In a leaked letter to home secretary Theresa May, five US web giants have warned that they will not cooperate with the proposed Communications Data Bill, widely known as the "snooper's charter". In the letter, dated 18 April, which was ...
Threats from malware specifically targeting social media and the number of spam emails have both risen significantly in the first quarter of this year. That's according to the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2013, which reveals that ...
Tags: Social Media Malware, McAfee
The Pilkington Product Knowledge training courses are back and the course tutors are all fired up to pass on their know-how and experience. This year's programme sees the introduction of a series of half- and one-day bite-sized courses on ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Dimension Data will install data centre architecture and physical infrastructure for London Gateway, the UK's first 21st Century deep-sea port, parent company DP World has announced. With the port due to open later this year, Dimension ...
Tags: Dimension Data, Infrastructure Support, London Gateway
Intel has released details about its forthcoming i-series microprocessors, dubbed "Haswell", which it claims will feature radically reduced power consumption. The details cover the high-end quad-core Core i7 and Core i5 microprocessor ...
Tags: Intel, Haswell PC, Microprocessor
DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic bombardments ever recorded, mitigation firm Prolexic has reported. The 167 Gbps peak attack hit what is being ...
Tags: DDoS Attack, Financial Firm
If you’re worried that a disgruntled former coworker will hack your LinkedIn account and add embarrassing details to your resume, fear not: The social network for professionals has at last added two-factor authentication to prevent ...
Technically savvy people may be the coin of the realm at the Bitcoin Foundation these days. The foundation, which handles most of the back-end development work for the digital currency, currently has just two full-time staff members and ...
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ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) has unveiled a framework to help establish confidence in IT processes and controls, while relieving the pain that audit and assurance processes can cause business partners. The ...
Tags: framework, Computer Products
The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples of the Koobface social networking worm and master boot record (MBR) infecting malware, according to antivirus vendor McAfee. After ...
Tags: McAfee, Spam, MBR Attack
The textile exporters' fraternity has suggested various measures to the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) for the revival of sinking indigenous industry. The roundtable conference on Pakistan's largest ...
Dell has expanded its range of hybrid devices with the XPS 11, which can transform from tablet to laptop with the flip of a screen. The Dell XPS 11 can be folded almost 360 degrees. The XPS 11 has a hinge that allows the panel ...
Tags: Dell, XPS 11 Hybrid, Windows 8.1
U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning accused of sharing thousands of classified government documents with WikiLeaks, knew that the information would aid enemies of the U.S., a prosecutor argued Monday. Manning, facing a court ...
Network World - Like it or not, IT departments are accepting the fact that employees are bringing smartphones, tablets, and personal laptops to work and that they will use these devices while on the job. To cope with this reality, savvy ...
Tags: Fortune 500, BYOD
Maine is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation with a law that would require police to obtain a court-issued search warrant in order to obtain a person's cell-phone location data. The State Legislature, by a vote of ...
Tags: Cell-Phone Tracking, Warrant, Maine