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News Other information includes siblings' names (23 per cent), pet names (25 per cent of girls) and mother's maiden name (two per cent). The kind of information young people put on their social network pages include date of birth (60 per cent do this... [23 Nov 2007]
Google to unveil mobile software suite
News Android was the name of a mobile-phone software company acquired by Google in 2005 and led by Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Danger. It's not exactly clear what kind of software will come as part of that stack but it's said to include everything you... [05 Nov 2007]
Surprise omissions and trends
AS Analysis Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt - a lone Google name, for a change - have come close but the ascendancy of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, in with a bullet at the top, put paid to that. Some would even include Michael Arrington at 35 - who occupies a kind... [12 Oct 2007]
Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case
News It's your screen name. This kind of action is illegal and when people break the law there can be real consequences. Accused of encouraging the illegal sharing of more than 1,700 songs, Jammie Thomas, 30, elected to fight it out in court with the... [05 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.09.07
Round-Up The ruling could affect Intel, Qualcomm and Rambus, to name but a few. Some kind of new Apple thing? Steve Ballmer is a troubled man. The Microsoft CEO has one eye on an internal memo about 'the EU' and it's bothering him. [14 Sep 2007]
Microsoft and NHS team up on software design
News On Google, Smokoff said, the first result for earache is a rock band by that name. Tim Smokoff, general manager of Microsoft's health care unit said: "It is kind of like when you get into a car. Every dashboard looks different, but they are all... [10 Sep 2007]
Reporters sue over HP boardroom leak scandal
News In addition to HP, the suits name Patricia Dunn, the company's former chairman, and Kevin Hunsaker, a former HP attorney, as defendants. Asked to detail what kind of damages the plaintiffs were looking for, Kevin Boyle, their attorney, declined to... [16 Aug 2007]
Help plug the data leaks - sign the e-petition
News You can find the e-petition here, where you can add your name and make your voice heard. In the UK there is no law offering this kind of protection to the public.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign is about giving the public confidence that when... [30 Jul 2007]
Is social networking a threat to your security?
News Munroe added: "Fraudsters can use this information to steal an individual's identity and open accounts in their name. Equifax has issued a list of top tips for users of Facebook et al, including the following: set up privacy on your profile so... [23 Jul 2007]
Five questions to ask before moving to Vista
News These companies may therefore be willing to forge ahead with Vista migration in the name of progress. This kind of company may also be more willing to upgrade on a PC-by-PC basis rather than via the wholesale change larger firms will favour. [19 Jul 2007]
Stories of the month - April 2007
News Good news for Google as ever - the search giant is now a bigger name than the likes of Coke, Marlboro and Toyota after being crowned the most powerful global brand of 2007. April is the cruellest month - and it's certainly been less than kind to... [30 Apr 2007]
Freecycle Diaries: Anyone for tennis?
Comment Thinking 'MI5-style letter-drop', I name a spot behind a sack of unopened compost that's been languishing at the bottom of the fire-escape for years, adding that I'll put it in a brown envelope and tape the whole thing up in a plastic bag. [30 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec
Comment He talked of Symantec, the biggest name in the security world, and suggested such a company "arguably has good reason to exaggerate the problems". Trade shows are largely regarded as one of those 'love to hate', 'it goes with the job' kind of... [24 Apr 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.03.07
Round-Up But when an email from Microsoft appears on the cyber horizon Outlook gets all 'your name's not down, you're not coming in'. Hundreds of 419 scams merrily dance past Microsoft's lame-duck filtering each and every day, accompanied by Korean spam... [09 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: Covering 3GSM, virtually
Comment For several years I have been covering the big 3GSM mobile show, spanning the years when it got its silly new name. This does kind of work! But for personal reasons this year I'm back in London, rather than Barcelona. [13 Feb 2007]
