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Android security hole gets patched up
News The patch fixes the highly publicised security problem with Android's web browser, which came to light publicly on 24 October, and makes a few other minor changes, according to a Google spokesman quoted in IT World on... [03 Nov 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Because it is so exceptional, it is not going to be a problem that undermines the entire scheme," she said. Smith was speaking at an event in London today where she revealed the design of the card for... [25 Sep 2008]
UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
News He said: "The problem is that people do not know what the best design for Green IT is and we have to reinvent it again and again. The government is to lead the way in Green IT by launching a national... [08 May 2008]
'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT
News The revelation about the number of tweaks needed to get the system running properly has prompted accusations of a "fundamental" problem in the system's design process and that part of the blame for its... [04 Mar 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News Supposedly, Android will alleviate this problem, as it provides a common operating system and development platform with all the basic functionality. This makes it difficult for handset components makers, application... [12 Feb 2008]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News The Top500 acknowledges it isn't a complete test of system performance but it's a way to test for performance on a similar problem across each system. IBM helped design and build the Cell chip and has... [13 Nov 2007]
Project management skills in short supply
News The median employee attrition rate in the IT departments of CIO Forum delegates is six per cent, although a few are as high as 10 per cent, and a third said the problem is getting worse. Other reported skills shortages... [16 Oct 2007]
Tech recycling rubbished as "stupid"
News Labour MP Alan Whitehead said: "If you have a whole pile of technology which is taking up a great deal of resource and is going to be difficult to service, you are just offsetting your problem to other places in the world. [15 Oct 2007]
Berners-Lee attacks "stupid" male geek culture
News He said: "It's a complex problem - we find bias against women by women. Engineering research facilities that interview candidates based only on how many papers they have had published also risk adding to the... [24 Sep 2007]
iPhone 'data-stealing' hack claimed
News This is a problem because a compromise of any application gives a attacker full access to the device. Security researchers from penetration testing company Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) say they have written two... [24 Jul 2007]
$100 laptop exec blasts desktop security
News Making a keynote speech at Australia's AusCERT 2007 security conference, Ivan Krstić said the fundamental problem is desktop PCs are based on a 35-year-old premise where software can run with the same privilege as the... [21 May 2007]
CIOs 'lack vision and fail to innovate'
News Inside too many enterprises there are too many people waiting - waiting to be spoon-fed a pre-packaged solution for how to apply technology to their specific problem. There's a lot of exciting stuff going on out there -... [26 Apr 2007]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News This is a common type of coding problem that has caused many headaches for Microsoft and Windows users. The software maker is finishing a security update for Windows to repair the problem, it added. The... [13 Apr 2007]
IE lets attackers hijack network traffic
News The problem occurs because of a design bug in the system used by Windows PCs to obtain proxy settings, researchers with security firm IOActive said at the ShmooCon hacker conference in Washington, DC. [26 Mar 2007]
Security key concern for VoIP rollouts
News Paul Broome, CTO of 192.com, also pointed out that security is not a problem exclusive to IP telephony: "Secure? This means that there is probably a lot more pain to be felt before security becomes embedded in the... [22 Mar 2007]
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