Articles Posted on 19 March 2008
Online criminals moving to Italy
News Security
It seems that sunseekers aren't the online peeps moving to Italy, as a report in the MaltaMedia News says that the Italian fraud cops have discovered a major online fraud operation in Siracusa, with branches (if that's the right...
A billion RF smart cards open to hacking
News Security
I nearly fell through the floor last night when I heard that the Dutch interior affairs minister has admitted that the MiFare chip technology seen in RF-enabled smart travel cards in the Netherlands - and London plus other places...
Nvidia mulling plans to buy VIA as Graphics and CPU merge
News Mobile & Telco
The semiconductor market could suddenly become agitated fairly soon as Digitimes reveals that Nvidia is looking to acquire VIA Technologies, shortly after acquiring Ageia, a company which launched the concept of Physics...
Global Mobile sector feels the crunch big time
News Hardware
A slow down in the global mobile market has prompted Sony Ericsson to issue a warning on its first quarter revenues which could fall by more than half. The news come a few days after Texas Instruments, which manufactures the...
EU-backed French consortium plans Search rival to Google
News Security
New Europe writes that the European Commission has approved a USD 152 million French-backed grant to fund a consortium, consisting of companies like France Telecom and Thomson, whose aim will be to reinvigorate the Quaero...
Apple considering selling iPods with unlimited access to iTunes
News Hardware
The Financial Times and other mainstream newspapers are reporting that Apple is in discussions with a number of major music companies to give iPod users free access to its entire iTunes music store in exchange for a more...
Pictures of Intel's new ultra cheap Netbook appear on the web
News Hardware
Tech Corner has published what appears to be the first photos of Intel's new Netbook ultra cheap laptop range; according to Paul Bergevin from Intel, Netbooks are small laptops that are primarily designed for wireless...
Intel prepares six-core processors fairly soon but for what purpose?
News Mobile & Telco
Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture could bring a six-core processor faster than expected according to Betanews and this was confirmed by Pat Gelsinger, Intel's Senior Vice President. At a recent technological briefing, Intel also...
US Sales of Apple Mac up 60 percent in February
News Hardware
Mac PCs appear to be defying the laws of economics; while the world economy is in turmoil, US sales of Apple Mac were up by an astonishing 60 percent in February 2008. The data compiled by market research company NPD shows that...
Dell pushes forward with new generation of cheap SME servers
News Hardware
Spring is almost upon us and Dell has unveiled its new generation of affordable single-socket servers in the PowerEdge family, both in tower and 1U rack format. The R300 and the T300 share many features although the rack version...
Intel and Microsoft pour $20m to promote multicore programming
News Security
The Wintel duo has announced that they would put $20 million to fund parallel computing research hubs at the UC berkerley and the University of Illinois till 2013. A small step for Microsoft and Intel but a giant step for...
Holistic Security; how resellers should look to capitalise from a shortage in skills.
News Security
Evidence suggests that there is a growing army of IT professionals now specifying and sourcing physical security solutions. As a result, the traditional installers of these systems are struggling to familiarise themselves with a...
Information Commissioner to focus on reducing risk, not enforcement
News Security
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that its aim is to protect people from the risks associated with abuses of their personal data rather than strictly enforce the law. It has announced its broad aims in a new...
ICANN proposes new anti-domain tasting solution
News Security
The body behind the internet's addressing system, ICANN, could stop any domain name registrar from processing refunds on more than 10% of its domains in any given month in a new bid to stop domain name tasting.Domain name tasting...
Five Steps to a Data Archive Strategy
News Hardware
Data centres around the world are being tasked with storing ever-greater amounts of digital content. This burgeoning storage requirement drives many data centre managers to recommend that the business increase investment in...
ASUS Xonar D2X 7.1 Channel PCI Express Sound Card
News Software
Sound cards are one of those components that could really make a big difference in a computer's performance, but they are often overlooked during system builds or upgrades. Every motherboard comes with an audio solution built in,...
Zycko : The testing ground for new technologies
News Security
• Zycko presents itself as the original provider of innovative convergent IT solutions; what's behind the lingo? Zycko dedicates resources and energy to knowing the market and we match our clients real...
SanDisk Flash memory SD 2GB - £4.49 + P&P
News Hardware
The SD Card is a highly secure stamp-sized flash memory card which DVD.co.uk is selling for only £4.49 + P&P.The SD Card can be used in a variety of digital products: digital music players, cellular phones,...
Gamers' Dream : Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX GPU for only £59.99 delivered
News Mobile & Telco
Gamers' Dream : Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX GPU for only £59.99 deliveredThis GPU has proven itself many times over by providing a great gaming experience in the latest gamesThe NVIDIA GeForce 7800GTX GPUs supercharge gaming,...
Application as Service 3.0.0.51
News Security
It is an advanced system utility which lets you run any application as Windows 2000/XP/2003 Service. You can easily configure it using its intuitive GUI interface or command line configurator directly from your software. It...
Vista Manager (64-bit) 1.4.6
News Software
It will increase you system speed, improve system security and suit your idea.Vista Manager has the following other editions available: Vista Manager (32-bit).Latest Changes: Privacy Protector updated to v2.0 Service Manager...
