Articles Posted on 21 October 2008
Security Tidbits : XP AntiSpyware 2009, Antivirus 2010 and SSH Scam sites update
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New rogue: XP AntiSpyware 2009 Thanks to Patrick Jordan for the Rogue update.XP AntiSpyware 2009 is a clone of WinReanimator and XPSecurityCenter rogues.This group of rogue security products are...
Advocate General rejects Ireland's data retention objections
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The European Union's Data Retention Directive was not procedurally flawed and should not be repealed, an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. Ireland's argument that the law was wrongly adopted has...
Students To Receive Free Laptops And Broadband in GBP300m scheme
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Students from low-income families could benefit from a £300m programme pioneered by the Government which aims at giving away free laptops, software application and free internet access for a year. Two pilot schemes - which...
Cheap Keyboards Vulnerable To Wireless Data Sniffing
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Swiss researchers have found out that keystrokes can be recorded wirelessly even when a wired keyboard is used by tracking its electromagnetic signature. Researchers Martin Vuagnoux and Sylvain Pasini from the Lausanne Security...
HP Releases Pair of Business Smartphones As It Takes On iPhone, Blackberry
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The world's biggest computer manufacturer is hoping to make a big splash in the corporate mobile market as it releases two new smartphones - the weirdly named iPaq Voice Messenger and iPaq Data Messenger - aimed at two different...
Motorola Spending Big Money To Build Android-based Social networking Phone
News Mobile & Telco
It seems that Motorola’s new Android based phone is unlikely to see the light of the day till the second quarter of next year which has lead many analysts to believe that Motorola is falling behind in the smartphone...
Oops, Dell Ships Mini9 Netbook With Half The Hard Disk Space
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Dell has admitted to a manufacturing error in its netbook Mini9 which has caused some models with 8GB and 16GB of storage to display a hard disk space of just 4GB. In a statement issued on its website, Dell claims that it has...
Government Faces in-fightning Over Big Brother Database Plans
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The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is facing growing dissent over plans elaborated by the government to build a gigantic, Orwellian, database that can keep a record of every phone calls, emails and internet sessions carried out in...
Break free from information overload and soar to new heights
News Cloud
There is an embarrassment of riches today when it comes to the sheer amount of information that’s available to you. So how do you harness the wealth of data, web pages and other input that comes your way? Is there a...
Looking beyond the EU Code of Conduct
News Hardware
This EU proposed Code of Practice undoubtedly has a key role to play in providing a common currency for measuring and comparing data centres’ power efficiency, contributing to a greater awareness of the issues and helping...
£49.99 Play.com 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
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Six months after we posted it first, Play.com is now selling the 32GB USB Drive for £49.99, £25 less than in April 2008. The 32GB Play.com Flash Drive is a fast and easy way to transfer data between computers in...
Sky Merges BBC iPlayer With Its Own Online VoD Service
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BSkyB has added BBC's iPlayer to its own video on demand service called Sky Player in a bid to offer more content (and hopefully attract even more users). Sky Player is available online and allows you to watch TV online without...
Samsung Aims High End With Symbian i7110 Smartphone
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The new Samsung i7110 smartphone which many believe will give a tough competition to the high end Nokia N-series handsets is being showcased at the Samsung pavilion at the Symbian Smartphone show in London. The i7110...
LG Unleashes Affordable KP500 Cookie Touchphone
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LG has decided to assign its LG KP500 mobile phone with the code name LG Cookie and has decided to position it as an affordable touchscreen based handset. The KP500 which sports a strong resemblance to the much acclaimed...
Review : Bluetrek Metal - Bluetooth Headset, One for the iPhone?
News Mobile & Telco
Since my first Bluetooth headset, the Ericsson HBH-10, the novelty of wearing a lump of plastic on an ear has completely disappeared, look at any taxi rank. Style however has always been a problematic issue, again look at...
Big Brother really is watching
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I must confess that, when the Big Brother database story broke last week I made a mental note to look at the topic against the backdrop of the Echelon surveillance network and database - which currently records and keyword...
French President Sarkozy's bank account hacked
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I was mildly amused yesterday to read that the bank account of President Sarkozy of France had been hacked, with "small sums" hoovered up from his account.Luc Chatel, the French Secretary of State for consumer affairs, was quoted...
£72.99 Hannspree Boston 19 TFT with 3 yr warranty
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A perfect combination of classical charm and contemporary trends! HANNSboston uses a high quality, retro styled wood pattern monitor frame with a cylindrical stand in a metallic finish. HANNSboston has incorporated the...
£289.98 Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo V5535
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The Esprimo Mobile V5535 is your gateway to professional mobile working. It is the professional companion for the price-conscious, casual user. This notebook is the ultimate balance of valuable performance and...
Security Tidbits: Rapid Antivirus, AOL, non-benign neglect and an update
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New rogue: Rapid Antivirus Rapid Antivirus is a new rogue security product from the SpywareNo family and it’s a near clone ofAntivir64.91.208.0.220 Rapidantivirus. comTypical Fake/Scare scanner page
