July 2009

US allegations against UFO hacker Gary McKinnon were 'over baked'

US allegations about the severity of Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon's crimes were trumped up, a court heard today.  Continue Reading

UK faces potent cybercrime cocktail, warns government

Britain faces "a potent cocktail of crimes enabled by technology", particularly identity fraud, the government has warned.

Much of the...

Pick nine cards to construct a magic square

Magic square theory, in relation to any 3x3 array made up of nine consecutive numbers, states that the central cell will always be one third of the constant, so we can place the 9 with confidence.  Continue Reading

Apple: App Store won't be caught any time soon

Apple's online store for applications for iPhones, the App Store, has sold 1.5 billion applications in its first year.

The App Store...

Microsoft warns IE users of another ActiveX vulnerability

Microsoft is warning Internet Explorer users of attacks that attempt to exploit an ActiveX vulnerability affecting MS Office and ISA Server.

This...

Microsoft Azure goes online: priced to compete with Amazon EC2

Microsoft has announced pricing of Azure, its cloud computing service, which be made available in Europe, Singapore and the US from November.  Continue Reading

easyJet to use Microsoft Azure for mobile passenger services

Budget airline easyJet is planning to use Microsoft Azure to allow its ground staff to upgrade customers' seats or pay for excess baggage from mobile terminals.  Continue Reading

Struggling with connectivity

Robin points out that the 118800 mobile phone directory service has been suspended. Operators Connectivity claim that the suspension is to allow revisions to the beta version of the service, but ...  Continue Reading

O2 customers to get free Twitter texts

O2 customers will be able to receive free text alerts from Twitter from August.  Continue Reading

Mobile phone directory crashes as users rush to take numbers off

A controversial mobile phone directory has been suspended after being inundated with requests from people who want their details removed.  Continue Reading

Russia's DST values Facebook at $6.5bn

Facebook has been valued at $6.5bn by Russian internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies (DST).  Continue Reading

Unified threat management a strong trend in Europe, survey shows

Most mid to large European companies plan to consolidate network security on a single hardware appliance in the next year, a survey has revealed.  Continue Reading

15-year-old intern dismisses Twitter as "pointless"

A 15-year-old intern at investment bank Morgan Stanley has generated a flurry of interest after writing a research note on teenagers' use of Twitter .  Continue Reading

Business internet providers (for SMEs) – Essential Guide

There are literally hundreds of UK business internet providers that offer broadband, mobile internet and e-commerce services to SMEs.  Continue Reading

Microsoft challenges Google with free web-based Office 2010

Microsoft has intensified competition with Google by announcing a free web-based version of its Office software.  Continue Reading

Video conferencing and collaboration on the cheap

Travel budgets are being squeezed -- however, top-end videoconferencing suites are not widespread as yet, generally due to the high costs of tele-immersion systems, and the need for dedicated rooms and managed high-bandwidth connections  Continue Reading

ITSM 101: Change management processes

Discover the benefits of adopting ITSM's change management processes and learn about the hiccups that often arise along the way.  Continue Reading