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News Former BBC new media and technology chief, Ashley Highfield, has left the troubled Project Kangaroo to head up Microsoft's UK consumer and online operations
PlusNet customer invited to BT's Phorm trial
News A configuration error is believed to have led to a PlusNet customer being invited to participate in a BT trial of Phorm's ad-serving tech
Google fixes Android root-access flaw
News The company says it has already fixed a bug that lets Android phone users run command lines, from any application, with root privileges
BBC victim of DDoS attack
Blog The BBC website was subjected to a distributed denial of service attack on Thursday, according to a report on The Inquirer. BBC technical staff speeded up website provision by blocking requests...
Cyber-terrorism discussed on 5 Live
Blog I took part in quite an interesting discussion on Radio 5 Live on Sunday on cyber-terrorism. Aimed at mainstream listeners, the discussion was on the Donal MacIntyre show at 7pm (link will work for...
WPA crack details revealed
News Two German researchers have published a paper giving details of how to crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption standard, as well as a proof-of-concept tool
Sun claims to revolutionise storage with new array
News Three new arrays as well as an 'all-new software stack' kick off Sun's effort to change the face of storage
VMware moves into mobile virtualisation
News The virtualisation firm has announced a mobile platform, promising corporate IT departments the ability to roll out 'corporate phone personalities' across a range of handsets
Microsoft offers 25pc eBay Cashback rebate
News The software giant's programme to pay people for using its search engine for purchasing is offering more significant incentive for eBay purchases
Tackling the threat from compromised websites
Comment Most web-based malware now comes from genuine sites that have been compromised, but security expert Mary Landesman wonders: are site owners and visitors are addressing the problem?
Two development streams needed for next mobile killer-applications
Blog I’m trying to cut through the mobile madness out there and distill some thoughts on where, globally speaking, the next generation of killer mobile apps will develop. Why am I doing this? Well,...
Zyxel NSA-220 NAS server
Video If you don't need remote access and can look past sluggish Raid 1 performance, the Zyxel NSA-220 NAS drive offers a useful set of basic features, solid performance and best-in-class web-based...
BlackBerry has twice failure rate of iPhone
News Apple's iPhone is twice as reliable as BlackBerry and Palm Treo, a study finds
Will Apple merge the Mac Mini and Apple TV ?
Blog In my mind and even in their physical looks, the Apple TV and Mac Mini have been very close cousins for a while now. With the Apple TV fans craving more functionality and more firepower to drive...
Tech chiefs debate future of the cloud
News At the Web 2.0 Summit, CEOs and CTOs from VMware, Cisco, Salesforce.com and Adobe gave their take on how the cloud will develop
All police employees to get ContactPoint access
News Every employee of England's police forces, as well as many teachers, will have access to the system containing information on all children in the country
The real cost of the Coreflood botnet
Interview Security researcher Joe Stewart discusses how the Coreflood botnet has been quietly sending bank-account login information back to Russia since 2001
ID card costs rise amid security concerns
News As the cost of the ID cards scheme rises, opponents warn security is being watered down, claiming it has been relegated to a 'flash and go' card
White House email archives targeted by hackers
News A US cybersecurity unit has detected and defended the unclassified White House computer network, according to a recent report
EU backing gives boost to telemedicine
News EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over broadband, after the European Union passed a resolution backing telemedicine
Judge puts brakes on former IBM exec's Apple move
News A judge has granted IBM's request for an injunction preventing former executive Mark Papermaster from joining Apple as its new head of iPhone development
RE:Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examination...
Blog Comment Hi Dogstar, You are absolutely right that you can't get a patent, in Europe at least, for a mathematical algorithm itself. It is the application of the mathematical algortihm that you might be...
Teenagers told: Find your 'dream job' in tech
News The BigAmbition initiative launched by e-skills UK is hoping to encourage young people to explore a career in IT, with the promise of working for 'inspirational companies'
Blind Politicians, usless civil servants
Talkback The whole system stinks of unknowledgeable inefficiency. Politicians are being guided by biased civil servants that they have the perfect system - if it's not perfect it should be rejected out of...
