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Articles Posted on 02 September 2008

BGP exploit potentially catastrophic for the Internet

BGP exploit potentially catastrophic for the Internet

News Security

Interesting to read that a security flaw on t'Internet - demonstrated at last month's Defcon even in Las Vegas - is now being viewed as potentially catastrophic for the Net.According to Jason Lee Miller's column over on Security...


Aussie porn addict priest confesses all

Aussie porn addict priest confesses all

News Security

My thanks to the Daily Telegraph - Aussie edition - for reporting on a pastor (priest) in Sydney who faked terminal cancer to hide the fact that he was addicted to Internet porn.Incredibly, the pastor, who had released a hit song...


Comment : Viviane Reding's reduced roaming rates highlight the need for managed wireless services

Comment : Viviane Reding's reduced roaming rates highlight the need for managed wireless services

News Hardware

The European Union's plans to reduce the cost of roaming rates herald the start of a more transparent, cost-effective European telecoms market, and will benefit companies with an international wireless data network, according to...


11 Reasons Why Firefox Should Really, Really Be Afraid of Google's Chrome

11 Reasons Why Firefox Should Really, Really Be Afraid of Google's Chrome

News Web

Mozilla, the organisation behind Firefox, has openly said that they are not afraid that Google's newly announced Chrome browser in a number of interviews given to various news outlets.The question is not whether they should be...


Why is outsourcing a good option for shrinking product cycles?

Why is outsourcing a good option for shrinking product cycles?

News Security

Not only are product life cycles shrinking, but also with regards to project work, businesses are saying: ‘We want this faster, because the sooner we get it, the sooner we can start to get payback on our investment’....


Internet Addiction Reaches Epidemic Proportions Says 118118 Research

Internet Addiction Reaches Epidemic Proportions Says 118118 Research

News Software

Research carried out by Yougov on behalf of 118118 showed that Brits have become seriously addicted to the Internet and some consider it as their top hobby, rivalling even faiths and religions.The poll, which probed a sample of...


Sony's Electronic Book Reader Gives A Glimpse Of Tomorrow's Publishing Market

Sony's Electronic Book Reader Gives A Glimpse Of Tomorrow's Publishing Market

News Mobile & Telco

Sony's £199 Librie E-ink Reader is set to be sold by Waterstone in its 200 stores nationwide in two days but its impact on the paper-based 560 years old book market could be felt as early as the next decade.The slim, pocket...


Google's Browser Shows Giant's Thinking About Third Way

Google's Browser Shows Giant's Thinking About Third Way

News Software

What do you do when you can't get the toy you want... If you're Google, with deep pockets, you just get a team of super developers to do it for you in record time and shove it down the throat of your rivals so fast, they won't...


Microsoft Buys Shopping Website Ciao To Get A footprint in Consumer Markets

Microsoft Buys Shopping Website Ciao To Get A footprint in Consumer Markets

News Hardware

Microsoft is striving hard to get hold of some breathing space in intensely growing search engine market, currently being ruled by Google Inc., and in the same attempt, the software giant has acquired the European shopping...


Research shows that Email Addresses Affect Amount of Spam Users Receive

Research shows that Email Addresses Affect Amount of Spam Users Receive

News Security

“Are the large volumes of spam mails fuming you up?” Then your username is largely responsible for this, as a recent study has revealed that usernames starting with some key alphabets, such as - A, M, S, R, or, P...


Nokia "Comes with Music" Launched in UK Through Carphone Warehouse

Nokia "Comes with Music" Launched in UK Through Carphone Warehouse

News Consumer

Nokia wants a share of Apple's iTunes market and has launched its new venture called "Comes with Music" through Carphone Warehouse which incidentally is the iPhone's sole independent seller. "Comes with...


Surprise! Google Chrome Browser Poses Serious Threat To Firefox, Internet Explorer

Surprise! Google Chrome Browser Poses Serious Threat To Firefox, Internet Explorer

News Web

Today is The day that Google will launch its brand new Chrome Browser which it presents as a "fresh take" on the whole browser thing, with particular emphasis on Web Applications.Chrome will be a particularly tough...


MSI Cuts Wind Netbook Price, Brings In Linux and Ups Its Specs

MSI Cuts Wind Netbook Price, Brings In Linux and Ups Its Specs

News Hardware

MSI has spruced up its Wind series of notebooks, and bring upon some noteworthy modifications in its designs, to make it more intriguing and purposeful for its users. The new MSI U90 Wind netbook sports 8.9-inch screen display,...


Survey Shows That UK Email Customers Do Not Know That Their Inboxes Are Scanned

Survey Shows That UK Email Customers Do Not Know That Their Inboxes Are Scanned

News Mobile & Telco

Four in every ten UK Email Users are not aware of the fact that their private emails are scanned by their free email service providers, for the sake of discovering specific keywords, for the purpose of targeted advertising, a...


£350 iPhone PAYG To Debut in 14 Days, Comes With 12-month Free Internet

£350 iPhone PAYG To Debut in 14 Days, Comes With 12-month Free Internet

News Hardware

iPhone’s authorised carrier, O2 has finally has shed some light on its much awaited pay-as-you-go (PAYG) plan for selling iPhones in UK, and is scheduled to roll out the plan on 16 September. Under this scheme, 8GB model of...


Future of Web Apps Expo 2008

Future of Web Apps Expo 2008

News Mobile & Telco

Join us in London and learn from the industry's leading and most inspirational experts and entrepreneurs!FOWA Expo brings you a full two days of sessions on the most successful web technologies and business trends of the future...


Executing and controlling projects efficiently take innovation

Executing and controlling projects efficiently take innovation

News Security

Once your project plans are completed and approved, it will continue along parallel tracks of project execution and project control mechanisms. As project execution includes the work needed to create the project deliverables by...

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