Articles Posted on 16 June 2008
Most data breaches caused by outsiders, study finds
News Security
US telecoms company Verizon has studied the forensic reports of data breaches covering the last four years to uncover trends in corporate data loss. It found that 73% of company data loss incidents were caused by external...
iPhone 3G - PAYG is the way to go for a better deal...
News Security
Like many peeps, I've been seriously weighing up whether to trade in my iTouch for the soon-to-ship iPhone 3G but have decided against it for a number of reasons.Rubbish entry-level tariffs for one thing, and then also the fact...
Chip & PIN - who needs a PIN for a £25.00 transaction?
News Security
Popped into Austin Reed at Sheffield Meadowhall on Friday evening for a spot of retail therapy and tried to buy a Gant designer polo shirt reduced from £60.00 to just £25.00.My kind of price -Ed.Unfortunately for me,...
EU Internet Watchdog Will Live Till 2012 says EC
News Security
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) was supposed to be dismantled in 2009 but due to the current security situation, the European parliament is set to to extend its life expectancy by another three...
Decrypting The Lingo Behind VoIP
News Hardware
VOIP this, VOIP that, what is VOIP? If you’re like me you’ve probably heard VOIP more then once recently, it is fast becoming one of the wider spread technological crazes sweeping around the world. VOIP is but one of...
Sony Set To Release Gaming Phone with Wii-like Features
News Consumer
Sony's newest F305 mobile phone is on track to be released tomorrow and will be the first Sony Ericsson phone to feature Motion controlled gaming in an unashamed dig at Nintendo's popular Wii control features. According to the...
Teens' iPod Contains 800 Pirated Sound Tracks
News Consumer
Teenagers, Students and generally music addicts that are a bit skint and short on cash have on average 800 illegally copied songs on their iPods according to a survey carried out by the University of Hertfordshire. The results...
Laptop Theft Triggers Embarassing Statement From UK Police Force
News Security
A laptop, which belonged to deputy chieft constable fo Avon and Somerset Rob Beckley, was stolen from a car in London; that would be a fairly minor incident had it not been the fact DCC Beckley has access to sensitive...
World's First Phone Projector Copies iPhone Interface
News Hardware
It is a candy bar phone that looks tame and uninspiring... However, this ChinaKing phone hides a projector that can display a 30-inch display for two hours without a charge. Granted that the images will appear pixelated - the...
Mobile Operators Scramble To Meet EU Data Cap Deadline
News Security
Viviane Reding, The European Telecom Commissioner, is mulling plans to reduce the cost of sending and receiving texts and data files when roaming in the European union and reiterated the deadline of July 1st 2008, only two weeks...
Survey reveals that Mobile Phone Threaten Desk Phones in Businesses
News Software
A street poll of over 200 London Workers carried out by Mobile Telephony company GoHello showed that nearly 90 per cent would choose mobile phones as their preferred choice of phone for business use. With over half of respondents...
EU Telecom Head Could Say Yes To Incoming Call Charges
News Security
Viviane Reding has signalled the beginning of the end for free mobile calls as she appears to be ready to make concessions for cheaper data charges and allow companies to charge users for receiving calls. In an interview to the...
Contactless Payment Is Next Big Thing Says APACS
News Business & Government
Mobile phones could be the next hotbed for electronic payment says the Association of Payment Clearing Services (APACS); on top of being used by the user to make online payments, mobile phones could also act as contactless credit...
OWASP
News Security
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open-source application security project. The OWASP community includes This community works to create freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and...
National Express Frees Wireless Internet At York Station
News Hardware
Free Wireless Internet Access is coming to York Station courtesy of Train Operator, National Express East Coast and thanks to CityScape and Icomera. By logging onto the network identified by the SSID "nxecwifi_YORK",...
Virgin sends file-sharing warnings to customers
News Security
The BPI and other content producers' lobby groups and the Government have urged internet service providers (ISPs) to operate a 'three strikes and you're out' policy to cut off internet access from people found to be engaging in...
Lords warn Government on passenger data isolation
News Security
The House of Lords European Union Committee has said that the UK Government's desire to see passenger name record (PNR) data used for all serious crime and extended beyond just air travel could force it outside an EU-wide...
Network Inventory Reporter 1.22
News Security
Network Inventory Reporter is an administrator solution management software that collects and reports network hardware, software, program groups, and programs for all network computers. Network administrators can inventory the...
O2 Partners With BT Over iPhone Hotspots Access
News Mobile & Telco
iPhone - new and old - will get access to BT OpenZone hotspots as well as The Cloud ones from the 11th of July; this will bring the number of WiFi hotspots available to iPhone users to more than 9,000 across UK. As part of their...
Zango odds and ends
News Security
And in other news, blog reader Andrew was kind enough to send me a link to a website (watchsouthparkonlineepisodes com) pushing Zango, under the auspices of being able to watch South Park episodes for free (this looks to be a...
Canon PIXMA MX850 All-In-One Printer
News Hardware
Having the PIXMA MX850 on the desktop not only saves space with so much functionality in a single device (51x482x258mm, 13.9kg), it also adds to the look of the office with its contemporary design.Unlike the flagship...
MySpace Goes In For A Sleek Web 2.0esque Makeover
News Security
MySpace has made an announcement to give a face-lift to its website and has also promised to introduce improved set of features.The set of top-line navigation tools will be cut down to five, and the rest of the tabs will be...
EMail Notifier 1.0.04
News Security
EMail Notifier is a very simple pop3 email notifier. You just have to start the program, configure your user account and you are done! Clean and funny interface. Stop running your email client all the time that takes up resources...
Specialist Publisher introduces “Golden Rules” On Online Etiquettes
News Security
Etiquette Guide Publisher Debrett's published a guide for “sociable social networking” that offers suggestions on everything ranging from posting photographs to “poking” and expunging someone from your...
