August 2008

Offensive strategies

You can tell it's still the silly season for news, when items about the science of fly swatting hit the front pages of broadsheet newspapers. At first glance, it seems a trivial story. On second ...  Continue Reading

Surfing Safer

An acquaintance is one of a team developing a new website - Surfing Safer - providing practical advice on security to home and business users. It promises to be a useful companion to sites such as ...  Continue Reading

Does the world really hate Lotus Notes?

I don't believe so. I have been using it since (coughs) 1991 and though it can infuriate at times the spirit behind it (ie Collaboration) is the key component for me.The trouble is that alongside ...  Continue Reading

Stronger penalties needed for breaking the Data Protection Act

Another security breach makes the case for stronger penalties, sanctions and fines from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) against organisations that violate the U.K. Data Protection Act.  Continue Reading

Car rental firm improves online payment security

Car rental firm Hertz Europe is securing its online payments by linking its website to anti-fraud systems from Visa and Mastercard.  Continue Reading

Dead Sea Scrolls to go on web using high-res photography

Scientists in Jerusalem are taking the first high-resolution digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls so they can be shown on the web.  Continue Reading

Google/Yahoo web ad deal on track despite anti-trust scrutiny

Google says its web advertising deal with Yahoo is on schedule and will not be derailed by US anti-trust scrutiny.  Continue Reading

Tech Mahindra buys stake in Servista

Indian telecoms company Tech Mahindra has acquired a minority stake in London-based IT services company Servista, just a day after the Financial Times reported BT was considering selling its stake in the Indian firm.  Continue Reading

Swedish ERP provider IFS wins £13.9m MoD contract

UK Ministry of Defence contractor Lockheed Martin has selected Sweden's IFS Applications to provide core enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for the MoD's James (Joint Asset Management Engineering Solution) Land project.  Continue Reading

BT updates botnet protection

BT is reacting to the growing threat of malicious botnet attacks by introducing software to detect them.  Continue Reading

IE8: Web slices, visual seach and accelerators

web slice allow web users to keep track of things that interest them, using the Favourites menu ba  Continue Reading

Its not all drumming Gorillas

YouTube's popularity was built on a plethora of pirated content which triggered a copyright war when Google bought the service, recent changes have turned the 'bad' into 'good'. Through the use of ...  Continue Reading

Child database ContactPoint delayed again

The launch of ContactPoint, a database that will contain details of every child in the country, has been delayed because of technical problems.  Continue Reading

Internet Explorer 8 is compliant with web standards

Microsoft has reduced a major bottleneck for web developers in its latest Internet Explorer browser by making it compliant with web standards, which could dramatically reduce the time users take to test browser compatibility.  Continue Reading

Ofcom seeks accelerator for mobile networks

Mobile data transmissions are now "critical" to the UK economy, and Ofcom aims to find new and better ways to use the technology to enhance the nation's...

IE8 beta 2 - first take

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Contractor data losses highlight outsourcing risks

Within a week, two outsourcing suppliers have grabbed the headlines for failing to look after client data.

First, a contractor working for the Home...