Articles Posted on 13 August 2008
Court injunction to silence MIT students misfires
News Security
I nearly laughed my socks off after reading that a group of MIT students - who were due to reveal all about the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority's smart card system inadequacies at last weekend's Defcon event - have seen...
Visa changes the shadow authorisation system at US gas stations
News Security
Bowing to pressure from debit card punters in the US, Visa seems to have pulled a rabbit out of the hat and has changed its shadow authorisation procedures at fuel stations across North America.As previously reported, Visa debit...
The Great Virtualisation Secret
News Hardware
Following the releases of Microsoft Windows 2008 Hyper-V and VMWare there has been a lot of discussion as to who will win the virtualisation war. Both these offerings have taken virtualisation to a new level by offering systems...
Could Ultra Cheap Ultra Portable Netbooks Kill The Tech Industry?
News Software
The tiny, cute little laptops of which the Asus EEE PC is the icon, have heralded a new era but could possibly be a poison pill for the traditional tech industry, something that AMD and Sony have been vocal about. The tech...
Lenovo's Desktop Replacement Thinkpad W700 Get 2-megapixel screen, onboard tablet
News Mobile & Telco
The Lenovo T700 might not be the first quad core laptop around, but it is certainly one of the most powerful portable workstations around and the first to incorporate a digitizing tablet from Wacom. The laptop, which has been...
Dell Latitude Refresh Spearheaded by 19-hour Battery Life Laptop
News Software
Dell has overhauled its popular Latitude range in a bid to fend off rivals like Apple or HP as it looks to consolidate its position as the biggest business laptop vendor. The Austin-based company has unveiled a new site as well...
90 Percent of Servers Virtualised by 2011 says Red Hat VP
News Software
Entreprise Open Source Darling, Red Hat, has unveiled more details about its forthcoming products and services in the Virtualisation segment and looks quite bullish about the future of Corporate Open Source. In a long interview...
Misco Expo 2008
News Mobile & Telco
We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Misco Expo 2008. Now in it’s fourth year, we are building on the success of our previous Expo and this year’s show is shaping up to be the biggest and most exciting event...
Touchscreen Atila Is Motorola's Answer To Apple's iPhone
News Mobile & Telco
After its Alexander phone leaked on the interweb, another one just popped up with a moniker that's bound to Impress; Atila. This touchscreen keyboard-less smartphone should come with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS and has...
Internet Complements TV As UK Audience Spend One Day Per Week In front of Telly
News Consumer
As per a recent survey, Internet TV fails to affect the traditional TV viewing in UK, despite its much-touted popularity in past few years.A survey conducted by TV marketing firm, Thinkbox, revealed that various broadband TV...
Scientists Envisage Robots' Golden Age In 75 Years' Time
News Hardware
Few weeks after introducing Heart Robot, UK scientists have purported that 75 years from now Robots will be taking the charge of controlling the society. A leading Robotics professor from Sheffield University, Noel Sharkey, has...
Snooping Doubles As Councils Are Encouraged To Spy More
News Security
As per a recent parliamentary report, government’s requests for spying private communications, has been doubled during the past one year. The Interception of Communications Commissioner, Paul Kennedy, has reported that the...
Virtualization Specialist Introduces Power Saving Features For CPU Servers
News Hardware
Virtual Iron has introduced its latest version of server virtualization platform, Virtual Iron 4.4, which is said to reduce the power consumption to a great extent. Virtual Iron has integrated a new feature, named...
Uncovering the ROI of virtualisation
News Hardware
Some customers who implement virtualisation solutions are not realising the ROI that they originally anticipated, and in many ways they are finding management of their virtualised environment more complex than they originally...
Government and Councils To Get Snooping Rights To Access Private Emails and Texts
News Security
The Home Office is considering plans to coerce Internet Service Providers to keep web traffic and email data for a minimum of 12 months in a bid to crack down on serious crime and terrorism. The plan, which will also see...
Western Digital Elements 1TB USB2.0 External Hard Drive, £89.99 delivered
News Hardware
Plain, simple, reliable add-on storage. This external 1TB 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. - Easy to Use - Just plug it...
Will S60 make an impact in China?
News Mobile & Telco
Tying in with the Olympics, Digia have announced that they have ported the S60 platform to operate with China’s TD-SCDMA 3G network. In theory this will enable the Symbian Foundation to access China’s rapidly...
Keyboard
News Mobile & Telco
In computing, a keyboard is an input device partially modelled after the typewriter keyboard. Physically, a keyboard is an arrangement of buttons, or keys. A keyboard typically has characters engraved or printed on the keys; in...
Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, £1338.99`
News Hardware
The latest Intel processor, a bigger hard drive, plenty of memory and even more new features all fit inside just one liberating inch. The new MacBook Pro has the performance, power and connectivity of a desktop computer....
