Word on the EFTPOS streets is that the UK banks and financial institutions are about turn their backs on the MasterCard Maestro debit card brand.HBOS and HSBC are said to have cut deals with Visa to issue debit cards to replace...

I got asked by the Scotsman newspaper t'other day to comment on the case of the girl whose party was gatecrashed as a result of a `shout out' by Pete Tong on Radio 1 over the weekend.The paper - and later Talk107 radio -...

Profits are up at Vodafone as data sales have finally taken off, though it took the introduction of fixed price mobile broadband.  After all per byte pricing was terrible. Yet now with £15per month giving you 3GB with...

Anandtech says that this product defies categorisation and it was something the team at Trusted Reviews say hello to Asus diminutive laptop, the EEE was truly excited about. Dear Readers, Say hello to Asus' diminutive laptop, the...

Fujitsu Siemens Computers, one of the big tin computer manufacturers, has released a report showing that IT departments could be slashed in size by 50 percent over the next decade and some firms could go as far as reducing the...

A survey carried out for the Information Commissioner's office by ICM has found out that half of the respondents no longer trust the way their personal data is protected by government and other private institutions like banks. ...

A trio of Gartner Analysts have published a document that paves the way to more recognition for the widespread adoption of the iPhone as a corporate tool.According to Gartner, The iPhone will soon be tailored for enterprises and...

Intel-based Ultra Cheap laptops are all other the news and it looks certain now that the semiconductor giant is going to sell these laptops which are set to start at £150 in Europe and the US. Although the OLPC, later...

P2P outfit Limewire plans to replicate the success of Napster as it launches the beta version of its new Limewire Store. Although most of the tracks available are from independent labels and artists, Limewire Store could do...

Microsoft is continuing to build bridges with the open source community as it seeks to collaborate with the Eclipse foundation to build Java applications for Windows Vista. This comes after Microsoft launched a document...

The latest figures from Internet Research Company Comscore show that Google have extended their domination of the US Search market with a rise of 0.7 percentage point to 59.2 percent. Overall though, the search market underwent...

Facebook is preparing to launch its own Instant messaging service, which incidentally is going to compete with independent IM apps out on the market. The fact that it will be integrated within the browser (à la Meebo)...

Data replication provides a continuously updated copy of critical data at a remote site. In the event of a disaster, users are rapidly failed over to the live backup systems at the remote site, minimising data loss and greatly...

Allan Alcorn and Ralph H. Baer - you owe these guysRalph made the first ever home video game. First ever. It was entirely analogue and made up of discrete transistors. He patented it (along with 150 or so other ideas that he...

It is the company’s flagship gaming notebook, and is available in several configurations. Dell has sent us the “lottery winner” configuration, which has every high-end part, feature, and doodad imaginable. With...

Freecom DataBar has always provided the ultimate cost-effective mobile storage solution for people on the go. Play sells it for only £9.99 delivered.Offering capacities up to 8GB we launch our newly designed DataBar...

A video card, also referred to as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It...

Seattle-based Gregory Kopiloff, who made security history last November by becoming the first person to be indicted on peer-2-peer (P2P) identify theft charges, has been sentences to 51 months in prison. The case, says David...

Dell Vostro desktops are built specifically for the unique needs of small businesses and are ready to be customised with the features and software you want.The Vostro 200 Mini Tower is a powerful, secure and reliable desktop...

It's easy to use and offers quick, fast 256-bit encryption secure password management.One 'Master Password' is all that is needed to access all your passwords and personal information.Read the rest of the article here

It will secure your system against internal attacks such as Trojan viruses, malicious software, and external attacks by hackers. With a user-friendly single click interface you can allow or block access to the Internet offering...

Fortify Software says that companies may soon find their computerised telephone switchboard - known as PBXs - hit by a a new wave of security flaws. The news follows on from reports from the MU Security Research Team about...

The author of the popular Civil Serf blog is reported to have confessed to a Government investigating team.The disciplinary action raises questions over what employers should and are allowed to do when employees use new media...

Despite a lot of talk about customer security and information safeguards when the TFL Oyster card was launched a few years back, it seems that all the promises have come to nothing. Latest scuttlebutt suggests that the UK Secret...