New TCP/IP stack flaws pose serious DDOS attack risk

Whilst scanning the wires for security news, I came across a report on the Scandinavian wires that a couple of researchers there have
discovered a swathe of flaws in the TCP/IP stack.

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

House of Lords to discuss the Internet Wild West

I was astonished to get a press release yesterday advising me that the House of Lords plans to debate personal Internet security this coming Friday, as several members have expressed "concern" about the Wild West nature of the Internet.

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Productivity Drives Technology or Vice Versa?

The demand for greater productivity gets harder and we look to innovative technology to be our saviour

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

IBM Brings Silver Lining To Cloud Computing Revolution

So IBM joined the Cloud computing bandwagon, the biggest thing that happened since Oracle's and Larry Ellison's Network Computer and will push a third way, somewhere between Google's pie-in-the-sky Cloud venture and the traditional desktop based legacy application platform

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Ebay Slashes 1000 Jobs, Acquires Three companies For USD 1.3 billion

Auction powerhouse Ebay has announced that it would send pink slips to around 10 percent of its global workforce - its biggest layoff drive - roughly around 1000 full time employees, as well as hundreds of temporary workers whose contracts won't be renewed

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Tackling data centre efficiency through regulation

Across the IT industry there is a strong consensus that the issue of power consumption in data centres needs to be tackled. Where the debate continues, however, is how this can be best achieved

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Extends Windows XP Shelf Life Until July 2009

Yet another stay of execution has been given to Microsoft's now "obsolete" Windows XP Operating System, with the new switch off date rescheduled for the 31st of July 2009, further down the initial 31st January 2009 deadline

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

T-Mobile Loses Data Of 17 million Customers But No Bank Details

In a startling revelation T-Mobile has admitted that it lost records of nearly 17 million German customers which contained their personal details including email addresses and phone numbers

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Sony To Launch New Ebook Reader With Enhanced Display

Sony is all set to launch a new e-book reader named PRS-700 which will come loaded with a 6-inch touch-screen and is expected to be priced around USD 400

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Apple's iPhone Still Has Two Serious Vulnearbilities Says Security Researcher

Aviv Raff is a (very) smart guy and when back in July, he informed Apple of two serious security flaws that affected the iPhone, he did the right thing, expecting the Cupertino company to act swiftly to close the vulnerabilities

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News