Articles Posted on 29 August 2008
Web Piggybackers : How Wireless Home Internet Users Risk Identity Theft
News Security
Millions of households are potentially at risk by unknowingly allowing others to piggyback on their broadband connections for free. Internet Service Providers now commonly provide with free wireless broadband routers which...
Uncovering the ROI of virtualisation (Part 2)
News Hardware
Return on investment (ROI) is all about getting your money’s worth and perhaps more importantly, helping justify future investments. In my last post, I offered some tips on how to effectively implement your...
Philips' Essence LCD TV Packs 42-inch Goodness in 38mm
News Security
It might not be as thin as Sony's newly launched Bravia ZX series but Philips Essence range is not that far behind with a slim 38mm thick frame and a 21mm bezel. The 16.5Kg, 42-inch 42PES001 comes with an external hub which...
UK Border Agency Trials Automated Border Clearance System
News Mobile & Telco
UK Border Agency has unveiled a trial of an automated border control system at Manchester International airport. The system provided by Fujitsu Services in partnership with Vision-Box S A, allows passengers holding...
So what's going on at Best Western?
News Security
Depending on who you talk to and what newswire you read, it could be eight million guests that have had their check-in details nicked. Or just eight at one hotel.But whilst the West Bestern hotel chain piffles around about the...
Free calls with Asterisk software PBXs
News Security
I must confess that I've not seen the point about rigging up a PC as a software-driven PBX using Asterisk software. Until now.It seems that the Gizmo5 (aka Sipphone) service has peering arrangements in place with a stack of VOIP...
Philips Brings Finally Brings Throws Out LCD, Brings in LED with LED LUX
News Security
Dutch Firm Philips has rolled out its next generation 9800 series of LCD TVs, termed LED LUX, employing the LED technology to offer unmatched viewing experience to its users. Tagged as “pure performance”, the new...
Meet Sony's 40-inch KDL-40ZX1 10mm Thick LCD Wireless Screen
News Hardware
“If it is the thinnest, it ought to be Sony”, aligning with the same statement, Sony has unveiled the world’s slimmest LCD TV at IFA in Berlin.The new 40 inch Bravia ZX1 from the house of Sony, is 9.9mm thick,...
Gold'en Rant : Why Did The UK Government Fail To Back Gary McKinnon?
News Security
So Gary McKinnon, the UFO hacker, has lost his final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and will be extradited to President Bushland some time during September. This legal crap makes my blood boil. You can mow down a...
Contactpoint Child Database Faces Unexpected Security-related Delays
News Security
UK government’s ambitious GBP224 million scheme for keeping records of every child under 18, ContactPoint, is facing all sorts of snags in its final application. The scheme was due to be launched in April this year, but...
Toshiba's Regza LCD TV Upscales Pictures Using PS3's Cell Processor
News Software
The recent IFA fair in Berlin seems flooded with some of the hottest gadgets budding in various segments of the electronic industry, and almost all the key electronic players have showed their upcoming masterpieces to its fans,...
Samsung Plans To Rival Apple MacBook Air With Ultra Slim X360
News Hardware
Samsung has also joined the league of slim notebooks, with its all new X360, that by all means would pose stiff competition to Apple and HP in this segment. The company has announced its slimmest laptop, in the guise of new...
Google Maps, GPS and Satnav Killing Off Paper Maps and UK Landmarks
News Mobile & Telco
Just as Mobile Phones have all but killed off the iconic red British Telephone booths, GPS, Google Maps and Satellite Navigation Devices are "destroying thousand of years of history" according to the President of the...
Remote Access - working from outside the office?
News Security
‘VPN’s’, ‘OWA’, ‘TS Session’, phrases you are probably hearing more often then not in our ever evolving mobile society, unfortunately part of this evolution is the increase in associated...
