October 2008
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October 31, 2008
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The advancing science of anti-forensics
One session that caught my eye at this week's RSA conference in London was a talk by Christopher Novak of Verizon on the growing capability of hackers to disguise their traces. The ease of applying ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Review: Ericsson's W25 Fixed Wireless Terminal
Ian Yates puts a high-end 3G router to the test. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Lack of security staff a global problem, says Coviello
The lack of trained IT security professionals is a worldwide problem, says Art Coviello, president of EMC's security division, RSA. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
MS Office Online changes software licensing
Microsoft 's Office Online suite, a browser-based version of MS Office, promises to change the economics of licencing for enterprises . The... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Climate Change supuer computer in pictures
The Mike Barnsley Centre for Climate Research at Swansea University has installed the latest Blue Ice supercomputer from IBM.
The site in Pembrokeshire...
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October 31, 2008
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Women in IT believe they are paid less than men
More than half of women in IT believe they get paid less than their male colleagues, according to a survey by the IT trade association Intellect. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Government to track overseas students' attendance
Students from outside Europe studying in the UK will have to supply their fingerprints so that a new IT system can track their attendance.
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Cheeky song gets the b*m's rush
Downtime was interested to see that iTunes had a problem last week that led to some songs being censored. The Cheeky Girls' Touch My Bum has been changed to Touch My B*M. So it has gone from a ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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VMware to cut prices by 10%
Virtualisation software maker VMware will slash the price its distributors buy at by 10% from Monday, according to a report in IT channel magazine Microscope. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Motorola delays plan to split in two
Motorola is to delay splitting itself into two companies because of the global economic turmoil. Earlier... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Lincs boy arrested by police for allegedly surfing on neighbour’s Wi-Fi connection
Lincolnshire police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected of hacking into his next door neighbour's Wi-Fi... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Fighting Death by PowerPoint
I like the irony of a 61 slide PowerPoint presentation about how to avoid Death by PowerPoint. Linked here from Colin Beveridge's excellent IT blog at www.colin-beveridge.comDeath by PowerPointView ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Alcatel-Lucent beefs up database security consultancy
Alcatel-Lucent ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Google to include scanned documents in search results for first time
Google is to include scanned documents in its search results for the... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Government departments show big increases in IT spending
Four government departments saw big increases in... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Passport Service dismisses 14 for database abuses
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) says it has dismissed 14 people over the last three years in relation to passport database abuses. The IPS... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Cern’s atom-basher down until the second half of next year
Cern's atom-bashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Global chip sales face decline in economic turmoil
Global semiconductor sales face a decline next year, according to the world's largest contract chip maker. Taiwan... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Big jump in malware hosting websites detected, helped by Halloween
An average of 5,424 new malware-hosting websites were detected by security firm MessageLabs every... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2008
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Oct'08
Laptop manufacturers recall 100,000 fire hazard batteries
Three of the world biggest laptop makers... Continue Reading