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  • Is EMC looking away from STEC? The silence is deafening Comment Since STEC revealed that EMC had over-ordered back in November last year, the company has been waiting for EMC orders to get back on track. Will they?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • Football U goes to 3Leaf for HPC Hut one, hut two, MPI Florida State University, like most state schools in the US with a storied (American) football program, also has a respectable comp sci department that is not afraid to spend a little cash on a new technology when it comes along. And that's how the Seminoles have ended up being one of the first customers of upstart server maker 3Leaf Systems.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • Toshiba BDX2000 budget Blu-ray Disc player The HD DVD company's first BD box Review Toshiba is late to the Blu-ray party, having waited a decent interval after the death of HD-DVD. The BDX2000 - oh, how futuristic products used to seem, just by adding the millennium to their name - is its first offering. It?s a sleek unit, with a pull-down front panel that hides the disk tray, display, controls and an SD card slot.?
  • Lib Dem candidate admits to unnatural vice She once supported Labour The political blogosphere is getting itself all lathered up about the orientation of adult film producer and Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful, Anna Arrowsmith, aka Anna Span.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • Programmer gets 4 years in TJX hack case Dirty laundry delivered via FedEx A former Barclays Bank programmer received 46 months in prison for helping TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez launder as much as $800,000, according to news reports.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • ICANN delays decision on pornography domain .xxx must wait. Yet again ICANN has delayed its ruling on the proposed .xxx internet porn domain until this summer.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • Netflix cancels recommendation contest over privacy Not as anonymous as you think Netflix has canceled a contest designed to improve its movie recommendation system out of concern it might compromise the privacy of its customers.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • Trojan armed with hardware-based anti-piracy control Zeus borrows page from Microsoft The latest version of the Zeus do-it-yourself crimeware kit goes to great lengths to thwart would-be pirates by introducing a hardware-based product activation scheme similar to what's found in Microsoft Windows.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • Ford preps anti-hacking tech for in-car WiFi Sync My Ride Ford is developing anti-hacking technology in a bid to make upcoming in-car WiFi systems resistant against drive-by downloads and other forms of computer security attacks.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Google Wave opens extensions gallery Beefs 'robot' API The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an extensions gallery for Google Wave, the still-gestating browser-based app that crossbreeds email with IM and document sharing.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • China warns Google over uncensored search threat Stop filtering and 'you will bear the consequences' China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology has warned Google that if it stops censoring search results in the country, it will "have to bear the consequences."?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • 'Twitter gives voice to the voiceless' - eg the US President Twitter sensation follows Chief Twit's amazing claims Blabbertastic palmtop chunter-casting service Twitter* has received another massive hype injection from the BBC, which has published an interview - already causing a Twitter sensation - on how important Twitter is, given by Twitter's co-founder.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • Giant flying pliers menace West Bromwich Street View captures transdimensional DIY moment We're obliged to all those readers who've sent us new Street View sightings gleaned from the pretty-well nationwide coverage now enjoyed by the UK, especially those involving surveillance feedback loops.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Doctor Who to materialise on Wii this Autumn Geronimo! The BBC's first Doctor Who game in years will be released in October and will be released for Nintendo's Wii, moles have claimed.?
  • Safari update cages numerous security bugs Code inject and info flaws fixed Apple published an update of its Safari browser on Thursday that plugs 16 security vulnerabilities.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • Body of James Brown disappears from family tomb The hardest working corpse in show business Update: Other members of James Brown's family have now denied the his body has gone missing. This story has been updated to reflect this.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • Virgin contractors grip up for more cuts Another 15 per cent off Virgin Media contractors earning more than £300 a day have been told to accept a 15 per cent cut in rates or leave the company.?
  • Female porn director turned pol grabs Kent by the ballots Lib Dem wants X's in the box Opinion The citizens of Tunbridge Wells may not have been disgusted, but a few will quite possibly have been spluttering into their cornflakes Friday morning at the news that a well-known director of adult films will be standing as a parliamentary candidate for a nearby Kent constituency.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Currys claims 3D TV 'first' 'We're taking orders,' chirps retailer DSG chain Currys was today keen to tell World+Dog that it not only has "the first 3D TV in the UK" at on of its biggest shops, but that it's the "only" chain taking orders.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • Hedge fund suitor denies Novell asset sale rumors Elliott wants it all - especially the cash As the week was ending, rumors were swirling that the hedge fund suitor of Novell, Elliott Associates, which last week offered $1bn net of cash to take over the perennially struggling software maker, was going to start selling off its target's assets if it clinches a deal.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • SSD tools crack passwords 100 times faster Ultra brute force attack Password-cracking tools optimised to work with SSDs have achieved speeds up to 100 times quicker than previously possible.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Info Commissioner pleads with Tories to jail data thieves Third time lucky The data protection watchdog has strongly urged an incoming Tory government to quickly bring in jail sentences for data thieves, after the current government reneged on the idea.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • OCZ's low price Onyx SSD Slips under $100 price point OCZ has a sub-$100 SSD offered as a netbook, laptop and desktop hard drive replacement.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • 'Health and safety killjoys' kill cheese-rolling race Traditional Gloucester hill stampede canned In grim news for those who think it's a bit of a wheeze to chase an 8lb Double Gloucester cheese for 200 yards down a near-vertical hillside, the organisers of the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake have announced that this year's event is cancelled.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • Virtualisation and vendor support What happens when you have a problem? Lab You may be playing around with virtualisation on the edges of your IT environment or be well down the road to making it part of the furniture. But what happens when something goes wrong and it?s not immediately obvious what the problem is?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • NZ internet filter goes live - gov forgets to tell public The rise of the secret censor New Zealand?s internet filtering system went live last month ? but the government forgot to mention this to its electorate until its hand was forced by online freedom campaign, Tech Liberty.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • GCHQ loses Top Secret laptops And struggles to recruit net experts It is the secretive heart of government information security, dispensing advice and setting standards throughout officialdom, but GCHQ's "cavalier" in-house policies have come under fire in a report revealing it lost 35 laptops.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • IPCC Rainforest eco-tastrophe claim confirmed as bunk Official UN website still shows it as fact, though More bad news today for the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as another of its extravangant ecopocalypse predictions, sourced from green campaigners, has been confirmed as bunk by scientists.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Barclaycard and Orange plot NFC Christmas But not saying how, or when Barclaycard has let slip plans to deploy NFC-enabled mobile phones, along with Orange, before the end of 2010.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • Microsoft offers SMEs cash to use Dynamics ERP software Claims NetSuite not so Microsoft has responded to NetSuite's recent reseller commissions sweetener by offering an MS Dynamics honey pot to customers of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) rival.?
  • Ofcom smears 3G across spectrum 900, 1800MHz approval in August Ofcom has finally proposed the use of 3G technologies at 2G frequencies, slipping the amendment into a bundle of updates and tweaks that should get approval come August.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • McAfee inadvertently speeds creation of Metaploit IE exploit pack Unsanitised blog laid exploit hunt clues A security researcher has credited McAfee for helping him to develop exploit code that cracks open an unpatched flaw in older versions of Internet Explorer.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • Former model sues Universal over 'x-rated prop' outrage Couples Retreat actor cracks one off to bikini-clad Russian A Russian former model is suing Universal Pictures for allowing actor Jon Favreau to crack one off to a picture of her in a bikini in the film Couples Retreat.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • AMD to pitch Fusion chip at netbooks, ultrathins 'Bobcat'-based CPUs out in 2011 Claims that AMD has a some kind of Damascene conversion and is to finally target the netbook sector directly are, frankly, nonsense.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • UK shoppers ignorant of online rights But Brits busiest e-shoppers in Europe UK web users are Europe's biggest online shoppers but are not aware of their consumer rights when it comes to e-commerce, a government survey has found.?
  • Hold onto your pants it's iPad pre-order day Early adopters get up early Apple's US online store is currently being updated, ahead of opening for pre-orders of iPads.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • Police issue lock-up-your-chihuahuas killer owl warning European flying beast threatens Wiltshire Wiltshire police have warned locals "not to approach" an escaped European eagle owl which could, if it felt a bit peckish, make off with cats and diminutive dogs.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Mozilla gives passive-aggressive missive to pre-Firefox 3.6 hold-outs Upgrade now, thankyouplease Mozilla has begun shepherding Firefox fans through the browser door marked 3.6, in a move to encourage users to upgrade to the open source outfit's latest surfing tool.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • Light bulbs inspire boffins to find fast data transfer trick Many lights make bytes work Switch a lightbulb on and off fast enough, and you can transmit data without giving everyone in the room a headache.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • Elon Musk's Falcon 9 suffers rocketus interruptus in pad test Backfires, blows cloud of soot, but won't start The Falcon 9 rocket made by famed tech hecamillionaire Elon Musk's company SpaceX has suffered a test-firing failure on the pad in Florida.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • HMRC may get hands on missing bank data Poacher turns gamekeeper Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may be well known in the UK for losing files on every family but it's not above turning corporate data losses to its own advantage.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • Turkey cuffs 23 'militant' hacker suspects PKK s'kiddies Turkey has arrested 23 hackers suspected of links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and attacks on government websites.?The power of collaboration within unified communications
  • Vodafone hands out free books If you have the right kind of phone Vodafone customers can get free books today, assuming they've got the right kind of handset and can find the download page.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • Clinton report warns human rights are online too Repression now includes the web An annual report by the US State Department has found dictators and repressive governments around the world are making sure they have as much control over their citizens when they're online as they do the rest of the time.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • Euro Parliament threatens court action over ACTA secrecy Demands to be kept in the loop The European Parliament has threatened to take the European Commission to the EU's highest court if it does not disclose the details of a secret international copyright treaty.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
  • Nikon D3s digital SLR A shot in the dark? Review Since the launch of the D3, Nikon has released a studio version, the D3x with its unsurpassed full frame resolution of 24Mp, and now comes the D3s intended for the photojournalist, sports and wildlife photographer.?
  • Mozilla births first Thunderbird 3.1 beta Pushes Firefox update Mozilla has released the first Thunderbird 3.1 beta for Windows, Mac and Linux.?What is your recession sales strategy?
  • Sarah Palin to testify in email hack trial After Yahoo! breach 'paralyzed' Veep campaign Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will testify in person against the college student accused of breaching her Yahoo mail account and leaking some of its contents online, according to published reports.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
  • Steve Jobs Flash rant put to the test CPU hog Adobe v HTML5 When Steve Jobs badmouthed Adobe Flash to The Wall Street Journal, he said it was buggy, littered with security holes, and a "CPU hog". It's hard to argue with the first two, but a new study claims the Apple cult leader was wrong about the hog bit.?Offloading malware protection to the cloud
  • TSA worker tried to sabotage terror database, feds say One week after losing job A former data analyst for the US Transportation Security Agency has been accused of trying to sabotage a terrorist screening database used to vet people with access to sensitive information and secure areas of the nation?s transportation network.?Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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