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Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Putting a ring of steel around corporate data is only part of the answer. The real security threats may actually lie uncomfortably close to home, argues Stewart Baines. Hardly a week passes without another big data breach - typically... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment If you wondered what the loud screeching of brakes was in Whitehall this week it was the sound of the government attempting to halt the ID cards juggernaut and execute an almighty handbrake u-turn as the wheels started to come off and it... [07 Mar 2008]
Just whose legislation rules the internet?
Comment Anonymous attacks by bloggers badly affected Simon Moores' public and private life. When he tried to stop them he discovered some surprising facts about the internet and the law. In the autumn of 2005, I wrote a column welcoming the... [05 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment Online business network, LinkedIn has almost 20 million members worldwide and recently opened its European office in London. During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth... [28 Feb 2008]
How fans can grab a slice of the music pie
Comment Slicethepie has been running since June 2007 and gives music fans the opportunity to review new music and finance the bands they want to make it big. It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the... [18 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday
Comment It's day one proper of the Congress and the queues just got tails. Long tails. I arrive at the Fira early to struggle through the be-suited throng and get my seat at the big name keynotes. Not early enough, however, to claim a space on... [13 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment Written on the London-Ipswich train and sent via a wi-fi signal picked up at the bottom of a field in a remote part of Suffolk, UK. During the past 15 years I have seen one generation of laptop after another get faster and more expansive... [28 Jan 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment The issue of data encryption has been brought into sharp focus recently with the HMRC data loss fiasco. Paul Bentham explains why it is important government staff adhere to guidelines around it. Since that catastrophic incident, the... [21 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list
Comment Written at The Atlantic Hotel on the island of Jersey and dispatched via a free wi-fi service that actually needed no password - hurrah for common sense Every year of my life seems to have been challenging for one reason or another. [20 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century
Comment The auction of the last great chunk of US broadcast spectrum gets under way in the new year. This event could turn out to be a defining moment for the future of mobile computing, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. [17 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment With the furore over 25 million missing child benefit records, the public sector's use of personal data has never been under greater scrutiny. Addleshaw Goddard's Paul Bentham says biometrics may be hailed as the ultimate security... [23 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Missing data, missing brains
Comment The fallout from the loss of sensitive data held by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs on 25 million people is only just beginning to be felt. From my point of view, it's rare indeed that the subject of two silicon.com campaigns -... [21 Nov 2007]
CIO power
AS Analysis In the past, few figures from user organisations have secured an Agenda Setter ranking. This year we have five in the top 30. Andy McCue looks at the emergence of powerful technology directors with international clout. [12 Oct 2007]
Can retail old dog learn new tricks?
Comment Retail technology isn't exactly a green-field market. There are established vendors in pretty much every field where technology is used to support retail operations. In fact, the sector has just gone through a period of consolidation,... [08 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.08.07
Round-Up Hola! Let's take a moment to examine the state we're in. A state which, expressed in pictorial form, might look a little something like this). A veritable clutch of stories from this week suggest the average tech worker is either... [24 Aug 2007]
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