I'm indebted to the NZ Stuff site for reporting on a hoax email causing more than a little grief in New Zealand.Apparently, a rogue email is being fired off to unsuspecting kiwis who are offered a free laptop, provided they...

There's an interesting card fraud taking place in India, where - if the newswires are to be believed - a group of hackers have developed a card cloning technique that also makes the EFTPOS machine being used for a transaction go...

Sony has rolled out its new HSDPA supported handset, G705 that offers Wi-Fi connectivity to its users, to help them stay connected while on the move. Flaunted with a 2.4-inch wide screen display, the device offers a variety of...

UK businesses have turned out to be the most rigid ones across entire Europe, when it comes to using social networking websites at work with as many as 35 percent of the UK bosses forbidding their employees from using the social...

Google has agreed to cut the transitory period it takes before anonymising IP addresses of anyone who use the search engine's website, from 18 months to a more manageable 9 months. The move which comes a few days after it...

Ubuntu will introduce Jaunty Jackalope in April 2009 according to Mark Shuttleworth, the guy behind the Ubuntu Environment (and Canonical as well); JJ will be the following release after October's Intrepid Ibex and will be the...

To many, Sony's Walkman is synonymous with the sound of music and it is not surprising that rumours have surfaced about Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd apparent interest in launching an unlimited music download service...

As this evening Apple's Let's Rock Event approaches, more pictures of what appears to be iPod 4G Nano models have surfaced, this time around at a little known online shopping website. iPod case manufacturer Jivo has started to...

A couple of months back, a consortium of UK scientists called for saving UK’s computing heritage site, Bletchley Park that serves as a testimony for the mankind’s first ever programmable computers. The appeal has...

Unlike large enterprise organisations, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) face multiple security threats with often limited resources to protect assets, data and customer information. WatchGuard Technologies' research counts...

The iPhone has been a success story all the way since it was launched in the UK and O2 has been particularly keen to get businesses to subscribe to the iPhonemania and take on lucrative 24-month contracts across the board. Now,...

Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a...

Nokia is rumoured to be launching the 5800 Tube in October with their new touch UI based on Symbian Series 60.  From the little seen via YouTube and the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Nokia’s new UI is...

The latest data loss fiasco - involving a disk containing the personal details of around 5,000 Ministry of Justice staff going missing - highlights the need for European Union controls on data security to be implemented across...

The Elitebook 6930p is what HP claims is the first laptop that can last a full 24 hours on a single charge, nearly six times more than your average laptop, while offering similar or better performance than the competition. ...

Hurricane Gustav, Hanna, Ike and Josephine all threaten aviation; this is how the Florida hurricane-response unit gets damaged commercial airports up and running When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans in August 2005,...

Online banking and many other forms of secure Internet application rely upon secure communication. Since the Internet is a public network, sensitive information such as credit card numbers and banking information must be...

Sony has unleashed its all new range of smart earphones for UK market, mainly targeted towards Brits with a sporty lifestyle. The company has introduced a couple of Bluetooth headsets, namely, DR-BT160AS and DR-BT14Q, with the...

Social networking websites can turn out to be a potential platform for hacking attacks, a new research claimed. A team of security researchers from the Foundation for Research and Technology, Herakolin, Greece has illustrated...

SanDisk is proud to announce our newest format and capacity to the SD card family: microSD High Capacity (microSDHC) 8GB flash card. Not all devices support microSDHC 8.0GB cards. Please contact your device manufacturer for...

If the Crucial Solid State Drive (SSD) is redefining desktop computing, the Crucial SK01 external drive kit can make it even more versatile, allowing you to use the technology in your desktop or as a portable storage device via a...

The most recently publicised data breach, the loss of a portable hard drive containing the details of up to 5,000 prison staff follows hot on the heels of news that a laptop was sold on eBay reputedly containing banking details...

A surprisingly short time ago, a query, complaint or even order was sent by post  and you sat back and waited for a reply perhaps a week or two later. Now a call is made, or perhaps an email sent, and an answer is expected...