How to Increase Your Wi-Fi Signal

Yet Another Security Circle

Google are sponsoring their participation in oCERT, a new form of computer emergency response team style service for the open source community. The service aims to “help both large infrastructures, like major distributions, and smaller projects that can't afford a full-blown security team and/or security resources”. It’s an interesting development, though only time will tell as to how it develo...
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Plug and pay

The long weekend gave me a chance to tidy up the house, clear out the clutter and try to make the most of the stuff that I had managed to collect over the years. Well one such item was a NetGear MP101 wireless media player. I once had an idea of streaming MP3 audio around the house to Hi-Fi's in different rooms. I originally began using a long digital coax cable to link the digital audio output...
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NPfIT - back to choice of suppliers for NHS trusts?

The NHS's National Programme for IT [NPfIT] has taken a different direction with NHS trusts being given a choice of a range of systems from various suppliers - which they were able to do before the advent of the NPfIT in 2002. An announcement was made today [7 May 2008] of the names of suppliers who have signed framework deals, the so-called Additional Supply Capability and Capacity...
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The Naked Leader has moved!

Since this blog kicked off back on 21 May 2007, ComputerWeekly.com has been pleased to bring you six months of great tips and insights into business productivity from David Taylor, our "Naked Leader". But, sadly, all good things come to an end. David Taylor's schedule no longer allows him the time to blog for us, so this is the final post. You can follow David's new initiatives online, and in t...
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Who's in your network?

Having a good network is a key asset of a CIO. Not that network - I mean your personal contacts. I'm a member of the Property IT Directors Forum, run by the indefatiguable Chris Lees at Calvis. 30 strong, it's members are the most senior person responsible for IT in almost all of the leading agents and property companies. We get together from time to time, and if anyone has a question they can ...
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Aberdeen Group identifies RFID retail challenges

A new survey by the Aberdeen Group has isolated the challenges for retailers of RFID and predicted that best of breed players in the sector are already overcoming those challenges. The report, "RFID in retail: The Truth behind the Hype", which is available here , says some of the challenges are 'significant'. At the head of those challenges is the reaility that retailers operate...
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Laptop encryption

How much confidential business data has been compromised over the years as a result of the theft of laptop computers? It's a good question if you ask me because we're all under pressure to ensure that mobile computing devices employ encryption to ensure that appropriate risks are mitigated in the event of them being lost or stolen. Such pressure mounts when we also see organisations being fined...
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Philip Virgo nominated for New Statesmen New Media Award

Philip Virgo has been nominated for a New Statesmen New Media Award in the 'Inform and Educate' category. ...
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PayPal's security features take some beating

This evening I have been trying to get a payment from an eBay sale through PayPal. Unfortunately for me, I have always been more of an eBay buyer than seller, keener to find a bargain, than I am to sell off my useless hoarded wares. So having made a sale using PayPal I was confronted with the uncomfortable situation of not being able to remember two out of the three security criteria I had inp...
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Pownce or Twitter

Should I Pownce or Twitter?. I have re-started my examination of popular Web 2.0 technologies to see which are (at least to me) best. I have been posting Tweets for a while and I thought I should give Pownce a go as there is a degree of overlap between the two. You can follow me via these links Twitter or Pownce and help me work out which is the best (if it can be established) between the two....
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Iron men and geeks

Downtime went to see the Iron Man film last week and was suitably impressed at the gadgets employed by the tech hero. Repulsor rays that blasted villains and USB memory sticks that emitted a ear shattering sonic blast made the film fun. However, Downtime found the rustling of the tesco bag of sweets from the person sitting behind even more painful. Is there some piece of tech kit out there that ca...
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Data Security Failings at DWP?

According to a Press Association report, the Department for Work and Pensions has allegedly been breaching its own security policies: Government staff have been sending out highly sensitive data in packages that include the passwords. The errors at the Department for Work and Pensions "defeat the purpose" of tighter security rules brought in after last year's data loss scandals, accordin...
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