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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Stress-Free Christmas: What to Buy… A Teenage Boy

It’s nearly time to start thinking about Christmas and you can guarantee that there’ll be at least one person who will prove to be a problem in the gift department. Rather than having to scour the shops and frantically search online, consumer review si…

15 hot new technologies

Memristor circuits lead to ultrasmall PCs. Intel and AMD unleash massively multicore CPUs. Samsung TVs respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about — and use — technology.

Venus and the moon to treat or trick

The scene just after sunset from midnorthern latitudes on Oct. 31.Venus and the moon will deliver a Halloween treat visible this evening just as little ghosts and goblins head out to gather candy.

Making penetration testing work

Author: Paul Newman, Security Consultant, VEGA

“Lost data official to be charged”… “MI6 photos 'sold on auction site'”… “Discs loss 'entirely avoidable'”… “Fresh benefit data lapse admitted”… “Firm 'broke rules' over data loss”… “More firms 'admit disc…

Powys Council leads the way in delivering mobile technology to operatives for lo

Powys Council leads the way in delivering mobile technology to operatives for lower costs and improved efficiency

Alton, UK: 31.10.08; Welsh Unitary Authority Powys Council is taking the lead in rolling out mobile technology solutions across its depart…

Trojan virus steals bank info

Trojan virus steals  bank info

Hundreds of thousands of people have been hit by a globe-trotting virus that has been scooping up bank login details.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7701227.stm

Fire fear sparks battery recall

Fire fear sparks battery recall

Laptop-makers including Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba are recalling 100,000 Sony batteries over fears they may catch fire.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7701348.stm

U.S. ruling may curb business method patents

U.S. ruling may curb business method patents

Appeals court ruling could limit people's ability to patent abstract concepts.
(From Reuters)

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6247408.html

How hackers were thwarted at the Beijing Olympics

How hackers were thwarted at the Beijing Olympics

Atos Origin explains how risk-management tech helped to prioritize the real risks hidden within.

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-245439.html

Sony recalls 100,000 PC batteries

Sony recalls 100,000 PC batteries

Sony said five PC makers including Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba will recall 100,000 computer battery packs made by the Japanese electronics maker due to a fire hazard.

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-245427.h