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RSS systems zOyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News NXP will continue working closely with its Mifare Classic customers and partners and advises them to urgently take appropriate security measures to protect their systems," said the spokesperson. The spokesperson said:... [08 Oct 2008]
BAT lights up £26m SAP savings
News British American Tobacco (BAT) has saved millions of pounds by cutting down the number of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems it runs around the world. Since 2005, BAT - which made a £2.3bn profit last year - has... [02 Oct 2008]
BT's wi-fi parts ways with The Cloud
News O is for Operating systems BT Openzone's wi-fi roaming deal with The Cloud will end on Thursday, after the two communications firms failed to resolve unspecified issues over commercial terms. BT and The Cloud have had... [30 Sep 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The level of false matches for current large scale automated fingerprint systems is sufficiently small that it is entirely practical to use human examiners to resolve them," he added. The ID card scheme will guard... [26 Sep 2008]
'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News Europe has moved closer to the rollout of full biometric passports after key systems were shown to work. The tests demonstrated that it was possible for different EU countries to produce the ePassports to the same... [22 Sep 2008]
Wanted: Techies with mobile skills
News O is for Operating systems Neil Bamberger, IT manager for mobility solutions at Cisco Systems, said the network equipment vendor has seen a "massive increase globally" in the number of customers - from... [22 Sep 2008]
Sun goes for virtualisation x-factor
News Although the product is free to download, support for the new application - including access to patches and training - costs $500 per physical server per year.xVM is built to work on Windows, Linux and Unix operating... [11 Sep 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News Some Scottish schools are using fingerprint- and palm-scanning technologies to establish cafeteria payment systems, attendance records and school library borrowing. However, according to the consultation document, it is... [11 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News Another growing obstacle to forensics' teams ability to recover evidence is the encryption features found in modern operating systems. Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features... [02 Sep 2008]
Nasa hacker's last legal challenge fails
News McKinnon has admitted hacking into the US systems but has always maintained he was searching for UFOs. Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military... [28 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News Wilton wrote that none of Sun's enterprise authentication systems had been affected as it uses the Liberty authentication mechanism, a rival to OpenID. Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun,... [14 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News O is for Operating systems 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... [12 Aug 2008]
Bracknell Forest reaps virtual rewards
Case Study Dawson said: "As and when systems drop off warranty or we're about to do a migration to a new platform or upgrade to Windows 2003 they get considered and then they get pushed onto VMWare. Bracknell Forest Borough Council... [08 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News O is for Operating systems 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... [05 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New niche for 3G?
Comment O is for Operating systems Written poolside at my hotel in Rome and dispatched via a 3G HSDPA data service. The economic downturn and collapse of the dollar have resulted in a lot of my business migrating out of the US... [05 Aug 2008]
