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The Changing Face of Online Fraud

whitepaper Not that long ago some officials were declaring the war against spam all but won. 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...

Tags: network security

[17 May 2008]

Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Sat-navs that warn drivers not to speed or can even slow the car automatically could be as little as a year away. Drivers in London would be first in line for the technology that pairs sat...

Tags: sat-nav

[15 May 2008]

Microsoft users surf the skies from the web

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Microsoft has launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web-based program that allows web surfers to explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets.

Tags: google sky, space, microsoft

[14 May 2008]

Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away

News an ultimatum   Internet big boys engage in war over Yahoo! Yahoo! chief Jerry Yang signalled a more open stance towards Microsoft yesterday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker abruptly ended deal talks on...

Tags: bid, yahoo, microsoft

[06 May 2008]

Credit crunch failing to hold tech back

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Confidence seems to be high in the UK tech industry that it can avoid the pitfalls of the credit crunch during 2008. More than half (53 per cent) of SMEs surveyed by tech trade body...

Tags: growth, globalisation, intellect, credit crunch

[02 May 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! is worth but doesn't plan to pay "a dime above" that amount, according to The Wall Street...

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[02 May 2008]

Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain

Photo The gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London.

Tags: tech, science, history

[01 May 2008]

Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Microsoft's board met yesterday to discuss its stand-off with Yahoo! over its takeover bid but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[01 May 2008]

Are we losing the security war?

Comment But unlike the Second World War, this is a struggle that we're losing. Now security experts admit traditional approaches can't keep pace with the growth in malware. What can be done to turn the tide, asks Simon Moores.

Tags: security, e-crime, cyber crime

[29 Apr 2008]

Google: Yahoo! tie-up not anti-competitive

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's...

Tags: microsoft, google, yahoo

[29 Apr 2008]

Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa.

Tags: outsourcing, fifa, satyam

[23 Apr 2008]

Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war The popular social-networking site Facebook is coming under increased attack by spammers and phishers, the company's security chief has revealed.

Tags: phishing, spam, facebook

[23 Apr 2008]

Open source: 'World's largest software company'

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Open source software is successfully displacing proprietary applications in many large companies and eating into the annual revenues of proprietary software vendors by $60bn per year...

Tags: software, ibm, open source

[22 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war South Korea's most powerful businessman said yesterday that he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group, following his indictment last week for tax evasion and...

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Word documents generated by today's version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the International Organization for Standardization...

Tags: microsoft, office, word, ooxml

[21 Apr 2008]

Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux to compete with Windows, saying it is focused on enterprise systems and would not be able to make...

Tags: linux, red hat, microsoft, eye

[21 Apr 2008]

Microsoft invites hobbyist developers to light a spark

News Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war Microsoft is trying to foster more interest in embedded software, encouraging amateur developers to experiment with programmable components in devices from toasters to televisions.

Tags: developers, microsoft

[17 Apr 2008]

Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers

News The organisation called the French move "the single most important initiative to help win the war on online piracy that we have seen so far". People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting...

Tags: eu, isps, file sharing

[14 Apr 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News PayPal is stepping up its battle against phishing with new technology and by collaborating with others in the industry. Speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security...

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

Internet big boys engage in war over Yahoo!

News Yahoo! which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to accepting Microsoft's takeover offer, has become a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their media allies, sources have said.

Tags: news corp, google, yahoo

[10 Apr 2008]

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