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The big moment is set. Microsoft has announced the release date of Vista to consumers, which happens to be January 30. So now, all Microsoft has to do is convince users that XP is dead and that Vista is the "new" OS now.
Is Vista next-gen? I would say definitely yes. Although the equivalent of...
Read More | Jan 21st, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 23rd, 2007
TorrentFreak has reported that the anti-piracy watchdog group MPAA has been uploading false torrents in the hopes of logging IP addresses of pirates to bring them to court. They do claim to have methods of detecting the fake torrents, but don't give away all the hints, saying, "we wont reveal all...
Read More | Jan 11th, 2007 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jan 14th, 2007
With the Macworld Keynote, it was inevitable that Apple would release some fancy new product. Among other things, the iPhone turned out the be the most significant, turning the iPod into a device which can make phone calls, and much, much more. All for only $499.
The idea of merging the very...
Read More | Jan 9th, 2007 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Jan 11th, 2007
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happygeek in a Nutshell
I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK.
Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)
The UK House of Lords Science and Technology Committee are currently investigating personal Internet security, something that would normally be a dull as dishwater parade of civil servants and former civil servants now consulting for private sector business giving boring ‘evidence’ to a...
Read More | Jan 21st, 2007 | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: Jan 22nd, 2007
A browser with vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks. An urgent automatic update to patch eight such vulnerabilities, five of which are rated as critical and the complete set as ‘highly critical’ by security exploits tracker Secunia. And...
Read More | Dec 21st, 2006 | Comments: 13 | Last Comment: Jan 22nd, 2007
Like many other geeks I have lost the ability to read a map, so used am I to having a posh if slightly robotic lady telling me where to turn during a road trip. SatNav is a wonderful thing, in the right hands, such as Eva Ericsson and the boffins at the Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden who...
Read More | Jan 15th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 18th, 2007
J.K.Rowling has now officially announced that the latest, and last, in the Harry Potter series of books will be called ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ putting an end to the frenzy of speculation on the subject over the last few months. While it has been genuine fans interested in all...
Read More | Dec 22nd, 2006 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 16th, 2007
Gartner has estimated that phishing attacks cost the US something in the region of $2.8 billion last year, a problem that is growing fast as proved by the statistic showing the average individual loss per attack has risen from $256 in 2005 to a staggering $1244 in 2006. Banks are taking these kind...
Read More | Jan 14th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 14th, 2007
When Steve Jobs heralded the iPhone as being as revolutionary as the iPod during his MacWorld keynote in San Francisco on Tuesday, he must have known that it was going to be a bloody revolution. Sure enough, Cisco has now fired the first shots with a lawsuit in the US District Court for the...
Read More | Jan 11th, 2007 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Jan 13th, 2007
The Finjan Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has set itself something of a Herculean task with a goal of staying not just one, but many steps ahead of those hackers who would exploit open platforms and technologies to develop spyware, Trojans, phishing attacks, worm and viruses. But, working...
Read More | Jan 9th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 10th, 2007
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