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iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment Online strife G iPhone up for grabs online - or is it? I tried several times to upgrade online. EU law to end file-sharers time online? Such a law would force ISPs to warn, then disconnect those customers they think have been sharing copyrighted... [15 Jul 2008]
Minority Report: The 3G iPhone has landed
Comment The other big announcement was the upgrade of the Mac.com suite on online services that has remained largely unchanged for a number of years and of questionable value for money. But then again there's no pleasing some - especially if you believe... [13 Jun 2008]
Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone?
Comment The company's US online store is reporting that both versions of the iPhone are currently unavailable. Click here to find out if you agree. But he's sure major iPhone developments are in the offing - just a little hazy on the detail. [23 May 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment Looking at the headline in The Guardian this week and you'd be forgiven for thinking something momentous has happened to Broadband Britain today: 'Fears of digital divide groundless as online access soars in rural areas', it proclaims. [23 May 2008]
Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season
Comment In effect, Google is obliging advertisers to pay to protect their own brands online while simultaneously enabling them to capitalise on the popularity of competitors' trademark terms. UK Ltd, in which the judge ruled that search engines had no... [30 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it also combats online fraud, such as phishing, and property rights investigations. Here, O'Neal talks exclusively to silicon.com: [15 Apr 2008]
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment Paul Allen, CTO at online share-trading company Selftrade, said: "It's like the old days of open Unix - there are too many competing desktop brands. Check out what the silicon.com CIO Jury had to say about it here, and click here to see other CIO... [08 Nov 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 20
Comment My last big interview of the trip is with one of China's best-known internet companies, Alibaba - a business-to-business online auction that has really taken off in Asia. For in-depth coverage of this fact-finding trip inside China, including... [29 Jun 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The new age of web ads
Comment With no capability to register to opt-out for such advertising (unlike the TPS and MPS services in the UK which allow you to get away from the worst of the direct telephone and paper mail direct marketing exercises), you're stuck with what the... [28 Apr 2006]
Leader: What the security 'stitch-up' should teach us
Leader They literally could have been anybody - irrespective of who they said they were and for that reason it's a worthwhile experiment if only because it shows simple social engineering - either online of offline - can still immediately make pretty... [16 Feb 2006]
Leader: All the Christmas stories in one place
Leader Similarly they also want to remind parents that if they are giving their child a PC they should mug up on the threats which lurk online. Staff swap work for online shopping as Christmas nears Various concerned groups are quick to point out that... [19 Dec 2005]
Leader: Will we ever e-vote?
Leader Given the amount of phishing scams and viruses that target - with some success - online banking customers, how confident would people actually be about the integrity of an election result based on something as remote and unsupervised as internet... [05 May 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.08.04
Round-Up But, with so many students now thinking about heading to further education and all that entails, one headline-courting computer retailer has announced a scheme to prevent the spread of viruses - both online and offline. [20 Aug 2004]
Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 3)
Comment If employees are allowed to conduct online banking using work computers, does any responsibility fall on the employer if an employee's bank account is compromised because it hasn't implemented anti-spyware software? [06 Aug 2004]
Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 2)
Comment How can the average home user check their computer for any keystroke tracking program that can lift passwords and PINs used for online banking sites and such like? Alice Hollis asks: "How can the average home user check their computer for any... [05 Aug 2004]
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