Articles Posted on 08 November 2008
Chinese Hackers Penetrated White House Computer Network Several Times
News Security
Shortly after it was revealed the computer networks of both US presidential candidates had been hacked by foreign entities, an even more damaging hacking event has emerged. The Financial Times has reported that the White House...
Myspace Mulling Plans for An iPod Rival; Will It Make (Free) Calls As Well?
News Security
Myspace co-founder Chris DeWolfe has not ruled out plans to sell a MP3 player or a similar device that could compete with Apple's iconic iPod as he replied to John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit. Reuters reports that it's...
Panasonic To Buy Sanyo For USD 8.77 billion
News Hardware
Japanese Consumer electronics giant Panasonic has agreed to buy its smaller competitor, Sanyo Electric, for 862 billion yen or roughly £5.61 billion in a deal where the current economic turmoil played the role of a...
280 Million People Affected By Data Losses Worldwide
News Security
A study carried out by KPMG shows that data on more than 280 million people worldwide has been lost in the past three years due to data breaches and lax security. 46 percent of the cases registered didn't have a password...
UK TV Viewers Wasting A week A Year Changing Channels
News Security
Microsoft Connected TV business commissioned a survey that concluded that more than one in four digital viewers spend more than one week on average every year channel surfing. This, according to the Sun, is more than what Brit...
Windows 7 Could Be Launched By December 2009 Says Microsoft
News Software
Microsoft next operating system, Windows 7, is set to be launched by Christmas 2009, Microsoft Direrctor Doug Howe seemed to confirm during a presentation given last Thursday at the company's WinHEC conference. Howe told Cnet's...
Clever new spam ruse
News Security
A new method of spamming is being used by the typical Viagra/Levitra/Cialis crew. First, you get an email like this inviting you to join a Yahoo group: Cute. This is a form of reputation hijacking, where a completely legitimate...
