How much for an identity
It is not much as an identity that is at stake, the main problem is credit card security. This sort of information is regularly and often openly sold on the internet, providing that you know where to look.
The card details are gathered in a variety of ways, stolen cards or stolen details. A stolen or [...]
The next Google should stay in the box
Can the world take another Google coming along; some people think not and that any start up that shows the signs of having the potential to become the next Google should be nipped in the bud.
This is political vision not from just one location, but from around the world. It seems that the politicians and [...]
UK ISP’s will not be internet cops
In France the “Three Strikes” rule has finally been passed, this has sent a signal around Europe that governments and internet service providers are going to have to get tough on internet users who keep downloading illegal material.
The favoured plan is to go down the three strikes and you are out path, this is where [...]
ISP beats copyright cops to data
A Swedish ISP has decided to go against the flow and delete all records of the data that could be used to identify their customers, Tele 2 have made the decision because they say that it what their customers want.
However, with the new EU, law that requires ISP’s to store data for a minimum of [...]
Apple and patent infringement
With the credit crunch still taking its toll on almost everyone on a global scale the last thing that you would want as a business is to be involved on a patent infringement, but even worse than that is being on the losing the side.
But this is what’s facing Apple not only have they been [...]
Hackers wanted by the US government
The US government are looking for hackers, but this time they are not looking to prosecute them, they want them to work with the government to help combat illegal hacking of government and commercial sites.
The IT firm General Dynamics have been advertising on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security for somebody who is able [...]
Steve Jobs still working at Apple
It is being reporting that despite his health related absence from work, Steve Jobs still has his finger on the Apple pulse.
There is no reason to expect anything else, sure he is on medical leave and we all hope that he returns to full health as soon as possible, but why would we expect him [...]
Has Microsoft messed up the launch of Internet Explorer 8, some experts think so and according to the figures released through Net Applications but whatever the figures and comments made from experts it is the computer user who dictates the success of product.
In the past Microsoft have been experts in marketing and spin, but recently [...]
IBM and Sun is it s deal
Talks are ongoing between the computer makers IBM and Sun Microsystems; it looks as if IBM is looking to bolster their standing in the internet sector by pressing the communication and finance sectors.
These two companies although at first may look as if they go after different markets, their main core of revenues is from the [...]
Order your food by touch
A London restaurant in the district of Soho is fast becoming the in place to go for an evening out, but it has nothing to do with the quality of the food or service, it is simply because the “Inamo” has made some serious investments.
This is one of the few restaurants to have installed tables [...]