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The Changing Face of Online Fraud

whitepaper The Federal Trade Commission as recently as December 2006 published a "State of spam" report, citing research indicating spam had leveled off or even dropped during the previous year. But lately there have been disturbing signs that spam is staging...

Tags: network security

[17 May 2008]

Dell commits to green dream

News Customers would be able to order components online and pick and choose specifications, Asus claimed. It is also likely to get a substantial boost towards its energy goals from suppliers such as AMD and Intel, which are creating more energy...

Tags: laptop, pc, dell, green

[16 May 2008]

Nato fires up cyber defences

News Nato is also creating a Cyber Defence Management Authority to protect its allies against online attacks such as that suffered by Estonia in 2007. A denial of service attack brought down key banking and state systems in the country effectively...

Tags: security, training, estonia, cyber attack

[16 May 2008]

IBM and MarCole Use 21st Century Technology to Speed Sales of Products Handmade in 19th Century Farmhouse

whitepaper This resulted in significant increase in gift registry sales with online system replacing paper-based procedures. MacKenzie-Childs wanted to set up a state-of-the-art, Web-based gift registry system for a retailer with limited IT resources.

Tags: infrastructure management

[15 May 2008]

Students Use Online Collaboration to Improve Study Habits and Learning Outcomes

whitepaper Students are excited about the new solution's reliability, as well as the ability to keep their important class materials and communications in one place - the solution offers 100 times more storage space per e-mail account and access to online...

Tags: collaborative web

[13 May 2008]

FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat

Comment The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it also combats online fraud, such as phishing, and property rights investigations. There's the loss of dollars where an account has money stolen from it and then there's...

Tags: security, malware, cyber crime

[15 Apr 2008]

Hoosier State Realizes 90-day ROI Migrating to Microsoft Windows and SQL Server Database

whitepaper In addition, the new environment easily supports all state employees during the intensive two-week online open enrollment period for benefits. A thorough evaluation, including benchmarking with the state's production data, led IDOA to select a...

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003, employees, response, response times

[10 Apr 2008]

HP StorageWorks Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server Always on Technologies White Paper

whitepaper Complete redundancy throughout the architecture provides no single-point-of-failure, and non-disruptive online upgrades ensure that data is always available. HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA) and XP Disk Arrays deliver state-of-the...

Tags: database management, storageworks, arrays, art

[10 Apr 2008]

Nato allies form cyber defence command

News Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructure. A is for Antivirus Security from A to Z Nato allies have pledged to help each other deal with major attacks similar to the...

Tags: cyber, defence, nato

[08 Apr 2008]

Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?

News Alexander told silicon.com: "At a time when an increasing number of welfare services are being administered online it is clearly essential that those who rely most on the welfare state can access the internet.

Tags: ofcom, digital divide, internet

[07 Apr 2008]

Top Northwest Accounting Firm Empowers Employees Saves Significant Time With Web-Based Appraisal System

whitepaper The HR team moved their appraisal process online with the goal of addressing retention challenges and empowering its employees. Clark Nuber is a leading employer in Washington state and one of the 50 Best Small and Medium Companies to Work for in...

Tags: hr

[27 Mar 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: DVD format wars

Comment Just give me YouTube on afterburners, with the content I want online, in the form I want at a time I desire, no matter what the format or location. Written on flight VS003 from London to New York and dispatched via a free JetBlue wi-fi service at...

Tags: formats, blu-ray, dvd, storage

[17 Mar 2008]

Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'

News Suleyman Anil, head of Nato Computer Incident Response Capability Co-ordination Centre, said a determined cyber attack on a country's online infrastructure would be "practically impossible to stop". Nations need to focus on improving their ability...

Tags: nato, terrorism, security, war

[07 Mar 2008]

Nato beefs up cyber defences

News Ian West, director of NCIRC technical centre, said this will significantly enhance Nato's ability to counter today's online threats and attacks. A state-of-the-art monitoring technology will allow Nato to instantly spot anybody trying to hack into...

Tags: military, security, nato, response

[05 Mar 2008]

Police unprepared for security 'arms race'

News Hartman said that with online scams worth billions of dollars and growth of state-sponsored hacking of corporate and national infrastructure, the need for specialised units has never been greater. Bret Hartman, CTO at security company RSA and...

Tags: rsa, crime, soca, agency

[14 Feb 2008]

Online game infrastructures: Build better online games

whitepaper Author and Senior IT Architect Veronika Megler discusses the state of the online gaming industry today and illustrates how to identify the business, integration, composite, and application patterns necessary to developing a robust online game...

Tags: game, online game, patterns, robust

[11 Feb 2008]

The Business of Interactive Entertainment

whitepaper In this white paper IBM describes the current state and direction of key technological trends and how they impact the business of games, focusing on what online game companies need to know to more rapidly and efficiently build a better game.

Tags: game, online game, games, hosting

[11 Feb 2008]

Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny

News Hundreds of thousands of people were given an extra 24 hours to file their tax returns online after HM Revenue & Customs' computer filing system crashed hours before the final deadline on Thursday. Chief secretary to the Treasury, Yvette Cooper...

Tags: treasury, government, it, budget

[01 Feb 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast

Comment The only means of online communication is wi-fi but this comes with a reduction in the amount of hardware, longer battery life, much lighter weight and a slimmer profile. Yet I no longer own a floppy disk or a PCMCIA card and I no longer go online...

Tags: wi-fi, mobile, laptops, thin client

[28 Jan 2008]

.uk branches out to fund "worthwhile" web

News The planned foundation has already drawn support from Labour MP Alun Michael - now a backbencher, but until recently DTI minister of state for industry - who said it would "strengthen the trust and confidence of users in the online environment and...

Tags: .uk, charity, foundation, google

[18 Jan 2008]

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