Security researcher to reveal serious iPhone flaw on September 11

September 11 looks like being a red letter day at Apple HQs around the world, as that's the day when security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski has promised to hold a Webcast showing - in detail - how the iPhone's security systems can be quickly and easily bypassed using publicly-available software.

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Facebook for spies debuts

When you think of social networking sites, you think of Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Phorm Controversial Ad Tracking Technology Takes A Hit

Flame-magnet Firm Phorm has confirmed that the roll out of its much-criticised ad tracking technology could take longer than expected as it continues to hold discussion with Britain's Big Three: BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Vodafone Starts Selling Dell's Mini 9 Inspiron Netbook

Vodafone will be the exclusive European network partner for Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 which comes with an internal HSDPA modem, the latest in the long collaboration between the two companies

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft's Marketing Campaign Stumbles With "Pathetic" Seinfeld/Gates Teaser Advert

Microsoft has debuted its USD 300 million "Save Vista" campaign with what appears to be already one of the most controversial adverts of the year which shows Microsoft Supremo, Bill Gates, partner with one of America's finest living showman, Jerry Seinfeld

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Shows Future of Teleworking, Draws Plymouth in 2033

Researchers at Microsoft have showed a glimpse of the future of Plymouth city, which shows a plain residential area with almost no high organisational towers, owing to the changing work patterns

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

T-Mobile Partners With BAA To Turn Terminal 5 Into Wi-Fi Hotspot

T-Mobile’s Terminal 5 has turned out to be UK’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot at the Heathrow Airport, which will allow the passengers of the airport to access the net on their Wi-Fi enabled devices

FRI 05 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Turkish hacker fails to delight

I was amused to read on the Turkish wires that the world's number two hacker - Ercan Findikoglu (who he? -Ed) - was apprehended recently as he was preparing to empty another million bank accounts electronically.

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

I love you; here's 11 grand; oh dear, I've been ripped off!

The naivety of some people never ceases to amaze me, as witnessed by a report on Channel 4 news this week about a teacher who fell victim to love-con job on t'Internet.

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Google Apps and Microsoft Office Live Workspace Beta Reach One Million Customers On Same Day

Both Google and Microsoft celebrated their millionth customers (business customer in the case of Google) on September 3rd in what looks to be another turf war between the two mammoths

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Sony Recalls 73,000 TZ-Series VAIO Laptops

Japanese Consumer Electronics Giant, Sony, has announced that it is recalling 73,000 VAIO TZ-series laptop sold between July last year and August 2008 after receiving more than 200 reports of overheating

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Revamps App-V 4.5 Visualization Software

Serving as a prelude to next week’s big virtualization event from Microsoft at Redmond, the company has declared that it is geared up to make some crucial modifications in its offering in application virtualization, App-V 4.5 - formerly known as ‘SoftGrid Application’ -  with some required revamping in the virtualization strategies

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Chrome EULA Puts Google In Embarrassing Position

Just couple of hours after the Google launched its new web browser Chrome, privacy advocates have started raising their voice against the unfriendly End User License Agreement (EULA) linked with it

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Empty Client AJAX Approach

Although AJAX became a common practice among content oriented websites, it is rarely incorporated into enterprise level applications. Analysts associate that with three major AJAX setbacks

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Another Day, Another Data Loss : How to Shore up your data security measures

The latest data breach figures reported by HMRC show that a total of 1,993 security breaches occurred between October 29, 2007 and the end of April 2008.

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Rethinking the way information management occurs in Organisations

Brave new world - Responding to the demands of the new economy means changing our approach to information management and communication

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

US Facebook coupon fiasco will cost millions to sort

Facebook is fun, mainly because of the tremendous reach the service has in terms of punters.

WED 03 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Credit/Debit card bully boys squash RFID security expose

My thanks to the BitTech newswire for publicising an interesting YouTube posting from this summer's 2600/HOPE hacker conference in which Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame revealed what a set of bully boys the credit and debit card companies are.

WED 03 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Ofcom Wants Policy Makers To Close Digital Divide With Broadband

WED 03 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Sony Ericsson's X1 Xperia Smartphone Gets SDK And Final UK Release Date

WED 03 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News