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News B is for BT Mobile broadband is encroaching on the business of fixed line ISPs, market research company YouGov is claiming. But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. Results from YouGov's DongleTrack report show while the majority (64... [20 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw
News B is for Botnets Clayton wrote: "The problem that Ben [Laurie] and I have identified is that an attacker can poison a DNS cache so it serves up the wrong IP address for openid.sun.com. Security from A to Z [14 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News B is for BT Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records - including VoIP - to be kept for 12... [13 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News B is for Bluetooth Field tests to determine whether the Federal Communications Commission should open up unused TV spectrum for wireless broadband services are getting mixed reviews as different methods for avoiding spectrum interference are being... [12 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.08.08
Round-Up This week silicon.com celebrates (with some rather fantastic black and white photos) the invention of packet switching, 40 years ago. It's as easy as fitting panel A into slot B. At least, not since that incident with the electric drill and the... [08 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News B is for BT Companies shouldn't ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used. Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the "social experience" and... [08 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News B is for Bluetooth Massive growth in wireless broadband services is being forecast, with the market set to be dominated by cellular technologies. Telecoms analyst Analysys Mason predicts there will be a total of 2.1 billion wireless broadband... [05 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New niche for 3G?
Comment B is for Bluetooth The economic downturn and collapse of the dollar have resulted in a lot of my business migrating out of the US into the EU and south-east Asia. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [05 Aug 2008]
Start-ups try to cut slice of Google pie
News Take the silicon.com Skills Survey 2008 Clickable will announce today it has raised $14.5m in a Series B round of financing from the Founder's Fund, as well as its previous investors Union Square Ventures and FirstMark Capital. [30 Jul 2008]
'Star Trek' communicators free up doctors' time
News B is for Bluetooth Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has saved the equivalent of 4,000 emergency department staff hours per year with an internal 'Star Trek'-style wireless voice communicator. Wireless from A to Z [29 Jul 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News B is for Botnets A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News B is for Botnets According to the Sophos security threat report Blogspot.com, the blog publishing system owned by Google, was found to be hosting two per cent of the world's web-based malware in June 2008 - with hackers hosting malicious code on... [23 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News B is for Bluetooth Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News He told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.com.au: "Since the iPhone SDK is easily accessible for all, developing applications for the iPhone has never been easier. B is for Botnets But Sophos' Asia Pacific head of technology, Paul Ducklin told ZDNet... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News B is for Botnets 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]
