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Brits living in fear of identity fraud

News Computer security is less of a priority in the UK, the index found only a third are very concerned about viruses and spam, with 38 per cent not concerned at all. Identity fraud, and information theft from mobile phones top the list of security...

Tags: identity, data breach, data loss

[20 May 2008]

Protection for Every Endpoint

whitepaper As mobile technologies mature and grow increasingly sophisticated, organizations would do well to ask themselves a simple question: are today's smartphones being used more as a phone or a computer? But today's workforce is increasingly mobile, and...

Tags: security management

[20 May 2008]

The future, in 3D

News Speaking at BlackBerry-maker RIM's Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Kurzweil said: "When I was a student at MIT we had one computer that was shared by all a thousand of us. It took up a building of about this size… This BlackBerry...

Tags: mobiles, virtual reality, future

[19 May 2008]

A Layered Approach to Laptop Security for Healthcare

whitepaper This whitepaper discusses IT asset tracking solutions to meet the challenges of laptop theft, mobile data security and simple, accurate management of computer inventory. The loss of one computer puts patient privacy at risk, and exposes...

Tags: asset management, laptop, laptops, tracking

[16 May 2008]

The Price of Progress: Assessing the Need for a Mobile Computing Migration

whitepaper The migration decision for enterprise mobile computer owners is not so clear. Eventually there is an end of life for every enterprise mobile computer. The benefits to migrating to new mobile computing technology and risks from maintaining aging...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, migration, mobile computing, mobile computer

[01 May 2008]

India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...

Photo The reincarnated machine is currently being exhibited in the Computer History Museum in California. Glowing green excerpts dance across a curved bank of 231 screens and are randomly read by computer-synthesised voices.

Tags: hyderabad, robots, bangalore

[29 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment That growth is partly because smart operating systems are filtering down from desktop computers and laptops into handheld middle-tier devices, as users demand that desktop and internet applications bridge the divide between computer and phone.

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'

News Microsoft, the dominant force in software that runs on a computer's local hard drive, has seen rivals like Google and Salesforce.com encroach on its turf with competitive offerings delivered over the internet.

Tags: google, cloud, microsoft

[23 Apr 2008]

Open source: 'World's largest software company'

News The study, the result of five years of research, states if open source products and services were calculated at commercial prices, open source as a whole would be equivalent to the largest software company in the world, with revenues exceeding the...

Tags: software, ibm, open source

[22 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News The group's products range from computer chips and mobile phones to supertankers. The group will dismantle its powerful strategic planning office, which critics say is an opaque organisation able to wield influence across some 60 affiliates...

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

Securing Physical Access and Environmental Services for Datacenters

whitepaper Datacenters in many organizations house the "Crown jewels" in IT terms - mainframes and other computer servers, disk farms, tape silos, networking equipment etc.and, of course, enormous quantities of data.

Tags: data center

[12 Apr 2008]

Hitachi Storage Solutions at Work: Postal Remittance and Savings Bank

whitepaper The result is one of the most advanced implementations of an important storage networking technology, the Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI). The challenges of meeting the continually rising service demands-nationwide, across a...

Tags: ip technologies, base, implementations, demands

[10 Apr 2008]

mySAP Mobile Business - Mobile Procurement

whitepaper So you don't have to wait until you return to your main office before ordering that new computer or photocopier. This paper discusses about the mobile procurement capabilities of mySAP Mobile Business, which empowers you and your workforce by...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, mobile business, return, mysap

[10 Apr 2008]

Backseat driver keeps armed forces in line

News Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar The UK's armed forces are to get an electronic backseat driver aimed at saving lives on the road. The GreenRoad Technologies box will record 120 different driving manoeuvres and tell military drivers...

Tags: road, mod, army

[04 Apr 2008]

Remote Control and Diagnostics: A Powerful Remote Control and Diagnostics Solution to Streamline IT Service Support for Remote Desktops, Servers, and Mobile Devices

whitepaper See the desktop of a remote computer and control it with your local mouse and keyboard. It's a powerful remote control and diagnostics solution for remote desktops, servers, and mobile devices. ManageSoft remote control and diagnostics streamlines...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, diagnostics, remote control, mobile devices

[04 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…

Comment On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high-tech" computer security systems failing were avoided and as a result planes managed to leave the airport with passengers onboard.

Tags: laptop, t5, heathrow, mobile

[03 Apr 2008]

Mobile Malware: Threats and Prevention

whitepaper Carrying a "smart" mobile phone is almost like having a powerful computer in pocket. An increasing number of phones sold today - especially in Europe - include not only a camera but also extensive online access, keyboards, and other typical...

Tags: security applications

[03 Apr 2008]

Flash Lite 3 Web Browsability Support Guidelines for Web Developers

whitepaper As a result, the vast majority of websites online today focus on the viewing experience delivered on personal computer-based browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox. While Flash on the web is powerful, Flash support in mobile is slightly...

Tags: web development and design

[03 Apr 2008]

Microsoft's OOXML wins 'standard' stamp

News Supporters of rival Open Document Format (ODF), which is already an ISO standard and widely used, said multiple formats defeated the purpose of having standards and the result would help Microsoft tighten its grip on computer users.

Tags: ooxml, microsoft, iso

[02 Apr 2008]

Developer of Trading Software Safeguards Its Network With Enhanced Security

whitepaper Trading Technologies wanted to implement Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) as part of a solution using compliance requirements to assess the security risk posed by a computer or device attempting to connect to its corporate network.

Tags: network security, upgrade, windows server, host

[02 Apr 2008]

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