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RSS in briefeBay apps lets users bid from a BlackBerry
News The app is available in the US and Canada, and can be downloaded from BlackBerry App World. eBay has released an app for BlackBerry. The application, co-developed by the auction site and RIM, lets users search, track and... [27 Nov 2009]
ID card database: 500 names added in first month
News The National Identity Register - the database behind the ID card scheme - contains more than 500 names after a month of operation. The database went live on 20 October, and the identity commissioner Sir Joseph Pilling said it contains... [26 Nov 2009]
Tesco Mobile to get a taste of Apple's iPhone
News Vodafone also announced an agreement with Apple in September, and will start offering the iPhone next year. Tesco hopes to have the iPhone in stores by Christmas, and it will be available on a contract... [25 Nov 2009]
Second iPhone worm: A botnet risk
News A second iPhone worm has been identified. Like the first worm - unearthed last month - to attack iPhones, this latest exploit also affects jailbroken devices with SSH (secure shell) protocol-enabled and unchanged default passwords. [24 Nov 2009]
Illegal downloaders crackdown: Digital Economy Bill to cut them off
News Internet users who illegally download copyrighted content could have their connection cut off as part of the Digital Economy Bill unveiled on Friday. The bill - a major overhaul of the UK's technology legislation - will mean ISPs must... [23 Nov 2009]
Google sheds light on netbook plans for Chrome OS
News Google has taken the wraps off its Chrome OS for the first time. At an event held at its Mountain View HQ on Thursday, Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai gave the assembled press a tour of Chrome, which showed the... [20 Nov 2009]
Arrested: Suspected Zeus Trojan distributors
News The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested two people earlier this month for the suspected criminal distribution of the Zeus Trojan. A spokesman for the Met Police told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that the... [20 Nov 2009]
Office 2010: Beta launched
News Office 2010 beta is now publicly available for download, Microsoft announced yesterday. New features include a social networking connector that allows users to incorporate social networking feeds into Outlook. [19 Nov 2009]
T-Mobile workers accused over customer record sales
News According to the ICO, the records had been sold through brokers to rival mobile firms, so those firms could cold-call T-Mobile customers when their contracts were due to expire, in order to offer them alternative contracts. [18 Nov 2009]
Jaguar races to fastest supercomputer glory with AMD's juice
News AMD processors power the top three fatest supercomputers in the world, according to a new list published late last week. The Jaguar overtook the previous number one, IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer, which came... [17 Nov 2009]
Google's Eric Schmidt on search, Android and all things Wave
News So it will ship sometime in 2010. Last week saw silicon.com sister site CNET News.com sit down with Google CEO Eric Schmidt to talk Google Wave, Android and all things search. We're certainly not done [with search]…... [16 Nov 2009]
Convergence of IFRS and US GAAP
White Paper The goal, in brief, is an improved reporting model built on principle-based standards that can be applied in a cost-effective manner. Current accounting and reporting practices fall... [13 Nov 2009]
How Varonis Can Help With Efforts Toward Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
White Paper This paper provides a brief overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (Sections 302 and 404), the impact of SOX on IT Departments, and the Varonis Data Governance solution for critical portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. [13 Nov 2009]
Bing sheds its beta skin in the UK
News Microsoft first announced Bing back in May, as a replacement for Windows Live Search. Microsoft has announced the UK version of its search engine Bing has shed its beta tag today. The UK localised version of its Google... [13 Nov 2009]
Intel and AMD bury the hatchet with $1.25bn deal
News The settlement, announced yesterday, ends antitrust litigation against Intel in which the chip giant was accused of alleged anti-competitive practices towards AMD. Intel will pay AMD $1.25bn in the deal. [13 Nov 2009]
