Articles Posted on 16 April 2008
Another Great Dell Vostro 400 deal D044018, £363.08 delivered
News Hardware
A sublime PC package from Dell with free delivery thrown in for good measure; note that there are two 160GB Hard disk drives.Dell Vostro desktops are built specifically for the unique needs of small businesses and are ready to be...
Acer Aspire 5720 Z : Exceptional Laptop at only £289.99
News Software
The new Aspire 5720 Series is a clear example of Acer's new Gemstone design philosophy and is the choice for consumers that are looking for state-of-the-art technology and multimedia features. Complete with the fantastic...
Chinese hacker reveals all
News Security
Interesting to read over on an Indian newswire site that a Chinese hacker has spilled the beans over the concerted Internet attack taking place against a number of Indian government computer systems this past week or...
eBay - not the police - assist dealer in tracking down stolen car
News Security
I was amused to read in a local paper earlier this week about a car dealer who turned detective in trying to track down a hatchback that he had sold to a punter waving a forged banker's draft for £1,100.Martin Hickey, of...
Government cyber security body funds new research into leading crime and security threats
News Security
The Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) has announced that it will provide with two new sources of funding for research projects that will investigate, explain, and propose solutions to some of the principal causes of...
Overwhelming majority of PC users feel unsafe when surfing online
News Security
Only 8% of consumers in the UK feel perfectly safe using their computer at home according to the latest research from Point Topic. Concerns over data theft and covert online monitoring may have dominated the headlines recently...
Where to begin with Deduplication
News Hardware
De-duplication in itself is easy to understand – optimised storage capacity usage by eliminating duplicated data. However the devil is in understanding the different technologies, techniques and implementations in the...
Data Loss Report shows carelessness of London Councils
News Security
Half of London Councils have admitted being more than a bit careless after a BBC radio show report uncovered what looks to be an information management shamble. Donal McIntyre, the investigative Journalist who presented the...
UK Broadband is still ripe for rip-off as faster packages get slower speeds
News Hardware
Research conducted by broadband-only comparison website, Broadband-expert.co.uk, found out that the higher the speeds advertised, the lower the actual connection speeds in term of overall percentage. The survey, carried out...
Chocolate, the secret weapon to siphon passwords
News Security
A survey by Infosecurity Europe of 576 office workers have found that women far more likely to give away their passwords to total strangers than their male counterparts, with 45% of women versus 10% of men prepared to give away...
BBC shows interest in iPlayer PS3 Hacker project
News Hardware
Anthony Rose, BBC's Head of Digital Media Technology, Future Media & Technology, wrote on the BBC Internet blog that he has been impressed by the amount of job that someone who single-handed managed to make the iPlayer...
Windows XP SP3 countdown starts; only 2 weeks to go
News Security
While Microsoft's focus is on Windows Vista, it is easy to forget that the majority of Windows-based computers are running on Windows XP; the final version of its third service pack, also known as SP3 is expected to be released...
Truphone growing its coverage
News Hardware
From a niche, but vocal, provider of cheap calls over WiFi & 3G, Truphone is developing into a proper virtual mobile operator. It’s recent purchase of SIM4Travel complements Truphone’s original dependence on...
Bigger Asus EEE PC Laptop announced with 20GB SSD and multi-touch touchpad
News Software
Six months after the initial Asus EEE was released, Asus is getting ready to release its successor; the EEE PC 900 laptop sports some really great features but will come at a price - £329 including VAT. Two versions of the...
8GB iPhone prices slashed; now cheaper than the iTouch
News Hardware
As reported yesterday, O2 and Carphone Warehouse have cut the price of their 8GB iPhone to £169 but the 16GB model is still available for £329 with the 8GB iTouch for more than £180. The £100 reduction is...
Carphone Warehouse results underline telecom sector weakness
News Mobile & Telco
Stocks of Carphone Warehouse, the biggest independent mobile retailer and one of UK's biggest broadband provider, have fallen sharply after disappointing results hit both its broadband connection scheme and its core mobile...
Scottish boffins promise 100-million songs iPod
News Hardware
Fresh on the steps of IBM's RaceTrack, a team of Scottish Nanotechnology scientists have claimed that they can cram up to 500 Terabyte worth of data onto one square inch; that's 160,000 more than the 3.3GB current limit . The...
US courts erode protections for online publishers
News Security
The rulings could undermine protections from liability for user-posted material previously enjoyed by publishers. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) has been taken to mean that a content publisher cannot be held...
Network virtualization
News Hardware
In computing, network virtualization is the process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity, a virtual networkNetwork virtualization...
Campus Calisthenics
News Consumer
Today was our final day on the Microsoft Campus. Yesterday I carefully scoped out the best place to sit on the bus for photographs and today I took some. Driving past the bay The view down the roadThe road is interesting,...
Elcomsoft Password Cracker goes Ballistic; worries security experts
News Security
Back in October 2007, Elcomsoft, a Russian company which specialises in Password Breaking, came up with a technique that allows powerful Nvidia Graphic Processor Units to be used to uncover passwords in record time.Now, they have...
People still give passwords for chocolate
News Security
Now, considering chocolate in Europe is about 100x better than American chocolate, this may come as no surprise:Hmmm… if I give her my password, I’ll get chocolate… but maybe a phone number too…A survey...
PC Tools slams "top threat" lists
News Security
The problem, according to the Australian company, is that the lists -- which are now regularly issued by almost every security software company -- measure volumes rather than the underlying danger of a particular type of malware....
Rally Your Data!
News Hardware
The capacities of today's flash drives allow us to carry many gigabytes of personal data, so the write performance must also increase to fill the drive in a timely manner. It was only two years ago when a good flash drive...
Asus Maximus Extreme
News Software
An example is the company's "Extreme" series of enhanced motherboards, which are water cooling ready and offer additional BIOS/overclocking tweaks compared to the normal models. We have in our labs the new Asus Maximus...
