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Articles Posted on 10 July 2008

Card issuers quietly getting paranoid on international transactions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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