Articles Posted on 01 May 2008
Microsoft's secret backdoor into Windows revealed
News Security
I was intrigued to read over on Techspot that Microsoft is helping police in several countries when it comes to giving them access to Windows-driven PCs with security safeguards installed. The story - if it is to be believed -...
Huddersfield, a hotbed of card fraud?
News Security
Judging from reports on the newswires and in the Huddersfield Examiner newspaper (where else -Ed) it seems that a card fraud episode may have taken place in the area. According to the Examiner, a number of cardholders in the area...
Vodafone remove some of the fear of data pricing
News Mobile & Telco
The announcement today by Vodafone of a quadrupling of the data allowance from 120MB to 500MB and eliminating the £7.50 fee is a great saving. If you use mobile data like I do for push email, Skype via Fring and web...
Innovative site developers to blame for the current crop of SQL Web server attacks
News Security
Security firm Fortify Software reports that this week's reports of a rash of SQL attacks on Web sites should make software developers sit up and take notice. "Newswire reports suggest that hundreds of thousands of Web site...
Youtube needs to bring in more money says Google's CEO
News Security
Youtube is certainly Google's second biggest crowd puller after Google's own search engine technology but it has yet to bring in a significant amount of revenue. So the priority of Google for 2008 according to Google's top brass...
Sony Ericsson brings Java and Flash through Capuchin
News Software
Capuchin (as in the hooded cloak for women) is Sony Ericsson's attempt to combine Java and Flash lite on a new platform as the company wants to offer a new toy to the developer's community. In a statement, the company said,...
Yahoo to battle Skype in bid to conquer VoIP market
News Security
Yahoo and Skype are on a collision course as the former announces a brand new version of its Yahoo messenger instant messaging client with voice capabilities, which runs specifically on Windows Vista. The beta application uses...
HP boffins design Memristor device; could replace DRAM technology one day
News Hardware
HP Labs engineers led by Stanley Williams have build a prototype that some have already said could one day replace the DRAM technology which currently powers our computers. It took nearly 40 years for researchers to find this...
BT rolls out 21CN to ISPs as telco pledges 24mbps speed for all
News Hardware
BT is now signing up new ISPs to its brand new and shining 21st Century (21CN) next generation, faster broadband network which promises speeds of up to 24mbps. This will initially be limited to one million households across UK...
Ebay shots itself in the foot by suing Craiglist over Kijiji
News Software
Ebay made public why it chose to sue Craiglist in a Delaware court last week; in a strange move, the auction company decided to become aggressive towards a company in which Ebay has a substantial share. Back in August 2004, Ebay...
Radiohead abandons idea of In Rainbows free follow-up
News Hardware
Radiohead's in Rainbows freebie experience won't be re-enacted according to the band; no more free music from these guys, folks. Back in October 2007, the band sold at least 1.2 million copies of their album without going...
Storage virtualization
News Hardware
The term is today used to describe this abstraction at any layer in the storage software and hardware stack. Address space remappingVirtualization of storage helps achieve location independence by abstracting the physical...
ASUS Eee PC
News Software
All of the models use a solid-state hard drive, and the main difference between the various configurations is the size of the drive, the allotment of RAM, size of the battery and the presence of a webcam. The base model features...
Microhoo saga not over yet as Microsoft pushes price to $33 per Yahoo share
News Security
Microsoft's board agreed to disagree following the Monday deadline for Yahoo to accept their offer to purchase the Search engine company at $29.12 in their original cash-and-stock offer. The Wall Street Journal reports that...
Macro Scheduler Automation Tool 10.023
News Security
Perform complex tasks with a single mouse click, or schedule your computer to perform tasks while you are away. Power users will appreciate the ability of the Pro version to compile scripts into standalone EXE files which can be...
UK Government wants to get all citizens online; sets agenda
News Security
The minister for digital inclusion (and arguably against exclusion), Paul Murphy, told the National Digital Inclusion conference, possibly another Quango, that efforts have to be made to get all UK citizens online. "We came...
Disaster Recovery; you'll never know until you need it
News Hardware
The wider adoption of Disaster Recovery (DR) plans is a marked improvement in companies’ ability to withstand the troubles of our times. However, there are still vulnerabilities that need to be addressed if, as we should,...
The ZyXEL NBG318S, only £47.76 delivered
News Hardware
This Super G+ 125Mbps Wireless Cable Router with in-built PowerLine HomePlug AV 200Mbps means the NBG318S is perfect for fast & reliable online gaming and streaming high definition movies & music around the home. Ideal...
Dell PowerEdge T105 AMD Dual Core CPU, £99
News Hardware
The slim and quiet AMD-based T105 is ideal as a first server and versatile enough for most work environments The stand-alone, AMD-based Dell PowerEdge T105 1-socket tower server offers simplified server computing for small...
