October 2008

October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Review: Ericsson's W25 Fixed Wireless Terminal

Ian Yates puts a high-end 3G router to the test. Continue Reading
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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

October 31, 2008 31 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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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.

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October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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 31 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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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
October 31, 2008 31 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

October 31, 2008 31 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
October 31, 2008 31 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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Alcatel-Lucent beefs up database security consultancy

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October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Government departments show big increases in IT spending

Four government departments saw big increases in... Continue Reading
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Cern’s atom-basher down until the second half of next year

Cern's atom-bashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ... Continue Reading
October 31, 2008 31 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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
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
October 31, 2008 31 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
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Laptop manufacturers recall 100,000 fire hazard batteries

Three of the world biggest laptop makers... Continue Reading