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Articles Posted on 11 August 2008

Hot property in Russia - the iPhone

Hot property in Russia - the iPhone

News Security

It seems that people in Russia are no longer asking their Western colleagues to bring branded jeans, rock CDs and other items of decadence with them on their visits - the hot property is, now, according to Fox News, the Apple...


EFF to appeal over Defcon subway presentation legal block

EFF to appeal over Defcon subway presentation legal block

News Security

Quite interested to read over the weekend that the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is to appeal an injunction against its planned Defcon convention presentation late last week, which would have published "detailed...


Steve Jobs Confirms App Store Kill Switch, 60 Million Apps barrier shattered

Steve Jobs Confirms App Store Kill Switch, 60 Million Apps barrier shattered

News Mobile & Telco

The Wall Street Journal bestowed a few interesting tid-bits about the success of Apple's iPhone App Store which is a virtual marketplace for iPhone-only applications Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, confirmed that Apple has been...


Russia Takes To Cyberspace in War Against Georgia

Russia Takes To Cyberspace in War Against Georgia

News Security

The ex Soviet republic of Georgia has accused its former ruler, Russia, of launching an all-out attack on the country's most important web properties including its government websites. In a scenario that looks chillingly similar...


Oracle Introduces Virtual Machine Templates To Speed Up Deployment

Oracle Introduces Virtual Machine Templates To Speed Up Deployment

News Hardware

Last week's Linuxworld saw the launch of oracle's Virtual Machine Templating technology which a time-saving approach to deploying a fully configured software stack. This provides pre-installed and pre-configured images of...


Jointech's £50 Windows Laptop Copies Asus EEE PC notebook

Jointech's £50 Windows Laptop Copies Asus EEE PC notebook

News Software

£50 is the right price for a laptop according to Hongkong base Jointech as it prepares to release the JL7100 for USD 99; however, price is not its only highlight. The JL7100 also comes loaded with Windows CE 5.0 operating...


Video of Android Powered HTC Dream Appears on Youtube

Video of Android Powered HTC Dream Appears on Youtube

News Hardware

A video has been posted on Google's owned Youtube which apparently shows the forthcoming HTC (High Tech Computer) Dream which has been pre-announced in November last year. The 42 second video is quite blurry and appears to be out...


Beware of Facebook's Jester Malware Warns Security Firm

Beware of Facebook's Jester Malware Warns Security Firm

News Security

Users of popular social networking website Facebook are facing yet another malware attack as security firm Sophos exposed video downloads message as potential vectors of infection. The video prompt pops on the user's Facebook...


BBC Apologies Profusely Over Loss Of Children's Personal Data

BBC Apologies Profusely Over Loss Of Children's Personal Data

News Security

The loss of a tiny memory stick forced the BBC to issue an embarrassing apology to 250 children whose personal details were on the storage device. The group was part of a food programme, called Gastronauts, and aimed at young...


New rogue security product: Internet-antivirus

New rogue security product: Internet-antivirus

News Security

Typical fake scan page (and notice the fake system tray message, actually in the browser). Almost non-existent detection by existing antivirus engines on this one…Supporting sites: ia-scanner comia-license com...


Information design

Information design

News Hardware

Information design has been defined as the art and science of preparing information so that it can be used by human beings with efficiency and effectiveness. Information design has its origins as a subset of, or synonym for...


Google's Billon Dollar Stake In AOL Loses Value

Google's Billon Dollar Stake In AOL Loses Value

News Security

Google struck what appears to be a sensible deal back in 2006 when it purchased a 5 percent stake in AOL for one billion dollar valuing ISP and content publisher AOL at USD 20 billion. Now in a filing with the SEC, Google has...


Information architecture (IA)

Information architecture (IA)

News Hardware

It is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, web development, user interactions, database...


New iPods and Macbooks To Appear In September Posits Analyst

New iPods and Macbooks To Appear In September Posits Analyst

News Hardware

Rumour mills are agog with speculation that Apple’s is preparing to unveil a new product this fall. Apple is to remodel its iPod line, and to bring upon modifications in its notebook series MacBook and MacBook Pro, an...


Teenager gets damages reduced after copyright ignorance claim

Teenager gets damages reduced after copyright ignorance claim

News Security

A 16-year-old girl has successfully argued that she was too young to understand that her copyright-infringing downloading of music was unlawful. A US court said she will only have to pay $200 per song downloaded instead of the...


Sony Ericsson's Mid-range T700 Phone Ups Camera Resolution, Targets Fashionistas

Sony Ericsson's Mid-range T700 Phone Ups Camera Resolution, Targets Fashionistas

News Mobile & Telco

Sony is all set to roll out its trendy mobile handset, T700, for UK market, somewhere in the first quarter of the next year, replacing the T610. Unsurprisingly, T700 is 10 mm thin, and comes with a 3.0 megapixel camera and...


Apple Patent Reveals Future Remote iTunes Application

Apple Patent Reveals Future Remote iTunes Application

News Mobile & Telco

Apple has filed a patent application for a way that will facilitate content streaming to its iTunes applications remotely. This move would allow its users to access their video and audio contents anywhere using internet; as of...


Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 Smartphone Lands in UK; Available At A Price

Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 Smartphone Lands in UK; Available At A Price

News Mobile & Telco

UK customers can now order the fully loaded Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson, on a pre pay basis, and the phone will be delivered free on launch day.The chunky slider phone from Sony has all the ingredients to entice mobile freaks;...


Nikon's new P6000 Marks Debut of Photo Geo-Tagging Onboard

Nikon's new P6000 Marks Debut of Photo Geo-Tagging Onboard

News Hardware

Nikon has launched the successor to its P5000 camera in form of P6000The new 13.5 megapixel snapper consists of built-in GPS, which help its users in locating the place where the photograph was actually taken, through Geo-tagging...


Desktop security does not equal data security

Desktop security does not equal data security

News Security

I tend to associate Consumer Reports more with great consumer product reviews that include nice Harvey Ball charts than I do with security stats.  But this month's issue includes their annual State of the Net survey with...


Business Continuity Commitment – Top Down, Bottom Up!

Business Continuity Commitment – Top Down, Bottom Up!

News Hardware

There are two things that are almost guaranteed to scupper the business continuity Planning process from the outset. The first is a lack of senior management commitment. The second is a lack of commitment from the business users....


Samsung SyncMaster 2253BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor, £149.99 delivered

Samsung SyncMaster 2253BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor, £149.99 delivered

News Hardware

Deeper dark tones and brighter light tones are achieved by the 8000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, creating lifelike images with precision and clarity. Images are displayed with an intensity that enhances both enjoyment and emotional...


Apple Certified Refurbished MacBook Air, £999

Apple Certified Refurbished MacBook Air, £999

News Hardware

MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of...

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