Articles Posted on 27 October 2008
BCS or British Computer Society
News Security
The British Computer Society (BCS) is a professional body that represents those working in Information Technology. Established in 1957, it is the largest United Kingdom-based professional body for computing. With a world-wide...
Intel Core 2 Duo 8600 CPU
News Security
Based on Intel Core microarchitecture, the Intel Core2 Duo processor family is designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance so you can do more at once without slowing down. With Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor,...
Pie In the Sky : Microsoft Announces Azure Cloud Computing Platform and Shipping Container Datacenters
News Security
It is now official: Microsoft is taking cloud computing seriously as it announced the Azure Services Platform at the current Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Palermo, California. The project was officially unveiled by...
HTC Touch HD To Be Exclusively Distributed By Orange
News Mobile & Telco
France Telecom Mobile arm, Orange, has been chosen as the exclusive partner for the release of the HTC Touch HD handset which is set to go live as from early November and will cost interested parties nearly £800. At...
More than 600,000 G1 Android Smartphones Sold By End 2008 Says HTC
News Mobile & Telco
HTC has painted an optimistic picture regarding sales of its T-Mobile G1 handsets by claiming that it will manage to sell more than 600,000 such handsets before the year end. In an interview given to Mercury News, Peter Chou,...
E-Voting Unlikely To Be Rolled Out Before 2010
News Security
In a move that has cast doubts about its intention to use technology in the electoral processes, the Government has decided not to implement e-voting in the coming year. Revealing the Government’s stance on the...
Teenage Wannabe Hackers On The Rise
News Security
The number of young hackers trying to leave their virtual markings in the criminal world online is rising fast according to security experts who say that most of them are far from being clever though. The proliferation of online...
Google Earth Now Compatible With Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch
News Consumer
Google is adopting Microsoft's motto of "embracing and extending" after Google Earth was finally launched on Apple iPhone (and iPod touch) through the Apple's App store. Available in 18 languages and currently in version...
Tomtom and Navteq Collaborate on Satnav-on-Steroids Project
News Mobile & Telco
Crashproof vehicles could be one step nearer if the partnership between Satnav Specialist Tomtom and Nokia-owned mapping firm Navteq is successful, as both created a Joint Venture called the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems...
Dell Launches Yet Another Netbook, The Inspiron Mini 12
News Security
Dell is betting on the success of the Netbook trend it seems after it has added another model to its Mini range called the Inspiron Mini 12 which sports a 12.1-inch screen and comes with, surprise, surprise, Windows Vista rather...
Midas Touch: Police Forces To Get Handheld Fingerprint Scanners
News Security
Police forces across the United Kingdom are set to receive mobile fingerprint scanners as part of Project Midas (Mobile Identification At Scene) which aims at cutting the time taken to complete criminal investigations. Over the...
HP Is Preparing Cheaper Sub £250 Netbook, the Mininote 1000
News Mobile & Telco
HP looks set to launch a little brother for its popular Mininote 2133 netbook, which will sell at a starting price of USD 399.99, roughly around £250. Expect more to come as from this Wednesday. The Mininote 1000 will...
Rackspace Buys Jungledisk, Slicehost; Jumps on Cloud Computing Bandwagon
News Business & Government
In its bid to take on Amazon Web Services, Rackspace Hosting Inc. has announced to acquire two companies, JungleDisk and Slicehost, for around USD 11.5 million, to augment its “cloud computing” offerings....
Windows Vista Beta Service Pack 2 To Include Blu-ray Add-on
News Consumer
Microsoft will be releasing its beta version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) next week which includes support for the Blu-ray technology and other enhancements. According to a blog post from Mike Nash, corporate VP...
Researcher Discovers "Serious" Security Flaw In Android Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
Charles A. Miller, a chief security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, has discovered a serious security flaw in Google’s much-touted Android platform that powers T-Mobile’s newly launched G1...
LG Cookie Smartphone Gets Launched; Becomes UK's Cheapest Touchphone
News Mobile & Telco
LG has finally unleashed its KP500 touchscreen phone, dubbed as “Cookie”, for the UK market. Touted as “an affordable touchscreen phone”, the sophisticated handset comes loaded with several key...
Russian tekkie admits to hacking Georgian sites
News Security
Interesting to see a report on Wired's blog section - written by tech guru Noah Shachtman - noting that a Russian tekkie has admitted to taking part in a mass hacking attack on several key Georgian Web sites during the August war...
Cheltenham woman loses 14K to cyberfraud; opens Cyberfraud Web site
News Security
I was intrigued to hear that a Cheltenham woman, after being ripped for 14 grand in a cybercrime fraud - in which she allowed her bank account to be used for bopping money around the Internet - is launching a Web site to...
The People Factor in Business Continuity Planning
News Software
People, place and plans are the three vital elements for any recovery in the event of a disaster or major incident. You spend time meticulously writing your plans and making sensible provisions for your recovery site/s,...
Privacy watchdog calls Home Office plans threat to British way of life
News Security
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that a single database of phone and internet usage records would undermine the "British way of life". The privacy watchdog has said that it will scrutinise Government plans...
