Articles Posted on 10 July 2008
Card issuers quietly getting paranoid on international transactions
News Security
I'm indebted to Scotland on Sunday for reporting on the fact that large numbers of cardholders are finding their cards being zonked out of commission (that's a technical term -Ed) when they travel into Europe.According to the...
BT Openzone - more coverage than you might think
News Security
I'm indebted to Dave Hughes, the director of BT Wireless Broadband, for putting me right in my rant about BT Openzone the other week, in which I sl*gged off the public WiFi operator for its coverage (or rather lack of) in Brum...
Western Digital Elements 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive - £52.79 Free Delivery
News Hardware
Plain, simple, reliable add-on storage. This external USB 2.0 drive is preformatted for immediate use. Simply plug it in to a USB port and you’ve got instant storage your PC or Macintosh. Key Features: - High-speed...
Western Digital My Book Passport Essential 250GB USB Portable Hard Drive - Intense Blue, £59.70 delivered
News Hardware
Carry your music, video, and photos in style with Western Digital's My Passport Essential Portable Drive. It offers you big capacity in a small elegant design. This portable drive will be ideal for storing or backing up your...
Critical Bug Threatens to Bring Down Internet Globally
News Security
The largest security update in the history of internet is taking place following the discovery of a major flaw in the internet. Dan Kaminsky, a director at IOActive, an American computer security firm has found what can be...
Facebook Replaces Sun On the Beach As Brits Want Internet Everywhere
News Hardware
According to a new survey by YouGov and T-Mobile, Britons want to access internet even at places of relaxation like the beach, the pub and even the backyard.The previous survey suggested that only 3 percent of workers wanted...
Microsoft Releases July Edition Of Security Updates, Tackles Nine Vulnerabilities
News Security
Microsoft has issued its monthly security patch for July, citing only four vulnerabilities as ‘important’, and none of them are listed as ‘critical’. The patch didn’t provide any fix for its...
Getty Inks Lucrative Deal With Photography site Flickr
News Web
Yahoo’s media-sharing site, Flickr, struck a deal with one of the world’s leading photo library companies, Getty Images, allowing the latter to sell photos of Flickr users through its website. The move will also be...
The last 24 Hours : First Apple 3G iPhones Reviews Are In
News Consumer
The first reviews for the iPhones are in as well as what appears to be the first unofficial, apparently original picture of an unboxed iPhone 3G complete with a obscure piece of metal which looks like a ... SIM ejector... Three...
Airlines take it to the streets
News Security
First, it’s pretty gutsy for the companies to do this, and secondly, it’s a good example of corporations pushing grass-roots activism through online methods.Major airlines are now lobbying their own customers to get...
Microsoft Undercuts Partners, Offers Host Exchange and Sharepoint for GBP18 per annum
News Business & Government
Microsoft's plans to offer hosted implementations of Sharepoint and Exchange as well as CRM directly to its customers without going through partners were confirmed by the software company at the Annual SMB conference in Redmond. ...
Visual Importer Enterprise 7.5.17
News Security
Edit SQL scripts and import data into Oracle, SQL Server, and ODBC databasesVisual Importer Enterprise automates the process of loading data into any database. It enables the user to design Import, Export and SQL scripts, add...
Nominet changes fail to cut primary cost of domain name dispute, says expert
News Security
Nominet has published the policy changes that have resulted from two consultations. One of the main changes allows undisputed cases to be settled in a summary judgment with a reduced fee."In cases where there is no response,...
Samsung Introduces Affordable 128GB SSD Disks, Plans Cheapo 256GB soon
News Hardware
Shortly after OCZ introduced a 128GB Solid State Drive for under £250, Samsung is now readying an entry level, low cost 128GB SSDs based on multi-level cell technology. While this would certainly reduce the price of SSDs,...
Sendblaster Free Edition
News Security
The best bulk email sender and mailing list management Its so user-friendly that you can launch your email marketing campaign in minutes: create a newsletter, select a mailing list and start its fast mass emailing engine...
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3870 Showcase
News Hardware
Throughout most of the 1990s, Diamond Multimedia was one of the major players in the graphics card world Their well made cards with solid performance resulted in some of the most well known brand names of the time including the...
Security Firm Aims At Preventing Secret Shadow Surfing In Schools
News Security
Internet security specialist SmoothWall is set to launch the latest version of the School Guardian web filter to help schools counter ‘Shadow Surfing’ next week. The product incorporates support for blocking...
Survey Says Lack of IT Funding in Schools Could Leave Students Unfit For Tech Jobs
News Security
VAR Distributor Man and Machine Limited unveiled results of a survey it carried out that sends a stark warning to the Government – increase the budget for IT technology in schools or starve students of a brighter future. ...
Microsoft Launches Marketing Blitz, pumps £100 million In Marketing Money to Improve Perception of Vista
News Software
Microsoft has debut a number of small but significant moves in order to get more Vista Operating system out of Redmond's factory and improve the way people perceive the company. It unveiled a new marketing campaign geared...
Japan Cert technical director discusses FIRST 2009
News Security
Why should I come to the FIRST 2009 Conference? I hear it’s in Kyoto in Japan - what kind of food can I get? Will I need to eat Sushi? Are there any strange customs I should be aware of? ...
European Project Managers Lose Nearly 12 hours Per Week
News Web
Our study on The Value of an Hour revealed that European project managers and teams are losing approximately 11.9 hours per week due to inefficient management of information, ineffective meetings, poor communications, inept...
Recovery when disaster strikes
News Security
In this year’s 2008 FIRST security conference, keynote speaker, Microsoft's George Stathakpolous showed us some statistics which indicated that Japan had the least amount of malware infections in the world by a huge order...
iPhone 3G marketing disruption kicks in
News Hardware
Trust Apple competitors to try to rain on the iPhone 3G devotees waiting patiently in line. I suppose they are getting their own back for taking away the industries kudos at MWC 2008. Whilst Nokia are keeping a low profile,...
Choosing the Right IT Solution For Your Company : A Huge Challenge
News Software
More firms are turning to automation for a variety of their operational and compliance functions to meet today's fast-paced business and regulatory requirements. The private equity industry for instance, uses technology to free...
