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RSS escalated in newsRIM warns on BlackBerry PDF flaw
News RIM stated in its advisory: "This issue has been escalated internally to our development team. RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued,... [17 Jul 2008]
IT education organisation takes Microsoft grumbles to EC
News Becta, the organisation that advises the UK government on educational IT, has escalated its complaint over the interoperability of Microsoft's products to the European Commission. The announcement has already drawn... [14 May 2008]
'DIY approach best for IT glitches'
News Most helpdesk software is more dedicated to collecting information.than actually allowing the problem to be escalated to an expert," he said. Both techies and business users back the go-it-alone approach to fixing... [14 May 2007]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News In addition to being used to compromise a computer, the flaw could be exploited by malicious local users to gain escalated privileges to the system, the security company said. The proof-of-concept code exploits a... [22 Nov 2006]
UK suffering fraud boom-time
News The number of phishing scams in the UK has escalated by 1,471 per cent in the last 12 months, the latest fraud figures from the UK payments association APACS revealed. The huge hike in phishing equates to 5,059 scams... [07 Nov 2006]
US toys with emergency warning system update
News The idea of expanding the warnings to other media appears to have escalated in popularity since Hurricane Katrina and the communications bungles that occurred during the storm. In an age of omnipresent mobile phone,... [21 Jul 2006]
San Francisco airport secured by 'all seeing CCTV'
News Asked whether he believes he has ever stopped an incident which could have escalated into a genuine threat, Foster claims that is not really the question: "Did I stop a bad guy or did I just stop an employee from doing... [24 Apr 2006]
Kaspersky AV update troubles Microsoft users
News The Microsoft representative said in a statement: "As soon as we were aware that our customers were experiencing email problems due to the Kaspersky update, we escalated through the appropriate channels across Kaspersky... [22 Feb 2006]
Google-AOL deal on the cards?
News The talks escalated in recent months to focus on a broad, long-term partnership which the source described as a "game-changing deal for the media business". Google may pay $1bn for a five per cent stake in AOL as part of... [19 Dec 2005]
Sony unearths new copy-protection threat
News The controversy escalated as other researchers discovered new security flaws associated with the copy-protected CDs, which used technology from British company First 4 Internet. Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the... [07 Dec 2005]
Nigerian fraudsters jailed for $240m bank sting
News Often it is lone individuals who find their bank accounts cleaned out upon handing over personal documentation and bank details but in this instance the losses escalated as a result of the fraudsters striking gold when... [21 Nov 2005]
Mozilla flaws reveal personal web data
News There are some permission issues related to running JavaScript at an escalated privilege level. Multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to install malicious code or steal personal data have been discovered... [18 Apr 2005]
Swansea IT strike escalates into bitter political row
News The strike has now escalated into a fierce political row over the cost of service@swansea. Thousands of Swansea council staff are to be balloted on industrial action in support of IT staff who are currently into the... [06 Sep 2004]
Google raises free email bar on rivals
News Google just escalated the email storage arms race by a factor of 1,000. Several users of the search engine's Gmail web-based email service noticed on Tuesday that their storage limits had quietly been raised to 1 million... [19 May 2004]
Oracle increases PeopleSoft offer and files lawsuit
News Oracle has escalated the hostile takeover battle for PeopleSoft by increasing its offer to $6.3bn and filing a lawsuit against the company. In a conference call today, Oracle CFO Jeff Henley said the software company has... [18 Jun 2003]
