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RSS codeGov't spends £18m on comms surveillance
News A code of practice for the retention of communications data by ISPs was approved by Parliament in 2003. Telecommunications companies and internet service providers have received more than £18m from the government in the past five years to cover the... [07 Aug 2008]
Firefox 3.1 coming soon?
News Developer Chris Double wrote in his blog: "The backend has been committed to the main Mozilla source code and is enabled by default. Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to release a beta to the public in August. [07 Aug 2008]
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Ready for release
News The software maker said in a statement it has reached the "release to manufacturing" stage, meaning it has finalised the code for the software. Microsoft said yesterday it has finished work on SQL Server 2008, the latest version of its database... [07 Aug 2008]
Photos: The tech that holds up the net
Photo Alan Turing - widely seen as the father of modern computer science - worked at the NPL in the 1940s after his time at Bletchley Park where he was involved in cracking German code during World War II. Packet switching is one of the crucial... [06 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's Midori not ready for tasting?
News On one PowerPoint slide, it mentions a list of "current Chess applications" of which one bullet point is "Singularity/Midori (OS in managed code)". Microsoft is pursuing a different type of operating system, which goes by the name of Midori - and... [06 Aug 2008]
Apple releases patch for critical flaw
News An exploit code that could allow someone to attack the DNS was available in various places on the internet on 23 July. Apple's update also fixes a QuickLook bug where loading a malicious Microsoft Office file could lead to "arbitrary code execution". [01 Aug 2008]
Web application security: automated scanning versus manual penetration testing
White Paper There are two primary methods for discovering Web application vulnerabilities: using manual penetration testing and code review or using automated scanning tools and static analysis. Web sites are vulnerable to Web application attacks and a great... [31 Jul 2008]
Logistics & Transportation
White Paper Gotive H41 is perfect to fulfill the requirements of an industrial WEC by providing the consolidated functionality of the following subsystems: GSM/GPRS (Data/Voice/Internet), Wireless LAN (Ethernet), Bar Code Reader and Global Positioning System... [30 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch prompts open source adoption
News Price was the top factor, according to 79 per cent of the respondents, followed by reduced lock-in or access to source code at 60 per cent, and customisability at 52 per cent. The sluggish economy is contributing to commercial open-source sales... [29 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08
Round-Up They were then shown a "new" OS, code-named Mojave. According to a survey by insurance company Direct Line, devices have caused users to get lost, infringe the Highway Code and miss appointments (although as far as we know it hasn't sent anyone... [25 Jul 2008]
Windows 7 on track, says Microsoft
News Veghte showed the Mojave Project, in which users predisposed against Vista reacted favourably when shown Vista when it was presented under the guise of being a new version of Windows, code-named Mojave. [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News They were then shown a "new" operating system, code-named Mojave. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft turned to Vista's sceptics for help. [24 Jul 2008]
Are sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News According to a survey, the in-car gadgets are more trouble than they're worth, causing drivers to be late, take the wrong direction and - more worryingly - infringe the Highway Code. An anonymous reader from Hampshire said: "People have to blame... [24 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News According to the Sophos security threat report Blogspot.com, the blog publishing system owned by Google, was found to be hosting two per cent of the world's web-based malware in June 2008 - with hackers hosting malicious code on blog pages and... [23 Jul 2008]
SAP: Time's up for TomorrowNow
News TomorrowNow hit controversy in 2007 when Oracle alleged SAP had hacked into Oracle's customer support centre to gain copies of its proprietary software code. SAP is to wind down TomorrowNow, the third party support subsidiary it acquired in 2005. [22 Jul 2008]
