Comment : EU mobile operators are unable to stop price gouging even when their own numbers say they should

The GSMA (global trade association representing more than 750 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 territories) recently released data  showing that a 25% decrease in data roaming costs between April 2007 and April 2008 increased consumer usage by 75% (a price/demand elasticity that virtually any other industry should covet)

WED 09 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

What's a contactless card?

It's a reflection, I think, of Visa and MasterCard effectively leaving the UK behind in the contactless payment card stakes, with the results of a poll of UK citizens out this week showing that 88 per cent of us haven't heard of the card system.

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

MPAA supports military-grade encryption

Interesting to see that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is approving the use of the DreamStream "military strength" 2048-bit encryption to protect online video streaming content.

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

600 Million Web Users At Risks Due To Obsolete Browsers

Researchers at the Swiss Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, IBM and Google carried out an 18-month study and found out that most Internet Explorer users are not using fully patched (and safer) browsers

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

BT Spins 70Km Fiber Optic Cable To Connect Northern Isles To 21CN

BT plans to lay a 70Km long fiber optic submarine cable that will connect the Scottish mainland with the Northern Isles and is the latest in a series of of updates aimed at bringing the Faroe Islands, Orkney and Shetland closer to the broadband revolution

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

A Sneak Peek at Firefox 3.1 Pre-Alpha Shiretoko

As Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is nearing 30 million downloads, ITProportal.com sheds some light on the forthcoming Firefox 3.1 Pre-Alpha version codenamed Shiretoko, the precursor of the next Big Firefox push

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Application Licensing, Lack of Expertise are Obstacles To Euro-Virtualisation Says IDC

A report published by International Data Corporation (IDC) singled out software licensing as one of the main reasons why virtualisation is not experiencing a much bigger growth in Europe

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

DRM-Less MP3 Downloads Explode As 7Digital Traffic Triples

The tide is turning as sales of physical media dwindle while online music sales skyrocket; 7digital.com is the latest to reveal that music downloads are literally flying off their virtual shelves

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

IT Sector Shrugs Recession As Demand For Professionals Bucks Trend Of Economic Decline

Whilst many sectors of the UK jobs market are feeling the economic pinch, the demand for high level IT professionals is set to increase over the next decade according to the IT and Telecoms Insights 2008 Employment Forecast

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

AVG Solves Its Fake Traffic Scan Problem

The virus scanning software by AVG, which apparently caused fake traffic logs on websites, has finally been fixed

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

UK's Information Commissioner Advocates Changes in Data Protection Laws

Addressing the annual conference on Privacy Laws and Business in Cambridge, UK's Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has emphasised the need to bringing out necessary changes in European Data Protection Laws

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

PC World Gets One Up On Asus With Its New Atom Based 10 Inch Laptop

When Asus launched its Eee PC 901 with Intel's Atom Processor, everyone was looking forward to Asus's 10inch netbook version with the Atom processor, however it seems that PC World has beat Asus to it with its new netbook Advent 4211

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Australia's Queensland govt tender Web site hacked

Interesting to read over the weekend that the Queensland government in Australia has revealed its central Web site for all state public sector purchasing was well and truly hacked last week.

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Apple says iPhone 3G uncrackable (fx: snigger...)

You've got to hand it to Apple. It may have one of the best-selling mobiles in history on its hands, but it also has the ability to make gonzo-like pronouncements as well.

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Internationality of FIRST Podcast

As we've mentioned over and over again, FIRST is a truly international conference aimed at enabling delegates worldwide to network and swap stories and tips to better defend their environments and systems.   In this podcast, Uri, a delegate from Estonia, talks about why he enjoys being at FIRST over other conferences.

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft Trusted Stack: Hardware and O/S

In this blog we look a the difficulties of hardware and O/S trust which are the forth and fifth elements of the Microsoft Trust Stack.  

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft Trusted Stack: The Software Stack

In this blog we look a the difficulties of software trust which is the third component of the Microsoft Trust Stack.  

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Ofcom Calls For Investments In Nationwide Fiber Optic Network

The body responsible for regulating the Telecoms sector, Ofcom, has presented a new framework to encourage investment in Britain's next generation networks, much of which is being shouldered by BT

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

BSkyB Carrying Out Secret Tests To Improve Broadband Speeds

Murdoch-owned BSkyB is apparently carrying out secret tests in east London that could potentially allow it to increase its average broadband speed and stand a better chance of challenging Virgin Media, O2 and BT

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Daily Mail Owner Red-Faced After Corporate Laptop is Snatched

A laptop owned by the owners of Daily Mail, Northcliffe Media, has been stolen last week according to the company; details on the laptop contained names, addresses, bank accounts and sort codes of employees of Daily Mail and General Trust

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

O2’s Apple week gets off to a tart start

From today, prospective Apple iPhone 3G junkies, me included, are invited to sign up for their new shiny plastic toy

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Free Games Could Be Solution To Rampant Piracy Says Gaming Legend

David Perry knows a thing or two about Computer gaming; so when he said that giving games away - and building revenue models on addons - could be the only solution to the problem of piracy, the gaming industry listens

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

400GB Blu-Ray Super Disc Around The Corner, Says Pioneer

Japanese Consumer Electronics Behemoth Pioneer could possibly release a Blu-ray compatible 400GB Optical disc soon; that's according to a number of news sources

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Facebook, Myspace Generation Dilute Value Of Friendship, Shun Reality

Social Networking websites could be detrimental to the well-being and social upbringing of the younger people according to a researcher, who intriguingly has an account on Facebook

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Yes Telecom Customer Stunned by GBP 31,500 Download Bill

Coming back from your holidays and finding out that you own a £31,500 mobile phone bill is not the best way to make your way back to work; but that's one Mancunian, Iayn Dobsyn, was confronted with

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News