Articles Posted on 11 September 2008
ING Direct offers free security software to punters
News Security
Good to see ING Direct following the lead of Barclays Bank in offering its customers a free IT security suite although, curiously, the bank has opted for Trusteer's Rapport package, rather than one of the more mainstream security...
WiFi piggy-backing rife in the Middle East
News Security
Interesting to see a report on the Middle-Eastern newswires today that there WiFi piggy-backing is rife in Saudi Arabia, where users don't seem to understand how to secure their wireless routers.Arab News says that a number of...
Yahoo Buddies Up With Apple Over iPhone Social Application
News Mobile & Telco
Yahoo has finally initiated its move into the mobile development platform to challenge Google’s influence in this domain and the company can’t ask for a better device than iPhone to start its new course. The internet...
Vodafone Radio Ad Blasted By UK Advertising Body For Talking Too Fast
News Security
Acting on the basis of a complaint filed by a listener, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a recent radio advert by Vodafone owing to the fact that the advert read out the legal terms and conditions of the...
A touchy feely Christmas in the Mobile Market? Well, it is September
News Mobile & Telco
With the kids having just bought their going back to school pens and laptops, it’s now time for the Christmas tinsel to hit the high street. This week seems to have been made for the Christmas cheer. First the...
German Google Developer Day to Coincide With T-Mobile's Android Smartphone Launch
News Consumer
Chances are that Google's Developer Day in Germany will coincide with the launch of T-Mobile's Android Launch on the 23rd of September 2008; the event which will be held in Munich will see engineers come and talk about a number...
Google's Plans to Digitize Newspapers Preludes Information Monopoly
News Security
Google's plan to digitize all the newspapers of the world and make them available through its Search Portal marks yet another step the giant has taken in its inexorable march towards a global information monopoly. The project...
Apple Releases Security Patches for iPod, Touch, iTunes and Quicktime
News Security
Addressing the raging security concerns for its varied range of gadgets, Apple has silently released a bunch of crucial security patches for them, which include iPod Touch 2.1, iTunes 8, Bonjour for Windows, and QuickTime 7.5.5. ...
Nokia and Microsoft Partner Over Putting Exchange Corporate Email on S60 Platform
News Mobile & Telco
In its effort to take on Blackberry from Research in Motion (RIM), Nokia has struck a deal with Microsoft to spread out its corporate email access to its 80 million handsets. As per the deal, Nokia users with its latest version...
Home Office Cans GBP 1.5m PA Consulting Contract After Memory Stick Loss
News Consumer
Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, has sent a strong signal to all technology firms working with the UK government after sacking PA Consulting following the memory stick containing data of up to 130,000 criminals. The storage...
Sony Ericsson Finally Announces Launch Date Of Xperia X1 Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
Sony Ericsson has finally declared 30th September as the official launch date for its much-touted touch screen Windows Mobile based Sony Xperia X1 smartphones, initially for the users of Germany, UK and Sweden. Announced earlier...
New Rogues: The Clone Mania
News Security
List of new cloned rogue security products. Windows Antivirus 92.241.163.30 Windows-av. com Windows Antivirus is a clone of Windows AntiVirus 2008 Micro Antivirus 2009 91.208.0.223 Microantivirus2009. com Micro...
Scam sites update II
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Zlob Trojan Distributing site: 77.91.231.201 Immediallc. com 77.91.231.183 Softlayerdll. com Scam Internet Security Page: 85.255.116.210 Dailyhomesite. com 404ErrorpageScam: 85.255.116.214 Nowherepage. com Security Guide Scam...
