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Heathrow Airport: Lost laptop hotspot
News Airports are a hotspot for lost or missing laptops with around 800,000 being misplaced in European and US airports each year. According to research carried out by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Dell, around 175,000 laptops go missing in... [30 Jul 2008]
London: Card fraud hotspot
News Outside the capital fraud was concentrated in Coventry, Dartford, Ilford and Nottingham, which all appeared in the top 10 fraud hotspot list. The UK's top card fraud hotspots have been revealed in a report that shows the crime is spread across the... [24 Jul 2008]
iPhone: Beware the wi-fi security threat
News The Pure Hacking consultant demonstrated how a point-and-click attack can be used to gain access to a victim's Gmail account over a hotspot, using a tool to "sniff out" unencrypted information stored in cookies, and then using a separate tool to... [12 Jun 2008]
Broadband Britain embraces wi-fi sharing love
News BT released the figures showing the number of people who have signed up to BT Fon, where customers share their broadband connection as a wireless hotspot. Britain has showed off a more giving side after it was revealed the nation shares more than... [05 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: silicon.com reveals the world's Tech Hotspots
News Silicon Valley was named as the world's most influential Tech Hotspot, with judges citing its long heritage in technology innovation and continued influence as key factors. Bangalore, ranked the second most influential Tech Hotspot by the panel, is... [03 Jun 2008]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News Speaking at the Mobile Broadband Congress in London yesterday, Dave Hughes, BT's director of wireless broadband, told delegates that - by the end of this week - there would be 100,000 BT Home Hub users who have signed up to turn their hub into a... [22 May 2008]
Surf's up with ferry wi-fi
News We're also laying the foundation for public wi-fi hotspot services. Wi-fi is to take to the waves as a cross-channel ferry company offers wireless internet access. Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries will offer 3.6Mbps wireless broadband access on its... [15 Apr 2008]
Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi
News Customers making a purchase at Coffee Republic will be offered a free wi-fi voucher giving them a login code to access the store's hotspot from any wi-fi-enabled laptop, mobile phone or PDA. The free wi-fi service uses technology from hotspot... [14 Apr 2008]
Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?
News The mobile broadband market is hotting up with data card sales set to jump four-fold in the next three years as prices come down - possibly threatening the wi-fi hotspot market. And cheaper mobile broadband may even threaten the wi-fi hotspot... [28 Mar 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News But the world is in the grip of wi-fi fever, according to the latest data from iPass' 'Wi-Fi Hotspot Index' for the second half of 2007. According to the index, wi-fi hotspot usage by business users increased 89 per cent over the same period the... [14 Mar 2008]
Fancy a hotspot in your pocket? Turn your Nokia into just that
News The wi-fi hotspot should then be suitable for driving any Windows notebook. If you're a Nokia smart phone owner who was a little envious of WMWifiRouter, the utility that turns Windows Mobile smart phones into go-anywhere wi-fi access points, here... [25 Feb 2008]
Glasgow: Crackdown on software piracy hotspot
News A piracy crackdown is to target companies in Glasgow after the city was pinpointed as being a hotspot for illegal software. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [07 Feb 2008]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News London and the South East was the main fraud hotspot, representing 65 per cent by value, or £655m and more than 35 per cent of the reported cases. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [04 Feb 2008]
Three-quarters of world to have mobile by 2011...
News Three-quarters of consumers around the world will have a mobile phone by 2011, it has been predicted. Around 1.5 billion new mobile consumers are forecast to emerge over the next four years, with 65 per cent of these coming from the Asia Pacific... [25 Oct 2007]
ID fraud: Who's most at risk?
News The capital remains the hotspot for identity theft in the UK. National identity fraud protection week has kicked off with a warning that 79 per cent of Brits are still being careless when it comes to safeguarding their personal data. [09 Oct 2007]
