Articles Posted on 25 February 2008
Data Centres : Demands for Power
News Hardware
As demand increases and supply naturally becomes shorter, the prices of even not so good data centres are rising significantly, as a result, a shift is beginning to happen where smaller operators are looking to build their own. ...
Service Desk & IT Support Show 2008
News Hardware
Visit the Service Desk & IT Support Show, the UK’s leading event for IT service management, helpdesk & support professionals.You’ll find the latest technology, pick up new skills and grow your industry...
Fujitsu to release 500GB laptop hard disk drive
News Hardware
Fujitsu is the third laptop drive manufacturer to release a 500GB laptop hard disk drive although with a height of 12.5mm, it will not fit in most laptops. What the MHZ2 BT will do though is make sure that the price of 500GB...
Apple preparing competitor to Microsoft Surface
News Hardware
Appleinsider has published some interesting details about a next-generation multi-touch 'surface' that brings together typing, pointing, scrolling and handwriting capabilities in a bid to replace the keyboard, mouse, trackball,...
All your health data belongs to Google
News Web
Google will start importing data from volunteers at the Cleveland Clinic; each profile will contain information about prescriptions, allergies and medical histories according to Associated Press and will be protected by the same...
Youtube censorship by Pakistan has global effects
News Security
Pakistan is the latest country that is trying to censor content on the Internet. ZDnet reports, under the header, state sponsored hacking, that the telecom company which manages most of Pakistan's internet traffic closed down the...
Three years for fake Facebooker
News Security
Even I looked up when I heard a report on the radio this morning that a Facebook user had been jailed for creating a fake Facebook ID, until I realise the case was in Morocco, rather than old Blighty.Even so, I though, that's a...
Will Internet kill the Blu-ray market?
News Hardware
PC Advisor reports that two of the technology analyst firms out there, iSuppli and Gartner, are saying that Blu-ray, fresh from its victory over HD-DVD, is facing another up-hill battle against a more formidable adversary in the...
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, next milestone for Microsoft
News Software
Activewin has published an intriguing email which, if genuine, would indicate that Microsoft is about to provide its Connect users with a beta version of Internet Explorer 8. We are nearing the launch of Windows Internet Explorer...
HMRC-linked phishing attacks appear on the web
News Security
A nasty phishing email has surfaced, trying to capitalise on the recent HMRC debacle, according by security firm McAfee. The phishing missive, which has been sent to a number of UK-based emails, comes with a nice logo of the...
Cybersquatting and Abuse to Mainstream Consumer Brands Intensified in 2007
News Security
MarkMonitor today released the company’s latest Brandjacking Index, which finds that cybersquatting is the most common form of brand abuse - with a 33 percent jump in one year - and that brandjackers are abusing an...
Mindjet’s Value of an Hour Survey Reports Continued - Dramatic Results
News Security
Mindjet’s global productivity survey of 2,000 knowledge workers has identified key areas where information overload impacts performance and has calculated that individuals can increase productivity by at least 3-5 hours per...
OFCOM announces fourth spectrum auction results
News Hardware
Vnunet reveals that BT, Orange and T-Mobile are amongst the ten companies which have received licences for the 10GHz to 40GHHz UK frequency bandsThis fourth spectrum auction carried out by OFCOM will be used primarily for high...
Wardrivers in Berwick-upon-Tweed - beware of the cops
News Security
I was amazed to read in the Berwick Advertiser newspaper that two men were arrested on Sunday February 17th whilst sitting in a car outside someone's house.According to the local Plod, it seems the pair were acting suspiciously...
500 million downloads for Firefox
News Software
Last week, Open source darling, Mozilla Firefox, reached a new milestone with half a billion downloads recorded since launching the browser back in November 2004. Firefox accounts for more than one in every seven browsers...
ATI Radeon X800 GT All In Wonder PCI-E - £23.44
News Hardware
The Radeon X800 GT sets a new standard in performance and value making an ideal upgrade for 3D gaming quality graphics.The Radeon X800 GT is a perfect complement to Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition with DVI, VGA and...
Dell Vostro 1700 Laptop, £316.08 delivered
News Software
The Dell Vostro 1700 features a brilliant 17" widescreen display, a full numeric keypad, additional USB ports and high performing graphics options that help to provide you with the versatility and performance that you...
Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit
News Mobile & Telco
Gartner’s Wireless & Mobile Summit will provide core knowledge and cutting edge market updates allowing you to mobilize your organization, whilst minimizing disruption and ensuring maximum preparedness for the...
Spyware
News Hardware
Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent.While the term spyware...
Hotspot Shield 1.01
News Security
Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop and the wireless router. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or...
BurnAware Free Edition 1.2.6
News Hardware
BurnAware Free Edition allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning tasks: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blue-Ray; write Audio CDs and DVD-Video files; create and burn disc images; write multi-session...
Frost & Sullivan's Customer Contact 2008
News Mobile & Telco
Europe is where you need to be to get the latest strategic, tactical and operational information you need to drive customer satisfaction and excellence in the contact centre. It delivers the thought leadership, tools and...
Secure mainframe SOA-in-a-box
News Security
I was reading the announcement from Layer7 about its 'SOA-in-a-box' for IBM mainframe users, and a number of things struck me. First, I am SO PLEASED to see someone remembering that CICS is not the only mainframe transaction...
Apple Mac Pro: the ultimate workstation - upgraded
News Hardware
Following on from our popular article detailing upgrading an Apple iMac with an Intel 45nm Penryn CPU, we thought it would be a good idea to publish bite-sized nuggets of wisdom on the whole Apple Mac Pro experience, from...
Radeon HD 3870 X2 Round-Up: Asus, HIS
News Mobile & Telco
A few short weeks ago, AMD unleashed the dual-GPU powered ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, which marked the company’s re-entry into the ultra high-end desktop graphics card space that had been dominated by NVIDIA since the...
Saying it loud -- OpenID leads to phishing
News Security
Kim Cameron not only admits what Ben Laurie has said here, here, and here, but he says it succinctly: OpenID provides convenience and power but suffers the problem of all the Single Sign On technologies - the more it succeeds,...
