Previous DayRE:Should a security professional have a legal background?
Blog Comment I don't think it would hurt to have some legal training. I don't know if certification is the answer, but certainly some training in subjects specific to the IT environment make sense. Depending...
Software Scrabble: D.E.V.E.L.O.P.E.R.
Blog Here’s a bit of software application development scrabble for you to serve as Friday down time. Hopefully this comes with enough of a thought-provoking nudge that you might even like to play. '...
Should a security professional have a legal background?
Blog My own experience and talking to colleagues has prompted me to wonder whether the day has arrived that security professionals will need a legal background. The information security management...
Time the law was applied!
Talkback If 1/5 of all eMail has a UK source, it ought to be trackable, which means it ought to be possible to catch the culprits. I'd say if only a few of them were jaile, we would see a significant drop...
IDF - final day. Bring on the robots!
Blog Last keynote, and Justin Rattner is out and about on stage strutting his funky future. We have robots that follow an apple waved in front of them with the eager attention of a puppy tracking a...
Ofcom comes bottom at file-naming
Blog Ofcom's report on the potential broadband capability of Britain's copper phone network is a good one. It could help reduce the UK's digital divide and get faster broadband to more people. The...
Ofcom: Copper can support high-speed broadband
News The regulator says DSL over normal copper phone lines could give broadband speeds of 50Mbps or more, as long as fibre is laid to the street cabinets
Goes against their current position.
Talkback For years people have invested time and effort into clearing up after browsing with IE as it is designed to leave as much about as possible. It is even the UK legal benchmark for "making copy". Now...
Microsoft officially launches Photosynth
News The company has debuted its innovative photographic software but is keeping a rein on the system's online storage limits
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
News A court has ordered the company's German arm to pay €10,000, for contravening a 2003 ruling barring claims that Linux includes intellectual property from Unix
Intel unveils parallel-coding tools
Video At IDF, Intel general manager Renee James announces a new suite of parallel coding tools designed to work with Microsoft Visual Studio
Nortel buys DiamondWare for voice tech
News The deal will see Nortel add positional, '3D' voice technology to its communications portfolio
Yahoo, Intel preview interactive TV platform
Video At IDF, Intel and Yahoo demo a new TV platform designed to bring rich internet applications, featuring sports, weather, and financial information, to the living room
Intel shows off quad-core notebooks
Video At IDF, the company demos high-definition videoconferencing on its new quad-core computers, without sacrificing power and performance
EC approves Kenwood-JVC merger
News The European Commission has found that a proposed merger between Kenwood and JVC meets EU regulations
Is the WEEE directive in trouble?
Blog The directive was introduced to little fanfare in the UK about this time last year. A large number of reprocessors jumped on the WEEE bandwaggon, hoping to make quick and "profitable" exercise out...
Best Laid Plans of a Man with a Mouse...
Blog I previously reported that I spent last weekend inside a VB2005 project. Well I discovered why things looked so good but just didn't seem to work right. I thought I had found an interesting...
Photos: Palm Treo Pro
Photo Palm's new Treo Pro will be available in the UK in September. Will it revive the company's fortunes, or is it just another Windows Mobile smartphone?
I can believe this
Talkback It's a crime really. And to be perfectly honest with you, doesn't supprise me in the slightest. The infrastructure isn't in place. Producer Compliance schemes are supposed to be joined by...
Union voices fears over airport face-scanning tech
News Tech for scanning faces and comparing them to e-passport images may be unable to cope with passenger volumes at Manchester Airport, claims a union
Apple faces US lawsuit over iPhone 3G glitches
News An Alabama woman is seeking class-action status in a lawsuit that claims Apple's iPhone 3G network is slower than advertised
Google Analytics
Member Review I have just starting using Google Analytics and have found it to be really neat, clean and simple to use. For a free product it offers a huge amount of reasonably indepth data. Easy to set up and...
Intel unveils developer tools for multicore apps
News At IDF, the company announced a suite of tools to help developers engage in parallel coding, for a future where every machine is multicore
Intel doubles notebook fan speed
News The chipmaker hopes the prototype displayed at the Intel Developer Forum will find its way into notebook PC designs
Lib Dems call for data guardians
News The Liberal Democrats are seeking the introduction of data guardians into the public and private sector, to protect citizens' information rights
'Vast majority' of youth ID cards delayed until 2011
News The Home Office has said ID cards will be issued to students and young people in 2010, but 'at a very low volume'
Microsoft plans Internet Explorer privacy mode
News The company has confirmed it is working on a private-browsing mode, with details surfacing of two related trademark applications
Apple admits iPhone 3G reception problems
News After weeks of silence, the company has admitted the iPhone 3G can suffer from reception problems, saying the latest software update is a fix
Microsoft uses trucks to install its datacentre servers
News The company is filling its datacentres with sealed shipping containers full of servers already networked together and ready for use
long time coming....
Talkback AMD has always been the underdog and they have done well at prolonging the inevitable! Every dog has its day and AMD has had one to many, i say that from personal experience!!!
