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Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls

It's not a bad idea to have a few IT tasks in reserve in the unlikely event that the daily grind eventually lets up, says Jack Wallen Read more

20 May, 2012 by Jack Wallen
Inside Nokia's phone-<endeca_term>testing</endeca_term> facility

Inside Nokia's phone-testing facility

...Nokia elicited help from UC San Diego to create 'Spanky', an enclosed testing environment outfitted with a red paddle that swings back to give the... Read more

13 October, 2011 by Jessica Dolcourt

London Olympics computer system begins testing

...Stress testing has begun on the computer systems that will keep the London 2012... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Rich Trenholm
Sharpen penetration tests to foil cybercrime

Sharpen penetration tests to foil cybercrime

...business and legal or regulatory requirements and contractual security obligations". Pen testing can — and should — be a part of that ISMS. Compliance requirements also... Read more

20 March, 2011 by Alan Calder

AWS makes itself a home for penetration testing

...Amazon's cloud contains automated security measures, but penetration-testing companies can get around these by going through a verification process, according... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

IBM buys Green Hat for software testing

...is set to purchase London-based Green Hat, which provides technology for testing applications without the need to use underlying hardware. The financial terms of... Read more

5 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Microsoft to hand Windows Phone 7 over to developers

...Microsoft is working to make sure that carriers can start their testing of Windows Phone 7 devices in the coming weeks so the company... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Ina Fried
Secure Auditor 3.0

Secure Auditor 3.0

...It provides security tools and utilities for asset identification, compliance auditing, penetration testing and forensic analysis like PCI Compliance Check, HIPAA Compliance Check, password auditor... Read more

25 October, 2011

Defence college strikes deal for cybersecurity training

...actively promote the cause of professionalism, and will assist both the penetration-testing community and the organisations that make use of their skills," he said... Read more

28 June, 2011 by Mark Say

Sony: PlayStation Network to undergo more tests

...Online Entertainment servers, and we are taking this opportunity to conduct further testing of the incredibly complex system." For more on this ZDNet UK-selected... Read more

9 May, 2011 by Edward Moyer

Telefonica sells off Manx Telecom testbed

...matter of weeks, rather than requiring a year to 18 months of testing, according to Ovum analyst Mark Giles. "One of the reasons they have... Read more

8 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Google puts Chrome Canary at edge of stability

The new, rapidly updated version of the browser will break more often, but gives Google valuable information to speed debugging Read more

26 July, 2010 by Stephen Shankland
An Overview of Penetration <endeca_term>Testing</endeca_term>

An Overview of Penetration Testing

Penetration testing is a series of activities undertaken to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities... Read more

1 November, 2011
Dissecting Java Server Faces for Penetration <endeca_term>Testing</endeca_term>

Dissecting Java Server Faces for Penetration Testing

This paper sheds light on the findings of security testing of Java Server Faces (JSF). JSF has been widely used as an... Read more

25 August, 2011
Penetration <endeca_term>Testing</endeca_term> Android Applications

Penetration Testing Android Applications

Mobile application penetration testing is an up and coming security testing need that has recently obtained... Read more

4 November, 2010

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

2 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

2 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

6 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

13 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
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...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

16 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
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...

18 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

18 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

19 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

21 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...

22 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

22 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

23 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
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....

1 day 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...

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

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

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

1 day ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

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

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths