June 2009

The next big thing

Reed Exhibitions have published a series of podcasts recorded by Hall of Fame speakers at this year's Infosecurity Europe. The subject was "the next big issue in security". Mine was on data ...  Continue Reading

A new security blog

I see that the US Department of Homeland Security has launched a blog. The initial efforts appear to be very formal and official, more like a series of press releases, in contrast to the more ...  Continue Reading

Business needs ignored in Digital Britain report

The Digital Britain report just published aims to provide a blueprint for an economy based on a high-speed digital communications infrastructure.  Continue Reading

Banks will harness social media

Banks will harness social media technology to help them serve customers but this will entail more than just jumping on the hype of existing websites such...

Airbus crash: focus turns to electronic systems

Investigators of the loss of an Air France Airbus A330-200 in the sea near Brazil on 1 June have cited incorrect speed readings and electronic failures as...  Continue Reading

W3C looks for workaround over Apple auto-update patent

Apple is having a scrap with the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) over a patent from 1995  Continue Reading

YouTube losing Google less than predicted

The losses expected to be made by Google from its YouTube business were overblown by Credit Suisse analysts in April, according to another estimate.  Continue Reading

Facebook loses case against German network

Facebook has lost the first round of legal action against alleged German copycat site.  Continue Reading

Censored MPs' expenses published online

The details and receipts on MPs' expenses have been published online about a month after they started being revealed in the Daily Telegraph.  Continue Reading

Video: Hackers to release Apple iPhone OS 3.0 software jailbreak

Hacker group The iPhone Dev Team say they will release a tool tomorrow for unlocking an iPhone running the new 3.0 firmware update from Apple.

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Users oblivious as criminals sell access to thousands of PCs

Your home or business PC could be being used and reused by multiple criminal elements behind your back, security specialists have warned.  Continue Reading

EU privacy concerns could hit revenues for Facebook and Twitter

Facebook's business model of generating revenue through third-party applications running on its systems could be dealt a blow by European privacy concerns.

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Former Microsoft developers to launch Crowdeye search for Twitter

Two former Microsoft software engineers are to launch the beta version of a real-time search engine for Twitter later today.

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2009 Royal Holloway University of London MSc thesis series

Read a group of information security articles -- from the highly technical to the basic -- authored by recent MSc graduates of Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL).  Continue Reading

IT overhaul results in cheaper, better endpoint security management

Mark Hardcastle recently had the opportunity to try out new products and rebuild his IT systems from scratch. After much research, one endpoint security suite stood out from the others because it was easy to manage.  Continue Reading

Geoscience Australia tenders for 50 petabytes of storage

If the account manager at your storage supplier is not returning calls, it could be because Geoscience Australia has the local industry in a tizzy with its tender for 50 petabytes of storage, complete with information lifecycle management and tiered...  Continue Reading

Climate change debate: IT must choose its side

There's a big fight going on, right now. You may not see it, because it's largely being fought behind closed doors. And, you may not feel you're part...  Continue Reading