IT security consultancy Global Secure Systems has warned that insecure WiFi systems installed at hotels across the UK could be hacked with embarrassing consequences, as has happened with the high-end Thompson hotel chain in the...

A German court has ruled that website operators are allowed to store the internet protocol (IP) addresses of their visitors without violating data protection legislation. Without additional information, IP addresses do not count...

We reported last week about Elcomsoft use of Nvidia's Graphic Processing Units (or GPU) to crack open WPA and WPA2 encryption schemes which have been recommended over the weaker and more vulnerable WEP. Now more details have...

The data loss that hit the MoD which we reported on Friday 10th could potentially affect three times more people than previously thought with up to 2 million caught in the scandal. The Telegraph reports that the external hard...

Given widespread fears of imminent recession, an inevitable focus for many organisations at the moment is working out how to do more with less.  This imperative, combined with growing demands to tackle disaster recovery and...

T-Mobile Executives must be happy as it looks likely that the gamble it took with the HTC G1 Android smartphone bears its fruits; 1.5 million US-based customers have apparently pre-ordered the G1 Android phone which is due to be...

Microsoft is all set to unveil a new series of ads which will focus on underlying the relevance of Windows to business professionals and consumers.  The Real PC campaign will focus in allaying common misconceptions related...

Nokia is going to add a touchscreen smartphone to its popular N-Series product range; that's what Devinder Kishore, marketing director at Nokia India told an audience at an event in New Delhi. According to Kishore (reported by...

Digital UK, the organisation responsible for getting Digital TV into our households, has issued a warning over the fact that nearly 20 million TVs are still not ready to receive digital TV content when the first wave of...

Openreach, the local access network division of BT, has announced that it will debut trialing of Fibre-to-the-cabinet in Muswell Hill, London and Whitchurch in South Glamorgan which will enable up to 30,000 households and...

A survey published by Entertainment Media Research highlights a new reality in the fight against online music piracy - more and more users are now turning to legal downloading services rather than getting their music fix from...

To raise awareness of these issues during National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, Detica has outlined a five-step action plan to once and for all help people safeguard against identity fraud.  1. Think before you tell the...

According to recent claims from AppleInsider, the forthcoming Macbook range will feature NVIDIA’s new MCP79 mobile platform instead of Intel chipsets, despite the snags that had previously appeared.   In addition to...

YouTube has started offering full length episodes of some television shows on its website which are likely to include advertising during the show.  The move made by YouTube which primarily has small videos in its extensive...

In spite of great advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics, computers are still not good enough to pass themselves off as humans in a text based conversation, according to a study done by team of scientists at...

Virgin Media is planning to launch a new monthly broadband speed testing program for its forthcoming 50mbps service, as the ISP has cited a number of flaws in the existing broadband speed testing techniques in measuring the...

Mozilla’s long awaited mobile browser will be available to alpha testers in couple of weeks, company’s CEO John Lilly stated in a recent interview.  Instead of releasing the browser directly for mobile...

According to Australia's Courier Mail, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (AAAC) is less than happy with a firm offering a Macbook Air - you know, the ultra-thin Mac laptop - as a prize in a text message...

I was intrigued to see over the weekend that EU law enforcement officials have uncovered a sophisticated scam involving GSM transmission units being pre-installed in Chip & SPIN terminals manufactured in China. Basically the...

WD Elements USB 2.0 external hard drive is an easy-to-use, reliable way to add more storage to your PC or Macintosh.  Simply plug it in to a USB port and start saving or backing up your photos, music, video, and files.  It's...

Notepad++ is a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the M$ Windows environment. Notepad++ is designed to be a freeware replacement for Notepad.  This project, based on Scintilla...

In case you’ve been too caught up in the presidential campaign or the recent roller coaster of a ride in the stock market, Verizon Wireless has announced a month-to-month contract option that eliminates early termination...

The App Store is an application for the iPhone and iPod touch created by Apple Inc., which allows users to browse and download applications, from the iTunes Store, that were developed with the iPhone SDK and published through...

The Xerox Phaser 6130 color printer is value-packed and office-friendly with its fast performance, crisp image quality, and easy-to-use features.  Its compact size, standard network capabilities, and precise color controls...

Alcatel-Lucent is one of the world's biggest industry players in telecommunications that provides hardware, software, and services to Service Providers, Enterprises and Industry & Public Sector customers all over the...

These days news travels fast, and it seems that bad news travels even faster. And if the bad news is yours, depending on the type of industry you’re in, the media could be upon you before you can say “news...

The InFocus X6 is an ideal first step into digital projection. It features SVGA resolution, which is an outstanding introduction to digital projection.  The X6 has impressive brightness and contrast and all the...

Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that...

Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices, based on the Linux kernel, developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in a Java-like language that...