US Air Force wants access to all computers
The US Air Force are looking to either buy or build a suite of tools that will enable them to gain access to computers, they are not talking about any old computer though, they mean all computers everywhere, including yours!
In order to achieve their goals they have created an organisation which will become known as [...]
Gmail the number one spam resource
The problem with email is spam, well actually its spammers. But with all of security features that have been installed on our computers and what the email hosting companies have put into their systems, why does spam keep getting through?
It is a question of where it comes from. Gmail as it comes from Google is [...]
Bloggers get free access to Britannica
Before the internet the Encyclopaedia Britannica may have been one of the resources which researchers would turn too should there be an issue that needed clarifying. But like the music industry as the internet began to take off, sales of the £700 set of books have fallen away.
But even the online resource has suffered at [...]
A computer that knows beauty
For many people the saying is true, that “Beauty is in the eye beholder” which is just as well otherwise there would be many people on their own for their entire lives. But imagine a scenario where a computer can determine whether or not some body is beautiful or not!
Well a computer sciences graduate from [...]
Social networking to get 999 numbers
There is a report due out on Friday from the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that is going to take a look at the many social networking sites that are so popular with children of all ages these days. It is believed that a greater understanding from parents is needed too.
The recommendation is that these sites [...]
Computer system could save NHS billions
A new computer system being tested in Bolton is believed that if it proves successful could save the NHS as much as a £1 billion by 2014!
The system includes summary care record, which works with patient records to make them available online, this would mean that any health care professional no matter where they are [...]
Google mining fears
Data mining just got easier, what used to be a painstakingly hard and labour intensive job, data mining has become much easier with the introduction of certain programmes and tools. This means that people who use the internet to search for people and information can do this work much faster and meaning that work can [...]
February 12, 2008Bio Metrics includes skeleton image
In future security checkpoints that are using bio metrics will be also looking at your skeleton, this technology which has been seen in sci fi films could be available to the security services within a couple of years.
There has already been a patent filled for the system that could scan the whole or part of [...]
Some great network downloads
Running and maintaining a network no matter what size it is or even what it is used for either home, business or just an organisation that is networked you are going to want to get the most of it.
So in order to see what there is out there that can help anyone interested in get [...]
Everything will be micro chipped
It is widely believed that one day everything will be micro chipped, meaning that anything that you buy like clothes, products for the home, cars and just about anything else in between will have a RFID tag inserted somewhere.
An RFID tag is a small micro chip with an antenna that can be picked up by [...]