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Google demos SPDY protocol on mobile

Google demos SPDY protocol on mobile

...Google's new experimental protocol that theoretically transports web content faster than HTTP has attracted interest from users and developers — but the web giant has... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Michael Lee

Facebook accounts get HTTPS encryption option

...been seeking for a while. Facebook accounts may be better protected through HTTPS encryption. Credit: Facebook The site currently uses HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure... Read more

27 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Google turns on default for encrypted search

...have a Google account or are signed out can go directly to https://www.google.com, the company said in a blog post. Encrypting the... Read more

19 October, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Iran hackers exploited web certification vulnerability

...called certificates that prove that a website is legitimate when making an HTTPS connection. The problem, however, is that the list of certificate issuers has... Read more

25 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh and Elinor Mills

Twitter turns on HTTPS to counter hackers

...People who view Twitter via the web can now do so using HTTPS by default, if they choose the setting in their account, the company... Read more

16 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Researcher demos keylogging in Android software

...even though he was on Wi-Fi and a page secured by HTTPS."The Carrier IQ application is receiving not only HTTP strings directly from... Read more

30 November, 2011 by Don Reisinger

Experts find hole in TLS web encryption

...Layer Security) 1.0, the encryption mechanism that secures websites accessed using HTTPS (Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol). TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Oracle pushes fix for 'Apache Killer' flaw

...open-source web-server platform Apache HTTPD and affects versions of Oracle HTTP server products based on Apache 2.0 — Oracle Application Server 10g; and... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google and OpenDNS try to speed up the internet

...to visit web pages make two requests: a DNS request and an HTTP request, which results in the content being loaded from a web server... Read more

31 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Google Chrome adopts default encryption for Gmail

...changed Gmail to use encryption by default, a mode indicated by the HTTPS at the beginning of a browser address bar that means outsiders sniffing... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Google's SPDY protocol finds first backer

...the company announced on Monday. SPDY is basically a new and improved HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), the standard that web browsers and web servers use... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Intel launches AppUp hybrid cloud service for SMEs

...data through an Intel-hosted web portal secured by a firewall and HTTPS encryption. Furthermore, subscribers to the service — which was announced on Tuesday — can... Read more

25 May, 2011 by Rachel King

Google fixes Android Wi-Fi snooping issue

...all Android devices to connect to Google Calendar and Contacts servers over HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) so that someone snooping on an unprotected... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

How web certificates open door to hackers

...approval. A closed lock icon typically appears in a browser and a HTTPS connection is displayed when a website is deemed legitimate. The flaws in... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Mozilla outlines Firefox 'do-not-track' tool

...website during basic communications that use the web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). He also acknowledged that getting websites to co-operate is a crucial... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

1 hour ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

9 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

14 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

15 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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