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Microsoft Meets EC Deadline With A Thud
News An EC spokeswoman declined to say how long it would take to analyse the technical information provided by Microsoft, as the Commission's competitions services team, led by UK computer expert Neil Barrett, will have to review it in detail first.
[July 31, 2006, 16:55]
Briton Appointed To Monitor Microsoft
News The battle between the European Commission and Microsoft entered a new phase on Wednesday with the appointment of professor Neil Barrett as a Commission "trustee" charged with ensuring that Microsoft complies with the remedies imposed after it...
[October 5, 2005, 13:35]
Could Stolen Microsoft Code Lead To More Security Mishaps?
News The biggest and best hacks right now are buffer overflows," says Dr Neil Barrett, senior security analyst with security firm IRM. Even if the source code was encrypted, says Barrett, there may have been plenty of opportunity to capture it in plain...
[October 27, 2000, 15:07]
Microsoft Royalties May Suffer Huge Reduction
News The document was written by Professor Neil Barrett, the expert agreed on by Microsoft and the Commission. According to Professor Barrett, at a 5.95 percent royalty rate, Microsoft's rivals would recoup their development costs within seven years.
[April 5, 2007, 12:53]
Expert Undermines Hacking Suspect's Defence
News But Professor Neil Barrett, technical director at Information Risk Management and an expert witness at the trial, told the court that after examining the physical location of data blocks on Caffrey's computer, there was no evidence that the log...
[October 9, 2003, 15:10]
Cahoot Bank Accounts In Security Scare
News Security consultant Neil Barrett told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com this morning that he had witnessed a number of tests of this method in a controlled environment and confirmed one such common name, written in surname and first initial format...
[November 5, 2004, 13:58]
Virtual Girlfriend 'inspired Internet Attack'
News Caffrey also disputed evidence given earlier this week by expert witnesses, including Detective Constable Paul Stunt and Professor Neil Barrett. Caffrey also disputed Barrett's testimony that if a Trojan had infected Caffrey's computer, it would...
[October 10, 2003, 17:55]
Exclusive: Major Security Flaw Hits Microsoft
News Security consultant Neil Barrett from another security firm, UK Information Risk Management, agrees: "The Holy Grail to any hacker is the remote access exploit. As a first defence Barrett advises either an intrusion detection system or encryption...
[January 27, 2000, 16:03]
Keeping Tabs On Microsoft
News Neil Barrett is about to add a new chapter to his life. The task should draw on Barrett's wide range of work experience. While Barrett is barred from discussing his role as trustee in the Microsoft case, he was able to tell CNET News.com about his...
[October 7, 2005, 13:45]
Experts Question Java Mobile Smartcard Security
News Java may be an inherently secure programming language, but security expert Neil Barrett of Information Risk Management believes that this should not fool us into assuming that Java-based smartcard security is infallible.
[November 17, 1999, 17:04]
Microsoft Hits European Antitrust Deadline
News Now, Microsoft must wait as the Commission's trustees, led by UK computer expert Professor Neil Barrett, analyse the documents and perform final testing of the software solutions being proposed, to ensure Microsoft is sticking to a requirement to...
[November 23, 2006, 13:22]
World Economic Forum Hacking Suspect Nabbed
News Security consultant Neil Barrett of Information Risk Management said the high profile nature of this event would have given greater impetuous to an investigation of the hack attack. Swiss police have arrested a man suspected of hacking the World...
[February 24, 2001, 7:24]
Trojan Defence Acquits British Teenager
News This theory was blasted by Professor Neil Barrett, an expert witness at the trial who told the court that, after examining the physical location of data blocks on Caffrey's computer, there was no evidence that the log files had been altered at a...
[October 17, 2003, 12:58]
B&Q Web Site Lets Hackers Do It Themselves
News Security expert Neil Barrett, a visiting professor at Cranfield University, said B&Q had made a very basic error on its site. A major security flaw has been exposed on home improvement retail giant B&Q's Web site, www.diy.com, which allows a...
[November 14, 2003, 16:40]
Quotes Of The Week, November 10-14
News Intel pres and CEO Craig Barrett on plans for 450MHz parts and 'lean' clients. Umax distributor IMC's Neil Wright on the Apple announcement. "With our new products and our new [online] store, we're coming to get you, buddy.
[November 14, 1997, 11:13]
News Burst: British Law's Encryption Quagmire
News Neil Barrett of security firm Information Risk Management says that when appearing as an expert witness in a recent case concerning the manufacture of illegal cable TV equipment accessing encrypted transmissions, the defence brought into question...
[November 18, 1999, 14:09]
British Law's Encryption Quagmire
News Neil Barrett of security firm Information Risk Management appeared as an expert witness in the TV equipment case. We went to look it up and found that there isn't even a definition of encryption under British law," says Barrett, who is a regular...
[November 19, 1999, 12:29]
M&S Plays Down Security Exposure
News Neil Barrett, technical director of computer security firm IRM, was shown the message by online news service Silicon.com and says that the file contained encrypted passwords for the SQL platform as well as plain text passwords for accessing SQL...
[October 20, 2000, 12:02]
Digital Signatures May Be Prone To Scams
News Neil Barrett, security specialist at Information Risk Management, believes however that for the security-conscious user this shouldn't be a particular threat. Barrett sees this example as further evidence of the need to make people aware of the...
[December 9, 1999, 14:13]
Intel Comes Clean On 64-bit Server Chip
News In a keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum, chief executive Craig Barrett called the arrival of Nocona "one of the worst-kept secrets in San Francisco. Although this means that Intel could bring a 32/64-bit chip to PCs soon, Barrett said the...
[February 18, 2004, 11:20]
