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Submission + - UK police pick BlackBerries

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spge

on Friday August 24, 2007 @08:52AM

spge writes: "UK police will be running around with expensive mobile phones, receiving briefings in sci-fi style reports pushed out with images of suspects and arrest warrants. The best thing is that, if a criminal steals one of the handsets, the cops can remotely zap and kill it.

On duty police pick BlackBerries
http://www.computershopper.co.uk/shopper/news/1233 33/on-duty-police-pick-blackberries.html"

Submission + - Holiday bargains infect PCs (computershopper.co.uk)

Submitted by spge on Monday July 09, 2007 @09:55AM

spge writes: "The careless attitude of Brits on holiday puts them at an increased risk of infection — by computer viruses. Buying cut-price software abroad is a risky business but large numbers of holiday-makers set aside their fears and morals when searching for bargains in the sun."

So basically, people go on holiday, loosen up and buy cheap, counterfeit software that is loaded with spyware.

Submission + - World-leading anti-virus software is pants

Submitted by spge on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @06:40PM

spge writes: The most popular anti-virus software in the world is some of the least effective. According to this review, originally published in Computer Shopper magazine, home products from Norton, McAfee and Trend Micro are beaten heavily by the likes of Kaspersky Lab and Eset. The free AVG software is not much better than Norton etc, but at least it's free. And it is a bit better, according to these reviews.

Lucas, Ford to Start Filming New Indiana Jones Film 477

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 02, 2007 @12:36PM from the junior? dept.

Alchemist253 writes "George Lucas has announced that the script for the long-rumored fourth Indiana Jones film has been finalized and is to begin filming this year, with Harrison Ford once again in front of the camera. From the article: 'In a statement, the 64-year-old Ford said he was ready for another turn as the globe-trotting archaeologist. "I'm delighted to be back in business with my old friends," he said. "I don't know if the pants still fit, but I know the hat will."' All three of the earlier movies were shot in the 80s. How well do you think this character is going to translate into a movie made today?

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