Previous DayThere are simple solutions
Talkback I don't think a small company specifically needs a budget to specifically fight online espionage; all the threats listed can be prevented by applying simple solutions. allocating access levels is...
RE:Should we have a licence for our identities?
Blog Comment I continue to be amazed at how many people misunderstand this issue. First, Facebook is doing EXACTLY what Plaxo did by enabling (encouraging?) their users to import Yahoo! and Gmail address books....
RE:Should we have a licence for our identities?
Blog Comment I continue to be amazed at how many people misunderstand this issue. First, Facebook is doing EXACTLY what Plaxo did by enabling (encouraging?) their users to import Yahoo! and Gmail address books....
Clarkson hoist by own petard
Blog Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson found himself "unexpectedly donating to charity" after divulging his bank details in his newspaper column, the BBC reports. In the wake of the HMRC fiasco,...
Intel responds to EC antitrust charges
News The chip giant has given its response to the European Commission's charges of anti-competitive behaviour against AMD
Jeremy Clarkson's Guide To Avoiding ID Theft
Blog Here's my Word Of The Decade: Pwnd. It means 'to be comprehensively shafted, vanquished, taken advantage of, beaten or otherwise shaken down, with particular respect to having one's very identity...
Anatomy of a hack attack
Feature With the help of security experts we recreate a typical hack attack on two large organisations and walk through the steps the head of IT should follow in such a case
Bus tickets go mobile
News A bus company in the north-east claims to be the first in the UK to offer the passengers the ability to buy their tickets with their mobiles
Ten signs you shouldn't become an IT manager
Feature If you're at the point in your career where you're considering moving into a management role, take a moment to assess whether you're cut out for the job
EC funds 'gender equality in science' study
News Despite the grant of €1m for research into making science careers more attractive to women, the British Computer Society is pessimistic
Should we have a licence for our identities?
Blog Facebook and Plaxo are arguing over who gets to share their friends' personal data - but just owns that data? Last week, blogger Robert Scoble incurred the wrath of Facebook by harvesting his...
Microgeography - or, sitting next to people means you talk more
Blog Only back in the office for a couple of hours, and already my "News Stories Of The Flamingly Obvious" folder is open. This time, it's an unholy alliance of economists, market watchers and Google...
Swings & roundabouts..
Talkback If you factor in the £23bn-worth of time the average worker spent on Facebook this year it probably all works out?!
Google applies for image text patent
News The search giant filed a patent application last year for extracting and using text that can be seen in image and video files
Microsoft admits Office 2003 'mistake'
News The software maker has acknowledged it was wrong when it told users certain file formats were insecure
Countering corporate espionage
Feature Theft of commercially valuable information costs the world's largest companies over £22bn a year, and small firms are just as vulnerable. How can you mitigate the risks to your company?
Mobile-friendly projector debuts at CES
News Microvision shows off the prototype of a PDA-sized 'plug-and-play' projector which it claims could revolutionise the world of projectors and mobile internet use
Lower Prices are key
Talkback The afford ability of computers shouldn't be an issue now - decent secondhand machines that can work fine for Internet connections can be picked up really cheaply. What is essential is that...
A sad truth.
Talkback The whole workplace is getting very competitive and if uk workers get complacent the work just moves elsewhere in the world. I personally don't mind working a few extra hours here and there but it...
Socitm aims to promote IT professionalism
News The Society of IT Management is piloting a generic software package aimed at improving IT professionalism across local government
Unpaid overtime on the rise in Britain
News Employees across the country clocked up £25bn-worth of unpaid overtime last year, according to the Trades Union Congress
IT industry split over data-breach penalties
News Opinion is divided among senior IT figures over proposals to make the reckless loss of personal information a criminal offence
E-TEN Glofiish X800
Review The Glofiish X800's combination of 3.5G connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, high-resolution screen, front and rear cameras, and business card scanner should prove appealing to consumers and...
Gates lays out vision for future tech
News In what could be his final CES keynote for some time, Bill Gates shows off some gadgets and touts the role of speech and touch technology
2008-01-06 Vista is a downgrade.
Talkback I am a programmer, a bit of a geek, I am a beta tester, I love gizmos and gadgets and I have been using the Windows Operating System since the days of Version 3.1. But this.... Argh! Is the first...
