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- 08 May 2007
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News: Symantec and Sophos attack Microsoft OneCare
Microsoft’s new business security product, Forefront, isn't up to the job, according to Microsoft rivals Symantec and Sophos.
- 04 May 2007
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News: Cracking Google's Pagerank secrets
Rand Fishkin knows how valuable it is for a website to rank high in a Google search. But even he, president of an SEO (search-engine optimisation) firm, was blown away by a proposal he received when he was a panellist at an SEO conference in London, February 2007.
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News: The top 8 Second Life virtual businesses
I was standing in a spacious entryway, chatting with the chief science officer at Sun Microsystems. His short-cropped hair, V-neck sweater and glasses were a sure sign of technical prowess.
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News: Biometrics boost to gov't border controls
The British government - beset by fears of terrorists, crime and illegal immigration - has drawn up wide plans to drop a tight electronic curtain over its borders over the next seven years. It is testing several technologies as part of its ‘e-Borders’ programme, which aims for more thorough oversight over travellers coming to the UK.
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News: UK gov't forced to open up on ID cards
The UK government must publish ‘gateway reviews’ on the progress of its ID card plan, the Information Tribunal has ruled.
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News: BlackBerry Curve beats iPhone to launch
One month before Apple is set to release the iPhone, Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a new BlackBerry smartphone it calls Curve. Also called the 8300, the devices expected to be released this spring (individual carriers will announce prices as the roll out the phone).
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News: Critical Windows & Office fixes next week
Microsoft will issue seven security updates next week for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk.
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News: First contactless credit card coming to UK
Barclaycard is set to launch the UK's first contactless credit card in September, following the successful completion of technical trials.
- 03 May 2007
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News: DDoS attacks die off, but spam returns
Symantec has noted a sharp decline in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, where a network of remote-controlled bots overloads a target's system and takes it offline.
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News: 'Green' Apple targets iPod & monitors
In an open letter posted to the company's website on Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs outlined plans to remove toxic chemicals from its products, making "A Greener Apple”.
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News: Windows users hit by 'bug-a-day' threat
Another bug-a-day campaign called the "Month of ActiveX Bugs" has emerged, this time targeting Microsoft. Although some researchers have already dismissed the project as copycat, others are warning its findings might put Windows users at risk of attack.
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News: New AMD chip pre-empts Intel's Santa Rosa
AMD has introduced a new chipset for mobile computing on wireless networks in an attempt to get ahead of similar news expected soon from rival Intel.
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News: Symantec's business AV product slips back
Symantec is slipping on its target delivery time for the next major upgrade of its security product for enterprises, code-named Hamlet, while it irons out final code wrinkles during beta testing.
- 02 May 2007
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News: Hitachi ships UK's first single 1TB hard drive
Hitachi today announced the first 1TB (one terrabyte) capacity single internal hard drive available to all UK consumers. The Deskstar 7K1000 first shipped in March 2007, and is now available through PCWorld.co.uk and PC World stores throughout the UK for £249.
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News: Green Technology Initiative targets UK firms
A new organization to help IT directors and managers reduce the environmental impact of their IT infrastructure has been launched in London.
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News: IBM lays off 1,315 employees
IBM laid off 1,315 US workers from its global services division, according to a union group under the Communications Workers of America.
- 01 May 2007
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News: Flexible working hours to beat IT staff shortage
A quarter of IT professionals have turned down a job because their potential employer didn’t offer flexible working, according to research by online recruitment specialist The IT Job Board
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News: Companies with paper records will face fines
Companies that still have paper-based records will face being sued and receive fines, according to storage supplier ONStor.
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News: Users judge Adobe Flash vs Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft's Silverlight technology could give Adobe's rival Flash browser plug-in software a run for its money based on attendee feedback at the Microsoft Mix07 conference in Las Vegas this week.
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News: Windows Vista hacks set to be revealed
Joanna Rutkowska, a Windows security researcher, is to demonstrate new ways for hackers to invade Windows Vista, including rootkit techniques and ways to defeat BitLocker drive encryption.
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