Websites are increasingly tracking users without their knowledge or permission by using "device fingerprinting" to identify individual web users. Device fingerprinting uses the data sent by a PC, smartphone or tablet computer to websites ...
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Troubled smartphone maker has moved to reassure its customers - by writing to them and taking out full-page press advertisements telling them that it isn't going out of business. The letters to key customers and partners, reproduced in 30 ...
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is harvesting data from contact lists of millions of personal email and instant messenger accounts from across the globe, according to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The latest Prism ...
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Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has not saved end users a vast amount of money to date, and saving costs is not the main reason that organisations opt for VDI, according to VMware's head of public services strategy, Andy Tait. ...
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Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has selected Esri's Geographical Information System (GIS) in order to aid asset management and improve the group's growth plans. MAG is the largest UK-owned airport operator, running Manchester, London ...
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The Home Office has said it is working with the biggest mobile phone firms in a bid to implement new security features that would make handsets less attractive to thieves. Crime prevention minister Norman Baker met with the likes of ...
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There's a shortage computer hackers willing to fight back against cyber criminals on behalf of government and businesses, a former White House security chief has warned. "As with anything, it really comes down to human capital and there ...
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Brazilian regulators are to investigate Google after claims by Microsoft and Brazilian search rivals that the firm is involved in anti-competitive practices. Brazil's antitrust watchdog Cade said that it was looking into accusations that ...
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Domestic handset maker Josh Mobiles has further added another feather to the existing range by unveiling its latest "Josh Feather". An ideal phone for all those who want things at one go! The new Josh Feather boasts a large 3.2-inch ...
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Virtualisation giant VMware will need "several data centres" in Europe to satisfy data privacy legislation across the EU and to allay any fears customers have over data location, according to VMware's senior vice president of hybrid cloud ...
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VMware has acquired desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) firm Desktone for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition was announced today in Barcelona at VMworld Europe 2013, as part of the opening keynote. Desktone, which is an existing partner of ...
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Tesco's bargain-tastic Hudl 7-inch tablet seems to be going great guns, selling 35,000 units in its first two days alone after release in the UK. It's cheap - coming in at just £120 (or £60 if purchased with specific Tesco ...
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Scottish ministers have issued a tender for the provision of IT staff for public sector organisations in Scotland. The tender, found on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), states that the framework agreement is available ...
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Ihab Moawad, Vice President, Trend Micro, Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa Trend Micro will release its finding on the greatest IT security threats to business in the MENA region at GITEX 2013, the company said Sunday. Trend Micro ...
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Safenet claims to have invented the world's first Crypto Hypervisor, and it will unveil the technology at next week's GITEX trade show as part of its "secure breach" strategy. Miguel Braojos, SafeNet's Vice President of Sales for ...
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