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DW100 writes:
The much discussed threat to banks from cyber attacks was shown yet again when the Bank of England revealed that several UK banks were hit by cyber attacks over the last six months. No specifics of the incidents were revealed by it underlines the looming threats to financial firms, and be default everyone else, from the breed of cyber bad guys intent on stealing cash and causing disruption around the world.
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DW100 writes:
Yahoo has found some rather wonderful old domains it forgot it owned and now doesn't have any need for as it goes about putting its house in order. Sandwich.com, webservers.com and av.com are just some of the domains now up for grabs and they are all worth a small fortune. In fact the firm could make a quick $4m from selling these dusty old domains and help some up-and-coming firm land a plumb piece of interest real estate.
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DW100 writes:
Google has unveiled a service for self-appointed experts to offer advice on everything from business strategy to plumbing via webcams under a new project called 'Helpouts'. The firm admitted "helpouts may not be suitable for every occasion" but said it hoped the service would ultimately "make people's lives easier". Experts can charge for their help on a per-minute or per session setup.
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DW100 writes:
World War Two and computing hero Alan Turing could receive an official pardon from the UK government after a motion to have his conviction for homosexuality removed from the statute books was passed by the House of Lords yesterday without debate.
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DW100 writes:
In a shocking example of a government being proactive and taking the initiative in a growing area of technology, the UK government has announced plans for £500,000 of funding to be given to schools so they can buy 3D printers to help boost the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths. So now pupils can give teachers a 3D printed apple...
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DW100 writes:
When Aston Martin cars feature on hit show Top Gear web demand for the firm's site can increase ten fold. As such, the need for cloud services are vital to help meet this demand, as the firm's head of infrastructure explained in London this week, with Azure the lucky platform chosen.
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DW100 writes:
There are now just six months until support for the seemingly indestructible Windows XP finally ends, but many are unaware or unwilling to act, leaving themselves open to numerous security risks. Microsoft is highly unlikely to extend support again, but with so many firms still using the platform, disaster could be just around the corner.
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DW100 writes:
Canonical has broken a crowdsourcing record as its Ubuntu Edge smartphone passes the $10 mark but it's still a way off the $32m goal set by Mark Shuttleworth. As a last ditch effort its introduced a $7,000 package aimed at small businesses to try and drum up more funding but the project looks set to be a noble failure.
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DW100 writes:
The Bard has seen his most famous work blocked by UK seat of learning, the British Library, after new WiFi services came with content filters set too strictly to allow people to read the tale of murder, revenge and death that's generally regarded as Shakespeare's greatest work.
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DW100 writes:
Ubuntu has secured a surprise enterprise backer of its $32m Edge smartphone crowd-funding push with corporate powerhouse Bloomberg signing up to the top tier Enterprise 100 package, worth $80,000. Chief technology officer at Bloomberg, Shawn Edwards, said the firm wanted to give its support to the innovate open source project as it could have real benefits for its IT workforce.
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DW100 writes:
The US has seemingly had an irony bypass after it told Vietnam its plans for new laws banning web users from posting about government activities amounted to human rights abuses. The po-faced stance comes just weeks after revelations the US has been monitoring huge reams of global web communication data under its PRISM programme.
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DW100 writes:
The chief information officer of Google, Ben Fried, has praised the work of IT teams across the world for helping to keep business up and running, in a post on Friday celebrating SysAdmin Day. It almost brings a tear to the eye.
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DW100 writes:
Barnaby Jack has died unexpectedly and under unknown circumstances one week before he was due to give a talk at the Black Hat security conference. He was due to retake the stage at Black Hat next week to demonstrate a new hack that could deactivate heart pace makers from 30-yards away, similar to the fictional attack shown on popular TV show Homeland. The security industry is already mourning his passing and celebrating his achievements during his time in the field.
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DW100 writes:
Hundreds of iPhone users have complained on iTunes about Microsoft's recently released Office app, claiming it lacks key functions such as interoperability with other applications and is too expensive as it requires further subscriptions to Office 365
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DW100 writes:
In a decision that will be met with knowing grins by conspiracy theorists the world over, the government's own spy watchdog, the ISC, has ruled that the UK's involvement in the PRISM spying programme run by the US was entirely legal and above board and no wrong doing of any sort occurred. Well, that's handy isn't it!
