EDL members are advised to be on full alert after members' confidential information was stolen by hackers
December 21, 2010
Motorola Video Promises Tablet Appearance At CES
Motorola is set to unveil its tablet running Google's Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system at next month's CES show
US Regulator Investigates Former HP Boss Hurd
The US Security and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating former HP CEO, Mark Hurd
BT Blames Flooding For Telephone Exchange Fire
Christmas shopping in the West End and central London has been hit after a fire at a telephone exchange in Chinatown
Facebook Revises Bug Disclosure Policy
In an effort to ease fears that bug submitters could be subject to legal action, Facebook has re-worded its vulnerability disclosure policy
FCC Commissioner Slams US Net Neutrality Plans
An FCC commissioner draws parallels between "darkest day of the year" and the impending vote on net neutrality
Pirate Bay Defendant Heads For Supreme Court
One of the defendants in the Pirate Bay trial says he will take his appeal bid to the Supreme Court in Sweden
Last Of UK ‘WiSpy’ Data Deleted
Google has deleted the last of the payload data inadvertently collected by its Street View cars in the UK
Patent Monopolies Threaten Open Source Innovation
If patent holders start picking on members of the open source community, innovation will suffer, warns Eric Doyle
ISPs: Internet Porn Block Not Viable
Blocking porn sites from home computers is not plausible, say ISP chiefs in response to the government’s censorship request
Nine Millionth .uk Address Activated
The .uk domain breaks the nine million registration barrier, as Britain's top-level domain continues to grow
European Commission Pushes e-Government Openness
The new European Interoperability Framework and European eGovernment Action Plan both aim to make government services more open
FBI Arrests Four Over Apple, Dell Insider Trading
The FBI has arrested four men who allegedly sold the trade secrets of IT giants such as Apple, Dell and AMD
Gawker Outlines Tighter Security Methods
Gawker Media's CTO has outlined new methods for securing Gawker sites from future database attacks
Samsung Nexus S Gets Price Cut For UK Launch
Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy will have the Android-based Samsung Nexus S on December 22
VMware Outlines Hypervisor Security Plans
VMware is to move antivirus and antispam processing off of virtual machines and insert it directly into the hypervisor
Microsoft Ends Office Anti-Piracy Programme
Microsoft has quietly pulled the plug on its Office Genuine Advantage programme, hinting at new anti-piracy measures on the way
Researchers See Rise In Malware Posing As Desktop Utilities
Fake anti-virus scareware has recently given way to malware variants pretending to be disk utilities such as defragmentation tools