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RSS US-VISITFirefox: Google Chrome Frame poses a security risk to users
News As a side effect, the user's understanding of the web's security model and the behaviour of their browser is seriously hindered by delegating the choice of software to the developers of individual sites they visit. [30 Sep 2009]
Snow Leopard, Windows 7, Microsoft Word ban and BT broadband
News With voice-to-text company SpinVox making headlines recently, August saw silicon.com reporter Natasha Lomas visit the company's HQ to see its tech in action, and she came away pretty impressed with the company's human... [01 Sep 2009]
Was Twitter, Facebook denial-of-service the result of attack on a single account?
News In the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the sites, computers that have been compromised by viruses or other malware are instructed by the attacker's computer to visit the specific websites all at the same... [07 Aug 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News Typically an attacker would entice a user to visit a malicious website or send a malicious PDF via email," he writes. US-CERT offered information about workarounds on its website: Researchers on... [23 Jul 2009]
Indian outsourcing trainees feel heat of recession
Comment One awestruck recent hire gushed that his first visit to the campus was like "entering the gates of heaven". It helps us meet and exceed customer expectations while maintaining our competitive edge,"... [23 Jun 2009]
Tech to cure crop failure and look inside Einstein's mind?
News One use of this would be to allow people to visit historical locations without having to travel to them. We're all aware of questions we'd liked to have asked people who are no longer with us. There are... [12 Mar 2009]
Seagate: We won't do flash, it doesn't pay
News Speaking to journalists on a visit to London, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins said: "The problem is you can't make money out of it [mobile flash memory]… I don't need to get into a market I can't make money out of. [05 Nov 2008]
Google working on browser patch for Android flaw
News Miller has reportedly not yet publicised the technical details of the problem but has said the flaw in the browser used in Android means a visit to a malicious website could lead to software being secretly installed on... [28 Oct 2008]
Has tech got the power to punch through the crunch?
News For the inside track on management and business visit BNET.co.uk, your go-to place for management. Now here's the good news: whatever job cuts occur in the technology sector in the coming months, they're unlikely to be... [21 Oct 2008]
Photos: Take a tour through BT's 'secret WWII tunnels'
Photo After a visit from Griff Rhys Jones, BT finally took the decision to put the tunnels up for sale. During the 1950s, the exchange also saw the hotline that connected the Russian president to his US... [20 Oct 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 ready for action
News For the inside track on management and business visit BNET.co.uk, your go-to place for management. Overall, Microsoft said the Olympics helped boost Silverlight's US penetration by 30 per cent, the... [14 Oct 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The Home Office refuted allegations that the scheme would be swamped with false matches, citing the example of two already operational schemes larger than the ID card - the FBI's fingerprint database with more than 50 million records and... [26 Sep 2008]
Ballmer on Google rivalry, "brute force" and Windows headaches
News For the inside track on management and business visit BNET.co.uk, your go-to place for management. During a speech at the Churchill Club, Silicon Valley's business and technology forum, he said: "It's going to take... [26 Sep 2008]
Yo!Sushi going all IP
Case Study For the inside track on management and business visit BNET.co.uk, your go-to place for management. We're probably going to be able to get rid of in the region of at least 60 standard BT lines - and if you think they rent... [15 Sep 2008]
Dell targets China, India with PC range
News See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the Beijing Olympics venues. After establishing a retail presence in both China and India in the last year, Michael Dell said in March that while... [28 Aug 2008]
