This week, the RSA Security conference is taking place in San Francisco. Just a few things I want to capture: I will be speaking on Thursday morning 8am! Topic of the presentation: “A Journey Through Security...

I was very interested to read that the Royal Bank of Scotland is installing a direct debit and debit card anti-fraud system from Experian that, amongst other things, checks the address of both parties before allowing the...

Reports are coming in that Canada's privacy commissioner is investigating allegations that government human rights investigators tapped into a woman's Internet connection to post unauthorised messages on a white supremacist Web...

In a new report released by European information technology analysis group, Quocirca, organisations that admitted to being frequently hacked, all outsource at least some of their coding practice, with 90 percent outsourcing more...

Tempers are beginning to flare as Yahoo board of directors responded very quickly to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer letter. Expect a more combative Microsoft to emerge from the last round of exchanges with Yahoo fighting for its...

Whether premeditated or not, Bill Gates could have turned the pressure on his own company by pre-announcing the successor of Windows Vista, Seven, for 2009. This directly contradicts an earlier comment from a Microsoft...

Internet pipes could soon be clogged with videos of menthol cokes and yokelish kids if latest expert reports are to be believed. Surge in demand for video services like Youtube and the iPlayer could break the internet, Larry...

HSBC, one of the world's biggest banks, could face an investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) watchdog after it acknowledged having lost a CDROM containing details of 370,000 of its customers. The embarrassing...

Tomorrow, April 8th, marks yet another Microsoft Critical patch update and this time around, even Windows Vista SP1 has not been spared, although it is only a few weeks old. All of Microsoft's recent Operating systems are...

Last week Vodafone announced what their users talk about to their friends in public.   Seems that over a third of 16-24 years old will discuss their sex life in public, and even more talk about their friends’...

Green Data Centres will explore what can, and what is being done to achieve Green Data Centres.Presentations in IT development, latest research and case studies from leading industry professionals.Green IT is becoming a top...

Adopting green criteria as part of the energy purchasing policy is an easy step - wind, wave or solar power does not need to be on site, it can be fed into the grid from anywhere from a ‘green’ energy supplier.  ...

We've published the transcript of the letter Microsoft sent to Yahoo! Board of Directors. Steve Ballmer appears to be handing an ultimatum to Yahoo, after which Microsoft could go nasty. Watch out for Yahoo! share prices. Dear...

A report from Research Analyst Gartner underpins the belief that European IT Budgets will not be affected by the current economic downturn that is spreading across the worlds. A survey of 1000 CIOs (Chief Information Officers)...

Software manufacturer Microsoft has conceded that Windows XP is still in demand and has agreed to continue to sell the popular operating system, albeit in its Home version, only on low cost systems and until 2010. Although some...

It allows synchronization of all computers on the network clocks with Internet time servers or any other local source of synchronization. It allows creation of custom exact time source in corporate network environment...

While Intel has been putting out technology left, right and centre, they have been behind the 8 ball when it comes to introducing technologies that the market has clearly said they wanted. First off, it took Intel up to the 975X...

One definition is that:"[Virtualization is] a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from the way in which other systems, applications, or end users interact with those resources. This...

Dell Inspiron 1501 with 3 years warranty for only £305.85 including VAT and delivery.With it's stylish silver and white exterior, large 15.4 WXGA widescreen display and 3-in-1 memory card reader, Dell's Inspiron 1501...

It might be a good sign for those looking to buy an iPhone soon; T-Mobile, the mobile service provider which has the German iPhone exclusivity license, has cut the price of its iPhone to a mere 99 Euros, that's under £75. ...

The new law will contain a clause threatening jail, but that clause will not be implemented. The two-year jail sentence for people who steal or sell personal information was in the draft of the Criminal Justice and Immigration...

The Regulation, called Rome I, has been revised in ways that satisfy earlier concerns, the Government said in a new consultation paper. The Rome Convention of 1980 currently determines how parties in different countries should...

But experts say that brand holders might try to fight the policy in court. Google has announced the lifting of a ban on one company buying the right to use another's trade mark to trigger its own advert. The move brings the...

Stories of ‘yet another IT security lapse by company X’ are hitting the headlines far too often, each time raising the alarm about how little is being done to protect commercially sensitive data on mobile devices and...

82 per cent of UK businesses believe that poor software testing costs them significant amounts of money, and a third (39 per cent) have had firsthand experience of this in the last two years. Despite a clear appreciation of the...