Articles Posted on 28 April 2008
BT's home hub - well and truly hacked
News Security
There have been rumours swirling around t'Internet for several weeks now, but it seems that a group of hackers have developed a software applications that can decode a BT Home Hub's admin password based on its SSID and other...
Windows XP SP3 coming on Tuesday
News Security
You know, Microsoft kept this one quiet, but it seems that XP Service Pack 3 is being quietly released on the software giant's Web site from Tuesday onwards, with an automatic update following on some time during a May/June...
Visa launches intelligent decisioning down under
News Security
Visa seems to be quietly ramping up its anti-fraud technology and, as usual, is testing the technology in Australia.The latest anti-fraud system out of the gate is something called VRM, short for Visa Rules Manager, an Web-based...
Comment : VMWare proving the doubters wrong. For now
News Hardware
VMWare have released their figures for the first quarter of 2008 and don’t things just look mighty rosy, eh? $438 million revenue, up 69% on Q1 last year, and $48 million income, up a couple of million on 2007. The stock...
Owning Kraken Zombies, a Detailed Dissection
News Security
This blog contains the deep technical dive of a two-part blog series exploring the Kraken botnet. See "Kraken Botnet Infiltration" for more information regarding general statistics and observations of the...
Green data centres? What green data centres?
News Hardware
How refreshing it is to find a survey that recognises that improving data centre energy efficiency is not just about virtualisation or installing the latest, greatest 'green' plant. Data centre efficiency is about much more than...
Apple's iPhone, a pain for Telcos and Retailers?
News Mobile & Telco
iPhone users may love their gadget to bits and bless Apple for inventing such a marvellous product; but Apple's Network partners and retailers may not sing along as the initial euphoria subsides. According to Shaw Wu, one...
Microsoft vulnerability compromised half a million web pages
News Security
Up to 500,000 web pages and thousands of websites including some belonging to the United Nations could have been hacked thanks to a security issue in Microsoft's Web server according to one security firm. The attack started last...
Next Generation iPhone to feature tactile feedback from Immersion
News Hardware
Gaming devices like Joysticks and Gamepads have helped make Feedback or Vibration technology a commonplace feature in the late nineties. Now Online news website Palluxo says that Apple may be in talks with Immersion corporation...
Kraken Botnet Infiltration
News Security
Earlier this month a number of articles surfaced on the research and disagreements with regards to the size and classification of a large bot net named Kraken. At the front line of the debate was SecureWorks and...
Google keeping mum about its Anti Spam strategy
News Security
Online search giant Google was particularly discreet at the Web 2.0 expo in San Francisco over the controversial Spam issue; one of its most popular spokesperson (and one of the most listened too), Matt Cutts gave an insight of...
Holographic storage technology takes to stage with 300GB disks
News Hardware
Holographic technology has sometimes been dubbed hollow-graphic because it has held many promises but has never really filled them, until now that is. InPhase technologies, a Bell Labs spinoff (and protégé), may...
AMD going "Business Class" in push for corporate pockets
News Mobile & Telco
The combination of a strong platform and an adequate, if not less-than-stellar, processor performance, could help AMD crack the SMB market as it launches its new Business Class range. AMD has raised the warranty on the Business...
High Street Darling HMV trialling social networking site
News Hardware
HMV or His Master's Voice, one of the more successful high street, music, books and video retailer, is said to be stealthily trialling a social networking website as it looks to surge ahead of its rivals online. The Telegraph...
Online Retailers cashing on Windows XP last-minute sales
News Software
The various flavours of Windows XP Operating system still rank amongst the best selling software of Amazon and others, clearly showing that there is life in the soon to be retired, venerable OS. It also underpins Microsoft's...
PC Retailers vow to install Windows XP beyond 30th June deadline
News Software
It looks as if some of the world's biggest computer sellers will continue to sell Windows XP even after Microsoft's self-serving, self-imposed deadline of June 30th. HP has already announced that it intends to sell...
Motorola shares fall to their all time low, could be downgraded
News Mobile & Telco
Motorola shares fell sharply after its first quarter results left its investors wondering what could save and revive its cellphone division which has been left battered by the competition. The company's share prices fell to its...
UK Businesses trust their luck when it comes to Disaster Recovery Plan
News Security
A survey carried out by BT Global Services found out that UK businesses generally rely mo on the resilience of their staff, rather than detailed business continuity plan.The research was carried out amongst employees of UK PLCs...
Sky's Murdoch criticises iPlayer, sees it as potent threat
News Software
Observers will find it particularly interesting to hear that James Murdoch, apparent heir to Media Magnate, Rubert Murdoch, openly criticised BBC's iPlayer, saying that it has distorting the competitive landscape. Talking to the...
Srom Scalable Processor Architecture
News Consumer
SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc., an organization established in 1989 to promote the SPARC architecture and to provide conformance testing. SPARC International was intended to open the SPARC...
ASUS GeForce 9800 GX2 review
News Hardware
First released in November 2006 in the form of the still quite capable GeForce 8800 GTX, this then new graphics architecture set an industry benchmark that was not met by ATI until very recently. The biggest problem Nvidia had...
D-Link AirPlus DSL-924 Wireless Router Kit, £24.98 delivered
News Hardware
The D-Link DSL-924 kit includes DSL-G624T wireless ADSL router and DWL-G122 Wireless USB Adapter. The DSL-G624T wireless ADSL router is a versatile, high-speed remote router for home and the small office. With integrated...
BenQ branded Projector, only £199.99 delivered
News Hardware
Newcomer Oyyy.co.uk sells this superb projector for only £199.99 and while its specs is not top of the range, just remember that projector lamps often cost more than that. Styled to impress The elegant design of this...
