It can be argued that no consumer electronics company has captured the publicâ??s fascination the way Apple has. Over the years it has morphed into more than just a company or corporation, but for many it has become a representation of a lifestyle or culture, and a status symbol complete with a larger fan base [...]
Itâ??s a bit of joy and disappointment for iPhone 4 users seeking jailbreak. Good news is that Geohot has managed to jailbreak the device, which you can see in the photographic evidence above but the bad news is that he probably wonâ??t release it.
â??As far as a release goes, it probably wonâ??t happen from meâ?¦again, [...]
According to a Dice.com survey of hiring managers, Java skills were harder to find than IT security skills. In previous surveys, security specialists were harder to come by. Virtualization jobs have been easier to fill, according to the new numbers. Also included in the top ten (hardest skills to find) were SAP, [...]
In what may be one of the strangest stories in a long time, a website claimed to have hacked BitTorrent website ThePirateBay and exposed 4 million user identities.
But just as fast as the story emerged, the story has now vanished because the original website that made these huge claims now simply redirects to Google.
The [...]
Microsoft claims of releasing a ‘Patch Tuesday’ security update which will take care of the security needs for Windows Help and Support Centre vulnerability which was publicly unveiled by Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy.
Through the Windows Help and Support Centre in Windows XP users can download Help topics that aid to troubleshoot problems which come [...]
Hackers are now targeting bank ATMs, a USA Today report found. Not only can they steal your account information, but now they’ve also figured out how to get your PIN.
Think using an ATM is safe? Think again. Thieves are increasingly using high-tech skimmers to steal all the information they need to acess your account straight [...]
I thought this is a very interesting title for discussion but the whole idea is to debate on whether "you can" or "you can’t hide". Now that the hackers around the globe have more sophisticated Hack tools under their belt, spoofing your identity has become even more easier than ever.
Mature hackers, unlike script kiddies, will [...]
CHINA yesterday confirmed it had renewed Google’s licence to operate in the country, ending a months-long standoff over censorship rules.
An official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which regulates internet operations in China, said the government had approved the licence for Beijing Guxiang Information Technology, the operator of Google’s Chinese website, according to [...]
The Maine Legislature and the University of Maine are the fresh victims of hackers, though it is believed that the two attacks bear no similarity.
A legislative website and two university servers have been hacked. One website is still offline and the police are investigating. The systems might have been infected via viruses. It is also [...]
Most of the time, Stacey Schlittenhard finds facial recognition technology to be extremely useful. When she uploads her family photos to the website Picasa, for instance, the program automatically tags her friends and family members. This lets her share the photos easily and saves her hours of organization.
But every now and then, the computer gets [...]
There’s an article today at abc.com that looks at recent trends around net-based pay-for services and the smattering of paywalls from News Corp to the NYT that are up or threatening to be put up, and speculating that this could be the beginning of a trend. Of course, a YouTube video rental site and a [...]
Microsoft’s $14bn server and tools unit has undergone a major shake up in order to squeeze money from the Windows Azure cloud without cannibalizing Windows Server and tools.
The unit has ramped up product and business development executives whose goal is to quickly build sellable products and services and sign up ISV and developer partners, according [...]
A UN treaty called the WIPO Copyright Treaty requires countries to pass laws protecting "software locks" (also called DRM or TPM). Countries around the world have adopted the treaty in different ways: in the US, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits all circumvention of software locks, even when they don’t protect copyright (for example, it [...]
Conficker is a computer worm which has been infecting PC’s on the Internet since November 2008. Worryingly, nothing is publicly known of its mission, because it has yet to do anything of great note. Conficker is building and maintaining a powerful network of enslaved computers, and machines infected with the worm can be made obey [...]
A mother desperate to get her child into one of London’s top primary schools posed as another parent in a bid to get that child’s application deleted.
The woman assumed the identity of the rival parent, whose daughter was ahead of her own in the queue for Coleridge primary school in Crouch End, by signing up [...]
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, has been served with legal papers while at a media lunch event in Sun Valley, Idaho yesterday according to the New York Post.
Major companies get sued and brought to court all the time, with it seemingly being an occupational hazard. But for a person to breach â??tight securityâ? [...]
Apple has filed a lawsuit against three companies it alleges are selling knockoff power adapters for MacBooks and MacBook Pros, according to court filings.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday, names Brilliant Store, Sunvalleytek International and Hootoo.com as defendants. Those companies operate web sites [...]
Chenchao Liu has 446 friends on Facebook, loves his iPhone 3GS and is obsessed with Google searches and maps.
In that respect, Mr. Liu, 21, is like many American college students. But Mr. Liu lives in Germany, a country whose strict data protection laws have spurred inquiries into the practices of Facebook, Apple and Google â?? [...]
Ninety per cent of Information Security Forum (ISF) members believe cloud computing changes their information security risk landscape, but they maintain they are well-placed to address these security issues.
The vote of confidence in cloud computing was revealed in the ISFâ??s latest survey involving more than 300 of the worldâ??s major companies and public sector organisations. [...]
I loathe the relentless onslaught of TV cop shows that seem to dominate peak viewing schedules these days, so it was with trepidation that I decided to watch a new show on ITV called Identity.
The drama is based on an elite police unit formed to combat the rise in identity-related crime. Of course the [...]