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RSS os in newsMicrosoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News More than 90 per cent of the sample gave positive feedback on the new OS. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft turned to Vista's sceptics for help. [24 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News X is for OS X Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - three times faster than in 2007. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News X is for OS X The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to scan the iPhone for viruses. The malware count for OS X still remains relatively low, with... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News X is for OS X The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than one million customers, and that none have been hit by fraud. [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News X is for OS X Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years, according to analysts at Gartner. [17 Jul 2008]
Apple OS gaining ground on Windows
News Apple's operating system is gaining ground on Microsoft Windows, with second-quarter results showing the company inching close to a 10 per cent market share in the US. While Windows certainly still dominates the computer market, Apple's share... [17 Jul 2008]
Reliability race: Microsoft OS beats Apple, Ubuntu
News Pingdom, a company that measures internet service reliability, has given Microsoft the top score in a test of operating system update services. Microsoft's Windows Update was available 100 per cent of the second quarter of 2008, Pingdom said in a... [15 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Earlier this month, a Mac OS X researcher also claimed that the iPhone operating system, which is a stripped-down version of Mac OS 10.5, does not have the patch updates that the desktop operating system has. [14 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News X is for OS X The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email and phone records under the draft Communications Data Bill. [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News X is for OS X Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. The technological measures were announced by the government on the back of a... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News X is for OS X An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in an email for example, to a specially crafted web page that could exploit the security hole to allow remote code execution. This would provide the attacker with as much access to... [08 Jul 2008]
Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates
News Vista has only been about for 18 months but talk has already turned to Windows 7 with shaky video shots of the OS in development emerging on the internet. Bill Gates has left the building and the question on many people's lips is: will Microsoft... [07 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News X is for OS X The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security checks - will become compulsory in 2009. [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News X is for OS X In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of state for security and counter-terrorism, said that terrorists were increasingly harnessing... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News X is for OS X Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google. [04 Jul 2008]
