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In an attempt to protect minors from inappropriate Internet content, PM David Cameron's government recently announced plans to implement a new voluntary filtering system among the nation’s Web hosts. The system is designed to protect people from being inadvertently exposed to objectionable content while browsing the web. In a speech...
This past January (2013) hackers allegedly sponsored by the Chinese government managed to break into the New York Times computers with relative ease. According to a number of sources, the hackers were able to gain access to the computers of 53 Times employees along with data and newsgathering information having...
Anyone who spends any amount of time on the Internet has heard the term ‘Big Data’. However, the ambiguous nature of the term has left most of us only marginally interested in what it all means. That's about to change. The world of Big Data is on the verge of...
When creating the ideal data centre environment it is important to find the perfect balance between power and cooling. A constant supply of power enables your IT assets to continue driving business and is therefore vital for profit generation. Cooling is equally as important as it keeps the equipment from...
It's a good bet that most people who read this blog post have a mobile phone operating on 3G technology. While there are still some 2G phones out there, most of us have already graduated to the next level. However, what about 4G? Apparently, things are not going so well...
The well-publicised advent of Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) in recent years would appear on the face of it to be a new invention promising to revolutionise data centre performance. In fact, DCIM has actually existed, in one form or another, since the advent of the data centre itself, so...
Officials in the United States have identified four Russians and one Ukrainian in breaking up what has been classified as the largest computer hacker ring ever uncovered to date. All five men have been charged with a variety of crimes that involve stealing data from several prominent American companies. A...
According to reports from the BBC, a leading Internet security expert has warned of a security flaw he found that could expose millions of mobile phone users to hackers who could use the flaw to steal identities or intercept phone calls. Security Research Labs' Karsten Nohl claims to have found...
The annual Samsung SSD Global Summit exhibition is an opportunity for the company to showcase its brand-new solid-state disks (SSD) before a captive audience consisting of technology bloggers and members of the media. Samsung did not waste the opportunity this year, unveiling several new models including two new ultra high-capacity,...
In the Star Trek science fiction franchise, nothing on board a starship is wasted. That includes human waste. All waste is collected and reused for other purposes, including energy production. Now, thanks to some enterprising researchers at the University of West England, yet another Star Trek concept has been brought...
Early last week the European Commission carried out raids on three European Internet service providers (ISP) in what appears to be the early stages of an antitrust investigation. The Commission said the raids were carried out amid concerns that the three companies were abusing their market positions. Such abuse would...
Back in May, Google engineer Travis Ormandy took the occasion of a blog post to point out a security flaw present in the Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems. Microsoft's reputation for security problems insured Ormandy's post garnering little real media attention. However, the Washington-based software giant did...