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A black week for Rupert's personal technology
Blog Someone's opened up a hellspawn gateway in Holloway. I don't know how else to explain this week's crop of techno-miseries, which have included My much-loved Dell X1 developing a severe case of death. To be more accurate, a BSOD happening about ten...
[September 28, 2007, 15:59]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog If it's expensive personal new technology, so much the better. There's nothing the mainstream media likes more than a good scare story involving new technology. I think it's possibly more advisable, when confronted by a stranger enquiring after...
[April 2, 2004, 18:40]
CES: Real makes a break for the TV
News RealNetworks is seeking to push its digital music technology past the personal computer in a bid to get closer to the way ordinary people listen to music. The company has also struck deals with a handful of chipmakers, including Hitachi, Philips...
[January 8, 2002, 9:29]
Microsoft watch tells more than the time
News Microsoft's plan to bring the Internet to your wristwatch will kick off this week when the company previews gadgets based on its Smart Personal Objects Technology. Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) products are household and personal items...
[June 4, 2003, 10:32]
Digital Healthcare - more signs of things to come
Blog I remain utterly convinced that digitally assisted personal healthcare will be the biggest technology-oriented market since the personal computer. While the ideal of getting people the technology to monitor and control their own health is fine, the...
[March 25, 2008, 13:44]
VeriSign poised to win Net ID struggle
News VeriSign's Personal Trust Agent technology will also sit behind Microsoft's Passport authentication, single sign-in and secure-messaging capabilities. As giants of technology raise their bets in the battle over Internet identification technology...
[September 28, 2001, 9:28]
The folly of single sign-on
News Advocates of such services would have you believe that these are "user-enabling" technologies, but the truth is that any technology, including single sign-on, that requires you to relinquish control of your personal information is a risk.
[June 3, 2005, 13:00]
RFID: Security, Privacy, and Good Public Policy - Part 2 of a 2 Part Analysis
White Papers Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is an emerging technology that is often misunderstood. Without a secure system, RFID technology garners mistrust, and that is bad for business. Critics often downplay the benefits of RFID while exaggerating its...
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
Tracking tech predicted to boom in Europe
News Business needs and personal security concerns will contribute to the technology generating €3.3bn (£2.4bn) by 2012, according to a Juniper Research report. Technology for wirelessly tracking vehicles and people is predicted to take off in Western...
[December 11, 2007, 7:49]
European businesses embrace consumer tech
News Nearly half (48 percent) of companies that allow employees to use their own technology and provide IT support for these personal applications and devices are in Europe, according to a report from research house IDG Research Services Group on...
[November 14, 2007, 9:25]
Reducing Acoustical Noise in Personal Workstations by Increasing Cooling Efficiency
White Papers Hewlett-Packard places great emphasis on employing the latest technology in personal workstations, and noise reduction is no exception. HP employs innovative technology to reduce noise levels in its high-end xw9400 workstations, ensuring high...
[June 5, 2008, 11:14]
Norton Smartphone Security Premier Edition 2008
Downloads With Symantecs powerful antivirus technology, an advanced firewall, password enforcement, and encryption technology, the product defends against mobile threats as well as the risks associated with theft or loss of the smartphone.
[July 16, 2007, 18:38]
Support for Personal and Service Mobility in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
White Papers Short-range wireless technology such as Bluetooth can be used to build a personal area network connecting only devices that are close enough to the user. Ubiquitous computing environment is defined by the shift of computing technology from the...
[March 17, 2006, 0:01]
Lords leap into security inquiry
News Technology is changing so fast that no one seems to have had time to step back and look in the round at the emerging threats to personal security, and the ways society might counter them. The Lords' Science and Technology Committee will look at the...
[July 31, 2006, 12:15]
Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth, Part 2 - Putting the Core APIs to Work
White Papers Bluetooth is a low-cost, short-range wireless technology that has become popular among those who want to create Personal Area Networks (PANs). To support development of Bluetooth-enabled software on the Java platform, the Java Community Process...
[October 20, 2006, 1:00]
Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth Wireless Technology, Part 1 - API Overview
White Papers Bluetooth is a low-cost, short-range wireless technology that has become popular among those who want to create Personal Area Networks (PANs). To support development of Bluetooth-enabled software on the Java platform, the Java Community Process...
[October 20, 2006, 1:00]
US gov't: Treat personal data 'like toxic waste'
News Organisations should treat personal information that can be used to identify individuals "like toxic waste", according to the US federal agency that develops and promotes measurement, standards and technology in information systems.
[April 10, 2008, 12:02]
Microsoft says Passport boosts privacy
News Arbogast, Microsoft's vice president of the .Net Core Services Platform, said technology can actually enhance privacy and security by letting consumers decide how much personal information they want to give up in exchange for services.
[April 20, 2002, 7:31]
HP unveils its vision of the future
News In a blue-sky presentation at the HP Mobility Summit in San Francisco last week, Phil McKinney, chief technology officer for HP Personal Systems Group, presented the company's vision for a future where wrist watches connect to nearly any wireless...
[May 15, 2006, 15:00]
Banned Napster users strike back
News But they are also upset that Napster may have used technology to trick them into downloading a tracking ID into their personal computers, helping the company enforce its ban. Technology got them onto Napster.
[May 12, 2000, 8:58]
