communications, such as voice, video,...
Unified Communications : Are you Ready?
News Hardware
This exclusive white paper by The Lippis Report features insights from Nick Lippis, President Lippis Enterprises; Zeus Kerravala, Senior Vice President of The Yankee Group’s Enterprise Research; and Jorge Blanco,...
Mobile World Congress or 3GSM?
News Hardware
It seems appropriate that the European mobile event of the year has renamed itself considering the on going evolution to 4G via WiMAX, LTE (3 ¾G?), 3.5G and now E2DGE (I made that one up). 3G is so last century....
Four people arrested in Philly in complex ID theft fraud
News Security
I was intrigued to read in the Intelligencer newspaper today that four people in Philadelphia's Doylestown Township have been arrested in connection with the theft of the ID of an 89-year-old woman.Police have arrested three...
Visa PayWave - doubts on security start to surface
News Security
Interesting to see that, as the Visa PayWave near-field-communications system takes off around the world that commentators are beginning to realise the security implications of using this PIN and signature-less payment system.One...
Myspace to squeeze out Last.fm and other players?
News Hardware
Cnet reports that Myspace is looking to invade the turf of Spiralfrog, Imeem and Qtrax. The News.corp owned web property is apparently holding discussions with the four major music labels to start a free-to-consumer music...
Is Yahoo Japan looking to purchase Yahoo ROW?
News Security
Yahoo Japan could potentially buy Yahoo rest of the world, Valleywag blog writes. 40 percent of Yahoo Japan is owned by Yahoo and is worth a cool £14.35 billion according to Bloomberg (prices there are in Japanese Yen) ...
OFT uses scam txt to bait potential victims
News Security
The Office of Fair Trade is firing on all cylinders to warn people of scams that affect millions of UK citizens every year at a cost of about £3.5 billion. The OFT has been using the radio and other traditional media to...
Microsoft giving away dev software to students
News Software
Microsoft has debuted a new program called DreamSpark which aims at enrolling college students from 11 different countries - Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the...
Experian wants to sell Pricegrabber
News Security
Experian has revealed that it is reviewing options for Pricegrabber.com, one of the first price comparison websites, which would include selling it altogether. The credit company purchased it for $485 million back in December...
Britain short-changed on Broadband speeds
News Mobile & Telco
A new survey, compiled by broadband comparison newcomer, broadband expert, shows that the average speed in UK - based on 18558 tests - stands at a meagre 2.95mbps with the best speeds achieved by Be Broadband (6.07mb) and the...
Dell Vostro 400 desktop PC, £406 delivered
News Software
Dell Vostro desktops are built specifically for the unique needs of small businesses and are ready to be customized with the features and software you want.The Vostro 400 Mini Tower is a powerful, secure and reliable desktop...
e-Crime Congress 2008
News Security
Businesses, government, and international law enforcement set to meet at the e-Crime Congress to discuss how to tackle cyber crime. Methods to combat cyber-threats and electronic crime will be discussed by experts and over...
New tool for analyzing potentially malicious swf files
News Security
Some more info here:Using the Erlang bit syntax it's an easy task to unpack the tags of an SWF file. With this thought in mind erlswf has been specifically designed to analyse SWF Tags and ActionScript ByteCode for security...
Retail Fraud 2008
News Security
Retail Fraud is one of the hottest topics for retailers today, and features high on their agenda. Why? Quite simply because by tackling fraud, in all its complexities, retailers can see immediate bottom line savings. ...
Enterprise IP VPN (Secure Site to Site & Remote Access) 2008 Forum
News Hardware
If you are considering implementing or have already implemented IP VPNs into your organization and need the answers to the following critical questions then register for your complimentary place today to attend the 6th annual...
Radio-frequency identification
News Mobile & Telco
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders.An RFID tag is an object that can be applied to or...
Lian Li Armoursuit PC-P80
News Mobile & Telco
Lian Li is a company with a proven history in case design, but one that I was unfamiliar with until around nine months ago. The company has a history of creating stylish, lightweight aluminium cases that really encapsulate and...
ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB AMP! HDMI Video Card
News Hardware
Powered by NVIDIA's G92 graphics processor, the ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB AMP! Edition HDMI output ZT-88TES3P-FCP video card takes performance to another level by boosting core clock speed to 700 MHz and GDDR3 memory to 2000...
Incredible -- C-NetMedia still continues its grossly deceptive practices
News Security
It’s still going on, despite press on the matter. This morning, a search for SpyBot again shows C-NetMedia trying to trick people into thinking their site (spywarebot.com) is Spybot’s:It’s just as bad on Yahoo,...
Jack or Master
News Mobile & Telco
I like going to these, whilst they are not always directy relevant to what we do at Hull, they are always thought provoking. The keynote, by Ian Bogost, started by making the point that game developers will always need to know...
SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition 4.0.1136 Beta
News Security
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware other products miss. Easily remove pests such as WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon,...
Mozilla Firefox for Windows (Gran Paradiso) 3.0 Beta 3
News Security
Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform.It includes a popup blocker,...
Google to acquire Skype from Ebay?
News Web
Jason Calacanis, who sold Weblogs to AOL, has revealed on Twit.tv podcast on this week's series (18th February 2008) that Google is seeking to buy Skype for a sum that would leave Ebay with a profit. Calacanis had direct access...
European Commission threatens mobile data price cap
News Security
The European Commission will regulate the cost of text messages sent and received abroad if the industry does not tackle overcharging, Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding has said.The Commission last summer set caps...
Claimed ignorance of magazine foils Economist over domain name
News Security
Financial magazine The Economist has failed in its attempt to gain control of the internet address theeconomist.com.The address was not transferred to it because the owner claimed that he had never heard of the magazine when he...
Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses
News Hardware
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has...
Commissioner says printers could break human rights law
News Security
Computer printers could be violating European citizens' human rights the EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security has warned. Franco Frattini said that secret ID codes printed by machines could be invading users'...
Dell Inspiron 530, £379 delivered
News Software
Dell also offers 530, an Intel version of the 531. Even though there is very little difference between the two in terms of physical outlook and added features, it's certainly different when it comes to price points and hardware...
