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Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment Their late night exploits - depicted in gory detail online - are always water-cooler fodder. Whether your colleagues are Facebook addicts or now-and-again social networkers, you're not safe from their... [28 Oct 2009]
Secure Computing for Secure Colleges & Universities
White Paper Unfortunately, young people are less likely to keep their computer up to date, to use antivirus and firewall software, and they are more likely to access risky websites or share sensitive information, according to research by... [20 Jun 2009]
Data Disaster Recovery for Small and Medium Businesses
White Paper This paper provides actionable insights on the leading causes of data loss, how to craft a cost-effective, offsite data protection strategy and how online backup and recovery lets you get to all your... [18 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Social networkers get smart about privacy rights
Comment Social networking fans are getting more aware of their privacy rights online, says Ruth Hoy, and they're using web 2.0 technology to protect them. Privacy issues are rife online, with data breaches a... [05 Mar 2009]
Cisco gives routers defence of their very own
News The HND software sports safe web surfing capabilities, parental controls, antivirus capabilities, and user-activity reporting to help detect and neutralise web threats such as online fraud, scams and... [18 Feb 2009]
Banks: ID cards 'have been stripped of useful features'
News The UK payments association Apacs - whose members includes the UK's major high street banks - is worried that security features that would have made the card useful for checking identity in large money transfers and... [30 Jan 2009]
Poundland ups laptop security
News He told silicon.com the retailer has opted for a hosted storage service from Iron Mountain Digital, which automatically backs up the laptops when they are online or docked into the fixed-line network that supports 200... [23 Jan 2009]
Job-hunting prisoners get web access behind bars
News It allows prisoners to visit pre-approved websites to take part in online learning and job hunting. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice told silicon.com: "Polaris delivers learning programmes and information on job... [14 Jan 2009]
Legal Eye: Tech could brighten retailers' gloom
Comment It's also been a year of heightened regulatory scrutiny with several major legislative changes taking effect on retailers in both the online and offline worlds. British Banking Code - The impact of the... [10 Dec 2008]
Minority Report: Macs threatened by virus terror?
Comment The original .Mac suite of online programs used to provide an antivirus program but this was dropped in 2005, probably because it was superfluous and wasn't in line with Apple's marketing that the Mac is so virus-free. [03 Dec 2008]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News The GSO report coincides with the start of Get Safe Online Week, a GSO drive to promote online security that began today. The value of the average UK person's salary and... [17 Nov 2008]
Illegal content fight gets €55m cash boost
News The fight against illegal online content is set to get a massive cash injection following a vote yesterday in the European Parliament. The scheme, which will run from 2009 to 2013, aims to tackle... [23 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.08
Round-Up MI6 this month has launched a series of online adverts in an attempt to attract people into its top secret ranks. The company is turning to virtual worlds and the aforementioned giant mythical lizards to... [03 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Michael said: "The partnership's aims will be to make the UK the safest place to do business online and give the public increased levels of confidence and knowledge about how to stay safe on the internet. [15 Sep 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo And the centre at Symantec's Reading HQ faces a growing threat, with a 140 per cent increase in the amount of malware being deployed online over the past six months. Disposing of computer hard drives in a secure and... [01 Aug 2008]
