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  • Virgin Media to trial fiber broadband over telegraph poles

    Contrary to other European governments and local authorities, the UK has so far taken a hands-off approach to financing the roll-out of fiber-based broadband, but that is now staring to change, Berendt said.Currently, the five European countries…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: European • Europe • Countries • Council • Cable • Broadband

  • PayPal users close accounts after Cryptome attack

    However, in an increasingly tetchy email conversation with "Stephanie" from PayPal, Cryptome's John Young pointed out that nothing that Cryptome does is illegal, otherwise it would have been shut down by the authorities.The spat has not gone down…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Restored • Paypal • Cryptome • Action • Accounts • Account

  • Microsoft browser ballot should go global, say rivals

    We call on competition authorities around the world to look closely at what has happened in Europe and to act on behalf of their consumers.Members of the ECIS include Opera, Adobe, Red Hat, and long-time Microsoft rivals Oracle and IBM.Opera made…
    03 March 2010

  • Spanish police shut down 'world's largest' botnet

    Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers. Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers.The…
    03 March 2010

  • Orange and T Mobile cleared to merge

    Orange and T Mobile cleared to merge Paul Meller European and UK authorities step aside news The European Commission has given a conditional go-ahead for the merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK, owned by France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Telecommunications • Telecom • Sharing • Owned • Orange • Commission

  • ICANN head to visit China after 'dot-China' request

    There also may be no direct link between Beckstrom's visit and China's Internet clampdown, which authorities say is focused largely on pornography.Chinese government crackdowns "are coming from higher levels and CNNIC is as much an object of…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: University • Questions • Names • Comment • Authority • Addressing

Latest Features

  • Former top US officials fend off simulated hacking attack

    If a person with a deadly and communicable disease were at a major sporting event, US authorities would have the ability to remove the person, said Baker, playing the part of US cybersecurity coordinator.I think we can find legal justification for…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Wired • War • Officials • Mobile Phones • Infected • Act

  • Security standards can be cyber threat

    The third threat is the failure of standards parameter registration authorities to implement sufficient identity proofing.For years, standards organisations in the cyber security arena have been allowed to persist with revenue and provisioning…
    29 January 2010
    Tags: Enhance • Agencies • Implement • Practices • Parameters • Producing

  • Top 10 most ridiculous tech stories of 2009

    Man arrested for not tweetingJames Roppo has become the first man to be arrested for not sending a Twitter message when told to by authorities. Another year comes to a close, and it's time to reflect on all the events of 2009.
    08 December 2009
    Tags: Tech • Hacker • Hack • Fake • Corporation • Chrome

  • Sorry was the easiest word for tech companies in 2009

    To the extent there is any suspected unauthorized card activity, it should be reported to the bank that issued your credit card, as well as proper law enforcement authorities, your state attorney general's office, or the Federal Trade Commission…
    01 December 2009
    Tags: Audience • Incident • Resolve • Acts • Theory • Danger

  • BT commits to large fibre investment

    Our aim is that urban and rural areas alike will benefit from our investment.The precise deployment of the fibre network is currently unclear then, and will depend on the engagement of government and regional and local authorities.It all depends…
    16 July 2008
    Tags: Invest • Authorities • Carrier • Economic • Telecoms • Pointed

  • The next security worry - the photocopier

    In the dying days of the Soviet-backed Communist regime of Poland's General Jaruzelski, using photocopiers was a rationed exercise, so terrified were the authorities of samizdat' clandestine magazines being run off on them.
    07 July 2008
    Tags: Printers • Print • Securing • Risks • Printing • Restrict

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How-Tos

  • How to protect your banking online

    With cybercriminals readjusting their focus from individual to much more lucrative business accounts, this disturbing trend is now getting the attention of authorities such as the FBI, FDIC, and Department of Homeland Security, and has been…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Victim • Transfers • Transactions • Procedures • Assume • Alerts

  • How to DoS a federal wiretap

    So instead they took a close look at the telecommunication industry standard - ANSI Standard J-STD-025 - that defines how switches should transmit wiretapped information to authorities.This standard was developed in the 1990s to spell out how…
    17 November 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phones • Law • Sms • University • Records • Tap

  • Case Study: Kingfisher takes flight with roving agents

    Later, as better co-ordination between airport and telecom authorities took place - ensuring more planned construction activities at airports - Kingfisher was able to build a robust communication network to run the Roving Agent.But that wasn't the…
    25 January 2008
    Tags: Counter • Agent • India • Checking • Batteries • Identified

  • Use PEAP for wireless authentication

    Failure to validate the server certificate compromises the integrity of the PEAP exchange.Identify the issuing certificate authority on clientsBy default, the Windows XP client trusts all the root certificate authorities in the certificate store.
    19 June 2007
    Tags: Integrity • Object • Authority • Wireless Lan • Configured • Trusted

  • Case Study: Guildford Borough Council and Cryoserver

    It is her job to ensure that the council is financially and legally compliant and meets its corporate objectives.It was Joan who first realised that the rash of new legislation implemented in the early 2000s affecting privacy at work meant that…
    23 April 2007
    Tags: Compliant • Authorities • Member • Legislation • Ben • Union

  • Case Study: Thinking thin

    Many authorities have been putting their technology programmes on diets and are looking for cost-effective solutions to cut the high-calorie counts found in hardware, software and support services. Thinking "thin" is something many people in…
    19 October 2005
    Tags: Savings • Differences • Microsoft Office • Monitors • Phase • Cio

Reviews

  • Quest vWorkspace 6 review

    External (meaning remote) access uses a vWorkspace SSL proxy gateway that's installed on a dedicated gateway Windows 2000/2003 server in a physical or virtual machine.The gateway's ability to use X.509 certificates, trusted root certificates…
    13 January 2010
    Tags: Setup • Platforms • Domain • Authentication • Active Directory

  • Microsoft Azure Services Platform

    SQL Services currently includes only one of the several planned components: SQL Data Services, which is basically a hierarchical store of authorities, containers, entities, and properties addressable using REST or SOAP and either a LINQ-like…
    02 January 2009
    Tags: Studio • Bus • Fabric • Preview • Labs • Instances

  • Microsoft Windows Azure CTP review

    SQL Services currently includes only one of the several planned components: SQL Data Services, which is basically a hierarchical store of authorities, containers, entities, and properties addressable using REST or SOAP and either a LINQ-like…
    17 December 2008
    Tags: Fabric • Scenarios • Instances • Reveals • Programming • Business Advisor

  • Upek Eikon Digital Privacy Manager review

    At a login screen which expects the user name and password to be entered, a sole finger swipe from an enrolled user automatically identifies and logs that person in.Crucially, the Upek Eikon Digital Privacy Manager worked every time, where the…
    09 June 2008
    Tags: Portable • Reader • Password • Tasks • Privacy • Recorded

White Papers

  • Melton Shire steps towards the future with Intel

    This white paper describes how one of Australia's fastest growing local authorities virtualised their servers to improve the service it offered to its inhabitants, while keeping within tight budgets. This white paper describes how one of Australia…
    14 March 2008
    Tags: Virtualised • Paper • Authorities • Budgets • Australia • Data Centre

  • Time to move: Mobile technology in local government

    Local authorities are expected to respond to the Governments agenda for reforming publicservices. This white paper looks at the drivers and the solutions. In 2009 ID expects there to be 878 million mobile workers worldwide.
    25 February 2008
    Tags: Paper • Productivity • Authorities • Balance • Boost • Drivers

  • Complying with the EUs New Lawful Intercept Regulation

    The regulator permits investigating authorities to use all necessary technical measures that can help them collect data traffic in the investigation of crimes. Driven by recent terrorist activity, the new EU Directive mandates that all…
    04 April 2007
    Tags: Service Providers • Authorities • Scalability • Intercept • Eu Directive

  • Data Security, Regulatory Compliance, Disaster Recovery

    The stringent audit requirements of the many and diverse regulations have increased the need for control, visibility, and accountability, directly linking information security to risk management and, in fact, driving its implementation.In this…
    28 February 2007
    Tags: Data Security • Executives • Officer • Experts • Regulatory Compliance

  • Oracle Customer Snapshot

    It also satisfied auditing requirements and enabled timely, accurate disclosure of financial information to statutory authorities, enabled real-time data enquiry with customized reporting functions offered by Oracle General Ledger, and improved…
    23 January 2007
    Tags: Implementing • Offices • Division • Faced • Requirements • Capital

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