Regulation

Criminal Gangs Step Up Database Attacks

Employing sophisticated tools such as memory-scraping malware and unique packet sniffers, organised crime led a record assault on databases in…

15 years ago

Google Loses Brilliant To Climate Change Fund

Google "Chief Philanthropic Evangelist" Larry Brilliant is leaving to become president of the climate change fund which produced films such…

15 years ago

RSA Conference Offers Help To Jobless

In a nod to the economic climate, the conference offered laid-off security pros scholarships to attend the event in 2009,…

15 years ago

Research: Most “Green IT” Not Green Enough

Only around 16 percent of supposedly green IT products are actually sustainable, according to a new report

15 years ago

EC To Sue UK For Inaction Over Phorm

The UK Government failed to respond to privacy issues raised by BT's secret trials of the Phorm behavioural ad targetting…

15 years ago

Job Cuts – The Biggest Security Risk Of All?

The recession is creating an army of disaffected ex-employees - many of whom will still have access to their former…

15 years ago

Report Points to Positive Glimmer For UK IT Jobs

Reports conflict on how IT is weathering the downturn compared to other professions but the outlook is bleak across the…

15 years ago

Netbooks and Google Android Defy Downturn

Google's Android mobile operating system is likely to see increased adoption as hardware buyers tightening their purse strings consider netbooks…

15 years ago

UK Staff In Firing Line From More IBM Cuts

IBM is reportedly planning to shift its workforce to countries with cheaper workers such as India and China

15 years ago

IT Security Must Enable Business, Not Disable It

Security professionals should try to add value to business and make new business models possible, instead of focusing on restricting…

15 years ago

IBM Offering Sustainable Procurement Service

IBM's new Sustainable Procurement consulting service helps businesses and government agencies develop and enforce green guidelines for suppliers

15 years ago

Windows 7 May Have XP Downgrade Option

Reports claim users will still have the option of downgrading to Windows XP from Windows 7 after the latter is…

15 years ago

IDC: Virtualisation Software Will Grow 20 Percent

IDC says the market for virtual server management software will grow more than 21 percent by 2013

15 years ago

Can IT Win The Green Turf Wars?

The recession has put IT and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on a collision course. Will IT grow up , and…

15 years ago

Microsoft Hires Top Chip Expert From Sun

According to reports, Tremblay will be joining Microsoft's Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures group, also known as SiArch

15 years ago

Ex-Microsoft Space Tourist Returns To Earth

Simonyi is perhaps most famous for spearheading the development of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other productivity applications

15 years ago

US Power Grid Hacked: Is The Smart Grid Safe?

Foreign spies placed malware on the US electricity grid. Where does this leave government security, and the Green Grid?

15 years ago

Enterprise Networks Can Cut Emissions, Too

From Energy Efficient Ethernet to a company's own supply network, there's a lot that networks can do to reduce a…

15 years ago

Salesforce.com Launches Free Mobile Service

Launched in London, and runs on iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices

15 years ago

UK Reveals £650m ID Card Contracts

The government has awarded contracts to CSC and IBM to upgrade biometric passports and other systems that will pave the…

15 years ago

Sun, Do You Have A Plan B?

As its deal with IBM evaporates, Sun needs a backup plan. Chris Preimesberger thinks there might be another deal on…

15 years ago

Red Hat UK MD: Recession Will “Legitimise” Open Source

The recession has been good for open source vendors but not so good that Red Hat 's UK boss wants…

15 years ago

Reports Claim IBM Is Close To Sun Buyout

Sun has agreed to accept a lower price in return for stronger commitments from IBM that it will complete the…

15 years ago

Microsoft Launches New Cloud Applications

Microsoft, like Google, Salesforce.com and other major IT entities, have been exploring ways to bring software-as-a-service (SaaS) to an ever-broader…

15 years ago

Google Springs AI April Fool

The search giant makes light of rumours about its intentions for artificial intelligence

15 years ago

Gartner: IT Spending Down Nearly 4 Percent in ’09

Gartner has released a new report that shows the overall gloomy global economy is forcing enterprises to cut back on…

15 years ago

EC: Major Cyberattack Could Cost £179bn

There is a 10 to 20 percent risk of a major failure in communications networks within the next 10 years,…

15 years ago

UK IT Departments Face Remote Working Rise

New government regulations could extend flexible working to an extra 4.5 million UK staff

15 years ago

£30m IT Project Helped Drag Dunfermline Down

Questions are being asked about the degree to which a costly IT project contributed to the decision to effectively nationalise…

15 years ago

Oracle Improves Enterprise Database Admin

The database maker has announced tighter integration between Oracle Database Vault, the company's database access control technology, and Enterprise Manager

15 years ago