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Wanted: UK minister for disasters
News He attended the BIS's event, as did Patrick Mercer, the shadow minister for homeland security. He claimed that since business users are particularly well equipped with mobile devices, OEM was now using the business community to disseminate...
[March 17, 2005, 15:00]
2007's most important IT lesson is spelled with an Eee
Blog At the price point, the worries about insurance and lost devices will be much allayed, and the platform is powerful enough to do useful work when disconnected while lending itself to all manner of web-based services - which, for security and...
[December 20, 2007, 12:52]
Election 2005: Time for MPs to get behind tech
News Specifically the document goes on to call for a coherent national strategy which includes a national network for reporting "non-geographic incidents", supported by "cybercaddies" to cover all areas of e-crime from child, consumer and...
[April 27, 2005, 14:00]
Liberty 1.0 launch hints at OASIS merger
News The group is considering saving money by a potential merger with another open standards pressure group, OASIS, which has done work on Web services security. Liberty services will not generate revenue themselves, said Mike Walker, the Vodafone...
[July 15, 2002, 17:24]
Electoral Commission hopes for email voting next year
News The security of the system is crucial according to the Commission, in order to ensure that it creates no opportunities for electoral fraud. The section of the people who are least likely to vote are young people, who are also the people most likely...
[April 30, 2001, 15:41]
Microsoft locks down Office documents
News The harder you make security to use for the end user, the less people are going to use it," he said. It's very hard to go back and re-architect some of the security features for the older systems. Gartenberg said there's a valid need for such...
[September 2, 2003, 14:25]
Sun working on Java server update
News Future enhancements will focus on security and performance. Shell HomeGenie is a consumer service that will allow people to control their home appliances and thermostat from an Internet-enabled device, such as a PC or mobile phone.
[December 12, 2003, 9:25]
Intel boosts Pentium M power
News The new version of the application will support Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which provides security for data sent via wireless networks. Intel set the price of the new 1.7GHz Pentium M at $637, making it the company's new flagship mobile processor.
[June 3, 2003, 7:52]
News Schmooze: Goodbye Segway, hello flying exoskeleton
News Everybody's concerned about safety and security on the Internet. Instead, our software is going to get more and more secure, and if anybody finds any security holes, they will be hunted down and exterminated.
[January 18, 2002, 13:25]
Intel untangles dual-core chips
News A second strand of security was shown with DTCP-IP, Digital Transmission Content Protection over IP. On the business side, Otellini said that Intel was on track to deliver revenue shipments this year of Dothan and Prescott, the eagerly awaited 90nm...
[September 17, 2003, 0:10]
Google Talk: a first look review
Reviews Google Talk also lacks the conference calling and encryption-based security features offered through Skype. We made a call and found the quality to be at least as clear as that of a mobile phone. Was Google going to roll out a killer app and make...
[August 30, 2005, 9:45]
Exclusive: iBook speed bump ahead
News The legal documents also included notes from Apple security official Robin Zonic that, according to the CNet report, mentioned postings from Worker Bee about "detailed specifications for an as-yet unreleased Apple product".
[August 11, 2000, 8:41]
IBM unveils PCs for the Net
News Also included is IBM's embedded security chip. However, ThinkPad, Netfinity, Aptiva and PC 300 products will continue to serve their mobile PC, server, consumer desktop and corporate desktop markets, he added.
[March 14, 2000, 9:00]
Chipmakers stop Wi-Fi sales to China
News I believe there are genuine security concerns on China's part, although the domestic industry is also likely to benefit," he stated in an email. China also is pushing domestically developed technical standards on a wide range of technologies, from...
[March 11, 2004, 13:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News According to the American Foreign Policy Council '"In a master control room in the bowels of the Lubyanka, teams of FSB [Federal Security Service] agents spend their days intercepting private correspondence sent via the Internet between friends...
[December 12, 1999, 19:03]
How Google changed the rules
News Not long ago, the security market consolidated around a handful of big companies like Symantec and Check Point, while venture capitalists pumped money into start-ups in hopes of an acquisition. Among the recent Google acquisitions are Web analytics...
[December 6, 2005, 16:50]
PGP platform tackles data breaches
News PGP Corporation, best known for its encryption platform, is targeting the ongoing problem of data breaches through mobile devices with a new system called 'PGP Endpoint'. The system, launched on Tuesday, is an extension of PGP's encryption platform...
[July 22, 2008, 15:44]
Intel: Death to all wires
News With the race for ever more powerful processors less of an issue these days, Intel is searching for other areas in which to differentiate itself and build a niche, such as wireless broadband, security, and mobile platforms.
[April 22, 2004, 10:45]
Skulls Trojan teams up with Cabir worm
News Virus writers have unleashed a second version of the morbid-looking Symbian Trojan 'Skulls' and packaged it with one of the first mobile phone viruses, dubbed Cabir. When infected with Cabir, a phone displays the word "Caribe" on the screen as the...
[November 29, 2004, 16:50]
Microsoft gives Exchange a push
News Mobile email is a simple, security-enhanced and easy to set up service which enables customers to remain productive, responsive and organised when out of the office" said Peter Bamford, chief marketing officer at Vodafone, in a statement.
[February 13, 2006, 8:25]
