What the gadget police use today
When we look at sci fi or futuristic films the police are often portrayed has having access to all sorts of technical gadgetry, this begs the question as to what sort of gadgets do the police have at their disposal or is fiction running away with its imagination.
It seems that as technology becomes smaller and [...]
Microsoft installs a Firefox extension
The software giant slipped in a security update on millions of computers, this is an add on for the millions of users who have chosen Mozilla’s Firefox as their browser.
A lot of users will not be too pleased about this additional add on, and therefore will no doubt head over to the add on’s interface [...]
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 [...]
Will we ever see 200 Mbps?
When Virgin Media announced that, they are putting their 200 Mbps broadband service on trial in Ashford, Kent there must have been a rush of households looking to sign up.
But although the very thought of surfing the internet at speeds faster than anything available in the UK, does this speed actually get to the end [...]
Windows 7 RC instructions
There are various dates coming out as to when the full version of Windows 7 will be released, the latest being that Acer will be producing a new line of computers that will be running the operating system by October of this year.
But for those who do not want to wait, then there is always [...]
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 [...]
Chrome and Linux nearly there
Ever since the Chrome browser from Google was launched user of Linux have been waiting for the chance to see what it would be like, unfortunately Chrome and Linux based operating systems like Ubuntu and Distro are simply unable to use the browser.
Despite the work being put in by the people at Google, it seems [...]
Is conficker sleeping still?
Its seems that although the conficker or downadup worm has not made the surprise attack as suspected by security experts.
Although those who have been monitoring the network have seen some activity from it.
So far, the activity has been that infected computers have been instructed to visit web addresses were it would get new instructions.
It [...]