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Unrest at BBC shows need for better outsourcing management
News What you need to know Stakeholder management is becoming a much more critical part of forming an outsourcing deal. Poor handling of people and organisations with an interest in any agreement will create problems for service providers and service...
[August 23, 2004, 12:10]
Attack code published for 'critical' Photoshop flaw
News Exploit code that could take advantage of a "highly critical" security flaw in the most recent versions of Adobe Photoshop has been published, a security researcher reported. The security flaw affects Adobe Photoshop CS3, as well as CS2, according...
[April 27, 2007, 12:14]
BT offers landmark changes to avoid break-up
News BT has offered to make widespread changes to the way it operates its network and sells broadband services in the UK in return for changes in the way it is regulated. The proposals, published on Thursday morning, form BT's response to Ofcom's...
[February 3, 2005, 16:35]
File-swappers put off by lawsuits
News The recording industry's legal efforts may be putting a dent in file swapping, according to a new report from The NPD Group. The report, released on Thursday, said online file swapping started dropping in May, shortly after the Recording Industry...
[August 22, 2003, 9:35]
File-trading pressure mounts on ISPs
News Record companies have joined the movie industry in trying to root out post-Napster file trading, putting new pressure on ISPs to clamp down on subscribers' actions. ISPs say the last few weeks have seen a sharp upturn in the number of requests they...
[July 26, 2001, 11:19]
Two laptops per child
Leader IT is a soulless business. So when the chance comes to make a difference to something more than the bottom line, it's no surprise that enthusiasm can border on fanaticism. We've seen rather too much over-egged greenery, but the cause of educational...
[May 22, 2007, 18:27]
Firms keeping quiet about e-crime
News Three-quarters of companies that suffered a high-tech criminal attack in 2003 failed to contact the police, according to figures released on Tuesday, which show that e-crime probably cost UK businesses more than a billion pounds last year.
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
Exclusive: 3G could aid paedophiles, experts warn Pt II
News The Home Office confirmed that there is no government committee looking into the potential dangers of 3G. A spokesman said: "It's all in the pot, 3G is a new development. The National Criminal Intelligence (NCIS) Service seems to be taking the lead...
[December 6, 2000, 10:14]
Live 2000 Nuggets: Ericsson Chatboard brings finger relief
News Typing an email or SMS message on a mobile phone can be such a test of stamina and endurance that it ought to be included in the Olympics. Well, don't bother applying for a lottery grant just yet, matey, 'coz at Live 2000 Ericsson has been showing...
[September 22, 2000, 16:11]
Why Chrome doesn't dazzle Mozilla's chairman
News Things have become a lot more complicated in recent months for Mitchell Baker, the Mozilla Foundation's chairman and 'chief lizard wrangler'. Gone are the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the sole rival for Mozilla's Firefox.
[November 20, 2008, 15:01]
Shuttleworth distances himself from Microsoft
News Canonical has followed in the footsteps of Red Hat, the largest Linux vendor, by rejecting calls to form a pact with Microsoft. Microsoft already has tie-ups with Red Hat's rival Novell and smaller open-source firms Xandros and Linspire.
[June 19, 2007, 19:27]
SCO takes softly, softly approach downunder
News The SCO Group is initially soft-pedalling threats of lawsuits against Australian and New Zealand companies who use Linux, as it starts marketing licences to secure revenue for use of the open source software.
[January 20, 2004, 9:40]
McAfee: Facebook, Twitter targets for attack in 2010
News Social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter can expect more attention from cybercriminals in 2010, according to a new report released on Tuesday by McAfee Labs. Also at risk are users of Adobe products including Acrobat Reader and Flash.
[December 30, 2009, 9:02]
Qualcomm confident of bright future for mobiles
News Paul Jacobs, chief executive of chipmaker and 3G IP giant Qualcomm, has revealed he believes the mobile industry has little to fear from IT, despite the advent of disruptive technologies such as VoIP and WiMax.
[July 12, 2006, 10:40]
Researcher sacked over anti-Microsoft paper
News A computer security expert who contributed to a paper deeply critical of Microsoft has been dismissed by his employer, a consulting company that works closely with the software giant. Dan Geer, a longtime computer security researcher, and several...
[September 26, 2003, 8:50]
Adobe patches zero-day bugs in Reader, Acrobat
News Adobe has updated Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat to fix a serious JavaScript flaw affecting Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix, after code to exploit the bug was released on the internet. As promised, the company sent out a security advisory on Tuesday...
[May 13, 2009, 17:51]
BT: It's not good to chalk
News BTopenworld is warning of the dangers of operating insecure wireless local area networks, claiming that warchalking can encourage malicious hackers to break into corporate networks. In a guide released this week, the ISP says that the rise of...
[September 27, 2002, 16:55]
Critics pour scorn on Ballmer patent 'FUD'
News Steve Ballmer's claim that governments which use Linux face the risk of patent lawsuits drew a dismissive response from some in the IT industry on Thursday. Speaking in Microsoft's Asian Government Leaders Forum in Singapore, Ballmer reiterated the...
[November 18, 2004, 16:55]
Forum launches firewall with XML defences
News Web services security specialist Forum Systems has teamed up with Computer Associates to create an antivirus device to protect XML applications, an area expected to see a rise in attacks. The licensing deal will allow Forum to include CA's eTrust...
[April 25, 2005, 9:50]
Labels dodge scrutiny in Napster case
News A day before the major record labels asked for a one-month halt in their lawsuit against file-swapping start-up Napster, a federal judge told them she would turn close scrutiny on their online practices.
[February 1, 2002, 12:29]
