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Archive - 18 Dec 2006

One problem...

Talkback TOC would argue that the measurements for a part (employee) should align with measurements of the whole (company). Otherwise, how will you be able to make decisions at the very highest level? (see...

Care and attention to employee data

Talkback I can undersand this occurring once as mistakes do happen, but three times for the same company! In these times of worry over identity theft and international terrorism I feel that this is not just...

Expert: User passwords getting stronger

News Most common password used to be 'password' — now it's 'password1'

Bribery investigation delays Nokia-Siemens merger

News Deal to create Nokia Siemens Networks is now expected to close in March

Microsoft bans UK man from selling email lists

News Man has been forbidden from selling lists of email addresses, following a case which IT law experts have called 'a good result in the battle against spam'

Cloning Cherie Booth and pals

Blog Matrix Chambers, the legal home of Cherie Booth and, according to the Legal 500, "arguably the finest concentration of talent at the Bar", finds itself the victim of cloning. The web site of these...

Privacy Issues

Talkback I wonder if MS are telling the full story. Although I don't use an unauthorised copy of Vista, I have heard that the Frankenbuild of Vista will still disable itself even if automatic updates have...

Government consultancy spend criticised

News £550m of taxpayers money was spent on IT consultants last year, but did we get value for money?

FSF declares war on 'Bad Vista'

News The Free Software Foundation says Vista is 'an upsell masquerading as an upgrade' as it launches as campaign to expose the new operating system's flaws

Case study: The 'Why not?' approach to Vista

Case Study After courting controversy by ditching open source trials in 2004, London’s Newham Council has now become an early adopter of Windows Vista

Microsoft fixes IE 7 phishing-shield bug

News Feature that protects against fraudulent websites could bog down Windows computers

IBM introduces RFID tools

Analysis Technology will be put through its paces by pharmaceutical distribution giants, an EU e-customs initiative and Unilever, among others

Boeing loses another laptop holding employee info

News Worker is fired after personal data on 382,000 current and former employees is stolen

ID theft gang thwarts police with encryption

News A group of criminals have been jailed for an identity theft scam, but police admit they couldn't crack their computer records

I read you

Talkback Thumbs up to Time for this. Looking at my reading/viewing habits over the last couple of months and the majority of what I'm viewing is user generated content. This includes blogs, forum posts and...

Botnet worm exploits Symantec flaw

News The Big Yellow worm threatens companies running Symantec antivirus software

Have yahoo learnt anything?

Talkback It's sad when users have to beware of hi-jack attempts by trusted 3rd party software they willingly download believing it's won't impact their system (too much). I'm surprised at Yahoo to be...

Amazon countersues IBM over patents

News Both sides now accuse the other of patent infringement

Yahoo's IM update bugs users

News Security update also sets Yahoo mail as a default setting, angering users

Win a UBiQUiO 501 Pocket PC Phone

Competition Day 6 of our Christmas competition gives you the chance to win one of three UBiQUiO 501 Pocket PC phones. With Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 2 megapixel camera built in, this well-featured Windows Mobile...

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