tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134119042012-01-27T12:00:50.338ZThe Happy Geek[the annoyingly interesting ramblings of the original freelance word monkey]Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comBlogger20021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-6762336535798659582012-01-27T12:00:00.002Z2012-01-27T12:00:50.346ZAre we ready for a quantum leap in cloud security?Depending upon your age, the phrase 'Quantum Leap' either conjures up images of Scott Baluka as the time-travelling physicist Dr Sam Beckett or the change of an electron from one quantum state to another. Those who are most likely to visualise the latter are now promising a quantum leap in the state of security in the cloud, courtesy of the very science-fiction sounding use of entangled states, Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-5684703381904735892012-01-24T15:15:00.000Z2012-01-24T15:15:10.481ZMy email address is [CENSORED]How public should your email be? That's a question many of us do not really think about, especially within the world of business.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-1229312440908631972012-01-23T13:50:00.000Z2012-01-23T13:50:02.490ZThe truth about Apple and Android market shareIs Apple really 'closing the gap' on Android as far as smartphone market share is concerned, or is there more to the battle of the mobile handsets than the latest set of headline figures suggest? Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-58983994751918126122012-01-14T11:39:00.002Z2012-01-14T11:39:29.523ZUS Department of Defense hit by Chinese security takeawaySykipot is not a new Trojan Horse by any means, but the variation found to be attacking Department of Defense smart cards is certainly something that government agencies need to be worried about. United States government agencies, that is. It's doubtful the Chinese government will be too worried about them, considering that the Sykipot-led attacks against these US government agencies would appearDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-17417189237752163452012-01-13T09:06:00.000Z2012-01-13T09:06:09.229ZEveryone gets the cloud, but do they trust it?The often quoted line there are "lies, damned lies and statistics" is a good example of how asking the wrong questions can provide you with misleading answers. The question I have in mind is did Mark Twain say there are lies, damned lies and statistics? A technically correct answer to that specific question is yes he did. Yet, if that answer is then used in a wider context to add weight to an Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-84940815699204721612012-01-09T12:27:00.000Z2012-01-09T12:27:08.524ZPredictions, predictions everywhere, but are there any facts?Gartner has predicted, for example, that by 2016 some 40 per cent of enterprises will "make proof of independent security testing a precondition for using any type of cloud service". That's less a prediction and more a dead cert, apart from the numbers of course. I'd be amazed if less than half of enterprises thought it worth checking that their proposed cloud provider has been properly evaluatedDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-34016145942035710762012-01-09T11:39:00.002Z2012-01-09T11:39:19.406ZIt's not about the browser, stupid!When considering the security of your data how big a part does your choice of web browser client make? You know, even typing that question sent something of a shiver down my spine, in an 'I hope nobody can see me asking that' kind of a way. Although some browser clients may be notionally 'more secure' than others, when talking about the mainstream choices none are actually safe nor unsafe, truth Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-25524441711038828652012-01-09T11:38:00.002Z2012-01-09T11:38:23.109ZHow to hide the fact you've just robbed a bank onlineMan-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks are, sadly, not news these days; they are a fact of online life. But word of how the latest SpyEye Trojan-driven MITM attacks are using clever post transaction fraud systems to effectively erase the evidence of the crime from the victims' view certainly deserve to be.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-4132969770490763782012-01-02T12:49:00.002Z2012-01-02T12:49:59.120ZHow secure is Windows 8 photo gesture login?How will Microsoft differentiate Windows 8 in an already crowded Windows OS user space? How about, for one, with the use of a photographic gesture security system for logging in? The idea of using a photo to identify and authenticate the user is not without some pretty obvious problems (ambient lighting, bad hair day, forgetting to shave could all screw up your chances of using the computer that Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-78155010537417016882012-01-02T11:28:00.002Z2012-01-02T11:28:34.730ZTop 10 stupid security stories of 2011Stupidity comes in many guises, covering the spectrum from funny through FUD to fail. During the course of 2011 the IT security industry has seen almost every conceivable definition of stupid, including more than a handful that have originated from within the industry itself. Davey Winder has been raking through the archives to compile his top ten stupid security moments of the year...Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-2204005165004681062011-12-29T15:15:00.002Z2011-12-29T15:15:38.583ZFree Dirt Dozer Scanner Defeats $150 Dirt Jumper DDoS ToolkitYou might not have heard about Dirt Jumper yet, but the bad guys have. In fact, the high-risk and highly-effective DDoS toolkit is probably the most aggressive of the malware tools being employed by DDoS attackers at the moment, and the situation is set to get much worse very quickly as versions of Dirt Jumper are now appearing for sale at underground Web marketplaces for as little as $150 a time.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-66437977678617567822011-12-20T13:04:00.002Z2011-12-20T13:04:49.194ZHacking Lady Gaga's iPadIt's the festive season but would you really expect Lady Gaga to give you a free iPad 2? That was the exact message being broadcast from Lady Gaga's Twitter account earlier, promising each and every one of her 17 million followers an iPad 2 and all they had to do was click the link for details.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-1736703289064026922011-12-12T16:24:00.002Z2011-12-12T16:24:51.130ZFAIL: using iPhone inspired gestures for TV remote controlAll in one remote controls have become like toothbrushes in as far as they do the job they were designed for perfectly well, so in order to get you to keep buying them the manufacturers have to keep adding new features you never knew you wanted. In the case of the SmartMotion the feature in point being an iPhone-alike swiping gesture with the device itself to change channels and fast forward the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-71742137910446563222011-12-11T13:52:00.001Z2011-12-11T13:53:14.191ZWho is rooting your Android?With the recent announcement of an easy way to gain root access for Android phones running 2.3.4, to add to the list of similar exploits for earlier versions and 3.0 and beyond, it should come as no real surprise that the bad guys are taking advantage of the relative weakness of the Android OS when compared to iOS devices.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-88276545271959516632011-12-08T15:14:00.001Z2011-12-08T15:14:57.037ZIn cloud security advice we trust? At your peril…The trouble is it is becoming harder to separate the good advice from the bad. Especially when there are so many well-meaning folk who are offering what they believe to be good advice, but which actually should be filed under 'needs a lot closer inspection' rather than 'quick sound bite to be taken as gospel' as is all too often the case.
Take the well-known entrepreneur James Caan, a former Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-33423343857667014532011-12-06T19:49:00.001Z2011-12-06T19:49:37.195ZCalculating the ROI of social networks is not rocket scienceDo we really need a calculator to help us work out how much value we're getting from social networking?
Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-47338128111955869432011-12-06T16:58:00.001Z2011-12-06T16:58:31.864ZMeerkats help put your desktop on your smartphoneSo you want to work on any computer as you owned it, but without going through the whole remote access process? Thanks to an early-stage company established after the founders met whilst studying for PhDs in Computer Science at Cambridge University your wishes might just be about to come true.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-27518054792305406902011-12-05T12:09:00.001Z2011-12-05T12:09:33.545ZWho are TeaMp0isoN and what is Operation Robin Hood?TeaMp0isoN, a black-hat hacking collective, has announced that it is to collaborate with Anonymous on Operation Robin Hood which swears to take money from the banks (in the form of stolen credit card data) and redistribute the wealth from the 1% to the 99% in support of the Occupy Movement. But just who exactly are TeaMp0isoN and what impact is Operation Robin Hood likely to have?Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-90230966114263178322011-11-27T10:07:00.001Z2011-11-27T10:07:54.555ZCrap at Call of Duty? Online bodyguards for nOObs could be the answerIf you've ever played a shooter such as Call of Duty, Battlefield or Halo in online multiplayer mode, then you will appreciate how difficult it can be to stay alive when everyone else has better weapons and knows the game maps so much better than you. But now there is hope for nOObs everywhere, as a new type of online entrepreneur in the form of the virtual bodyguard arrives on the scene.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-41541419190378806532011-11-25T07:50:00.001Z2011-11-25T07:51:18.226ZIs it too late to turn back the rising tide of cyber crime?With newly published research suggesting that 75 per cent of those enterprises within the TMT sector have reported a security breach so far this year - an increase of 13 per cent on the previous year - there's a real danger that data security will implode if nothing is done to stop the rising threat tide. Especially when you look closer at that research from Deloitte and discover that IT securityDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-19852238491934857582011-11-23T10:53:00.001Z2011-11-23T10:54:17.654ZIs your password on the at risk list?A password is defined as being a "secret word or string of characters" that is used to authenticate identity and enable access to a resource. The emphasise being on the word secret, although 'unique' is equally important when it comes to password security. Which is why the list of the most popular, and therefore worst, passwords used online this past year as revealed by password management Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-44579409277558466642011-11-20T12:34:00.001Z2011-11-20T12:35:01.299ZMaking the case for an iPad keyboardWhen DaniWeb had the opportunity to road test the Kensington KeyFolio Pro Performance Keyboard Case I was both a little sceptical and a little excited about biting the bullet and using my iPad 2 in order to produce all my professional output for three days. I had good reason for my reticence after all; firstly there's the iPad 2 itself which is not exactly blessed with what I would call 'Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-46495102346737928692011-11-17T11:08:00.001Z2011-11-17T11:08:02.871ZWhy IT Managers fear dogs eating iPadsIt may win the prize for being the research with the most surreal title, but the 'My dog ate my iPad' report comes with a very serious message attached and one that business would do well to listen to. Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-10819513593748153622011-11-12T16:17:00.001Z2011-11-12T16:17:24.896ZSecuring social media for businessNo fewer than 91% of businesses are so concerned about security that they are actively preventing official adoption of a social-media strategy, according to security firm Clearswift's WorkLifeWeb report.
The number of companies directly blocking access to social-media sites has risen by a fifth since the 2010 report, yet 58% of managers accept that social media will be a critical factor in the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-20112950522061403112011-11-12T16:10:00.001Z2011-11-12T16:10:12.038ZStop dropping FUD bombs on the cloudYou might have thought that by now business would have 'got' the cloud. I certainly didn't expect the enterprise sector to be acting in quite such a tardy fashion compared to your average consumer when it comes to not only adopting cloud services with open arms but also, actually, understanding what they are.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-57717577159524130802011-11-08T20:05:00.002Z2011-11-08T20:05:23.627ZNew research suggests the tablet challenge is far from over for Apple or AndroidIf you thought Apple had the whole tablet computing market sewn up tighter than a zombies' mouth, you would be wrong according to newly published research which, while confirming the iPad as market leader, points towards a far from certain future when it comes to convincing the average consumer (as opposed to early adopting gadget geeks) that tablet computing is for them.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-20370667488603159162011-11-02T14:46:00.002Z2011-11-02T14:46:43.265ZUSA remains 'King of Spam' despite strong Asian competitionThink of spam and chances are your mind immediately turns to China or Russia and messages about sexual dysfunction or a financial deal you cannot believe. Maybe, though, your thoughts should be closer to home. Especially if home is in the United States.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-10328864324728331832011-11-02T07:43:00.000Z2011-11-02T14:46:43.278ZIs your enterprise making the same mistakes as the NHS?While the NHS gets all the bad publicity it deserves as far as lapsidaisical data security policy implementation is concerned, I am not convinced it should be singled out as the pantomime villain on the ITsec stage: sloppy security is behind you. Oh yes it is...Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-42230135763031703192011-11-01T10:14:00.000Z2011-11-01T10:14:29.655ZEnterprise security shoot-out: iPad vs. AndroidAccording to the Good Technology Device Activations Report Q3 2011, the number of Android tablet activations seen by the company remain “in the realm of a rounding error” compared with the continuing dominance of the iPad within the realm of the enterprise. The iPad actually accounted for 96 per cent of all tablet activations during the quarter, with Android mopping up a measly four per cent. If Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-63520630980147630782011-10-31T12:36:00.001Z2011-10-31T12:36:52.321ZTrick or Treat? IT security vendors adopt scare tactics this HalloweenWith no actual Halloween-based security threats to report, it looks like the security vendors have had no choice but to start reporting scary stuff that might happen to your data instead. While I have no qualms about genuine warnings to 'be careful out there' this Halloween, a little reminder about not clicking like an idiot on something stupid just because it is seasonally apt is never a bad Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-49723727123506316682011-10-27T21:29:00.000+01:002011-10-27T21:30:11.728+01:00Can a Big Lens really turn your iPhone or iPad into a professional DSLR camera?Reallusion is perhaps best known for developing a range of award-winning 3D cinematic tools, so it came as something of a surprise to discover that the company has just released an iPhone app. The surprise did not diminish any when the press release arrived on my desk and proudly, not to mention rather loudly, proclaimed that "Big Lens will turn your iPhone/iPad into a professional SLR camera". Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-25122480250514103082011-10-24T12:41:00.001+01:002011-10-24T12:41:35.768+01:00Automatically wash your iTunes music database with RinseRinse doesn't really do anything that you couldn't do yourself (querying the Gracenote database, correcting spelling mistakes, adding album artwork, removing duplicates and so on) but it does make the task of doing them a lot less tedious. As well as being very easy to use, Rinse can be left to run without intervention in order to speed up the process even further. All in all, this is a very Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-39024234393914040982011-10-22T10:48:00.000+01:002011-10-22T10:49:07.988+01:00The devil is in the DeepSAFE detailThere was something of a media feeding frenzy over the announcement from McAfee during the FOCUS 2011 conference in Las Vegas yesterday that it has, with a little help and a lot of cash from Intel, developed the technology to stop and remediate the kind of advanced stealth behaviour executed by rootkits. Having spent the last 20 years of my professional life emerged in IT security issues, one wayDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-83515596083778599742011-10-20T11:24:00.000+01:002011-10-20T11:25:04.377+01:00Locking down the iPad 2 for business useThe trouble with Kensington lock systems for laptops in the past was that they were fiddly to actually use, which is why the company took a step back and redesigned the process by introducing the new ClickSafe system. This still utilises the same Kensington lock slot that appears on everything mobile, but does so by requiring the user to put a locking 'nub' into it which stays in place and the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-73279406040488143702011-10-17T12:28:00.001+01:002011-10-17T12:28:34.531+01:00How to secure your iPhone 4 and iPhone 4SMy iPhone is always with me, and I will admit to having mild panic attacks if I misplace it around the office or house. Only once have I had cause to go into major panic mode though, and that was when I managed to leave my iPhone and my car keys in a shop. Luckily it was the last shop I had been in, and my good fortune held up as not only had I left them at the checkout counter but the checkout Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-10018390542191485302011-10-13T11:29:00.001+01:002011-10-13T11:29:34.197+01:00What enterprises must learn from Sony’s security mistakesYou might have thought that a large enterprise such as Sony, having suffered a very high profile and therefore very embarrassing (not to mention brand damaging) security breach earlier this year as reported by IT Pro would have done everything it could to ensure there could be no further security shocks for users. You would have been wrong though, if the news that Sony has locked down 93,000 Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-49388274361056770042011-10-12T12:12:00.000+01:002011-10-12T12:13:12.295+01:00Going cheap: stolen credit cardsThree and a half years ago, DaniWeb was reporting how stolen credit cards could be purchased online for as little as $10 per card, complete with a guarantee that the accounts behind the cards were active, when purchased in larger volumes. So how has the market changed since the start of 2008?Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-45086625310238240752011-10-12T10:50:00.001+01:002011-10-12T10:50:57.676+01:00Is the Pope a Scientologist?Let me rephrase that question: is 97 percent of wireless data really secure? The answer, whichever way you look at it, is quite obviously no. Yet, according to the latest research from the Wi-Fi Alliance, some 97 percent of folk appear to firmly believe that data held on their wireless devices and networks is both safe and secure.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-63578580986255773802011-10-04T14:29:00.001+01:002011-10-04T14:29:47.637+01:00Socially unacceptable security jokeWhat do you get if you cross 4,650 IT professionals with social media in the workplace? A lack of Infosec policy that leaves the enterprise at risk. Boom boom! OK, so it’s not the funniest punchline I’ve ever heard, but the level of social media risk that the average enterprise is leaving itself exposed to is, frankly, something of a joke.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-13626363379838576852011-10-04T12:15:00.001+01:002011-10-04T12:15:44.577+01:00Exposing the $369,000 online dating scamJust how desperately are you looking for love? Unfortunately, for some the answer is all too often all too desperately; to the point where common sense leaps out of the window and is quickly followed by the bank balance. According to new research by the University of Leicester in the UK, hundreds of thousands of people have already fallen to what is being referred to as the online romance scam.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-92093752425604502292011-09-30T10:42:00.000+01:002011-09-30T10:43:04.138+01:00So you want to control a tank with your iPhone or Android smartphone?When it comes to robotic pets I still have my heart set on one day owning a Sony AIBO as I always wanted one when they arrived on the geek scene, but could never justify the cost. The Desk Pet TankBot is no AIBO; for a start it's a tank and not a dog, it's a lot smaller and far less intelligent no matter what the packaging blurb tells you. Oh, and it's nowhere near as cute either. But then again,Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-18746595860201305712011-09-29T13:48:00.000+01:002011-09-29T13:49:22.648+01:00Don’t get fobbed off with chavvy security standardsI have to admit that I’m not much of a public transport person; the word ‘public’ being the clue as to why I prefer travelling in the chav-free environment of my eco-friendly little Fiat 500 whenever possible. However, when I do risk jumping on a bus, or have won the lottery and can afford a train journey, I am always near terminally confused by the various ticketing options. What I would want, Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-87089325951404630852011-09-29T13:44:00.000+01:002011-09-29T13:45:18.489+01:00Is your marketing campaign suffering from social media neglect?A group of social media experts meeting at Microsoft's London offices has warned that social media is more than just a numbers game and for marketing campaigns to succeed, business must understand how a blend of creativity and science drives it. The round robin event featuring social media experts from across the UK was held by hosting specialists UKFast at the London offices of Microsoft and Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-31859469987048332162011-09-27T10:38:00.001+01:002011-09-27T10:38:48.287+01:00Looking for a pocket compiler? CodeToGo could be the answerCodeToGo has long been regarded as something of a 'novelty' mobile compiler for iOS devices mainly thanks to an inability to load or save code snippets. All that has changed with the latest version which enables the import and export of files using Dropbox, as well as the current code for whatever given language you are working in being automatically saved for you. What you end up with, for just Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-26048324121464043782011-09-26T22:51:00.001+01:002011-09-26T22:51:59.104+01:00Top 10 social networking tips for enterprise - part twoAndrew Yates, chief executive of Artesian Solutions suggests that the enterprise would be foolish to ignore social media as a source of sales intelligence. After all, as Yates points out, the average customer today expects you to know a lot about them so it's imperative that your sales team can leverage the social web to actively listen, engage and add value.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-75080017148048077412011-09-23T13:41:00.000+01:002011-09-23T13:42:21.474+01:00It’s not just technotards who dislike mobile commerceI recently exclaimed “Leave my laptop alone. I MEAN IT!” here at IT Pro, and was surprised at the venom of smartphone and tablet users who not only disagreed with me that the laptop was far from dead, but suggested I should join it. Proving that I am either thick-skinned or just thick, I thought I’d repeat the claim that laptops are just, well, better at so many things. This time the thing in Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-20242509225202270492011-09-21T14:39:00.001+01:002011-09-21T14:39:51.269+01:00Children are being ‘gamed’ into stealing your dataChildren, often too young to be reading yet, are being targeted by cyber-scum in the latest wave of malware attacks. Why bother targeting young kids, you may ask? To get access to your data, I might reply. According to security vendor BitDefender, online games are being used as a vehicle for spreading malware with a deliberate intention to bypass security checks by encouraging kids to install theDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-28921823748688986932011-09-21T13:54:00.000+01:002011-09-21T13:55:22.978+01:00Is banned Android Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 better than the Apple iPad 2?DaniWeb recently reported how Apple had won a ban on the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe and even published the rather generic-looking design drawings at the heart of the case. Now a Düsseldorf regional court judge, Johanna Brueckner-Hoffmann, has heard the Samsung appeal against the ban and concluded that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 gives a "clear impression of similarity" to the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-83017583603014805422011-09-14T12:12:00.001+01:002011-09-14T12:12:34.252+01:00How mobile malware actually grew by 1400 percent in the last 12 monthsMobile phone security threats used to be mocked by everyone outside of vendors with mobile antivirus software to sell. That has changed, and how. The online media headlines have been full to bursting with reports that 'mobile malware' had grown by a staggering 273 percent in the first half of 2011 when compared to the same period for the year before. But can that be true? The answer, it would Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-3475284411213195782011-09-13T13:25:00.000+01:002011-09-13T13:31:19.718+01:00The rise and rise of Android in Europe leaves iPhone iOS in the shadeIt's official: Android now has a greater market share than iPhone across the EU5 countries of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. According to newly published data from the comScore MobiLens service, nearly one in four smartphone users in the EU5 region were using smartphones running on a Google Android platform.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-60045960714496138062011-09-13T12:27:00.001+01:002011-09-13T12:27:47.145+01:00NHS or ICO: which is crappiest?The news that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has determined that yet another NHS trust is in breach of the Data Protection Act comes as no real surprise to anyone who has been following the myriad security breaches suffered by the NHS during recent years. But what does surprise me is the apparent lack of concern that the ICO has failed, yet again, to really do anything about it.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-24417608488287377902011-09-10T16:11:00.001+01:002011-09-10T16:11:24.739+01:00Will scammers win the Rugby World Cup 2011?England just scraped to a hard fought win against a physical and enthusiastic Argentina side in their opening match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign in New Zealand. But while sports fans the world over get excited about how their country is performing in the initial pool group matches, some folk have other motives for clapping their hands with joy over the current wave of interest in Rugby Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-15960609283335367422011-09-08T12:32:00.000+01:002011-09-08T12:33:19.099+01:00Leave my laptop alone. I MEAN IT!!!I did a bit of quick and dirty research with absolutely no statistical value and it revealed that headline writers love saying that the PC is dead, the laptop is dead, in fact anything other than the tablet and smartphone is dead. But is it true? I’m in the No Way Jose camp myself, and here’s why.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-7265260947623913962011-09-07T15:33:00.000+01:002011-09-07T15:34:20.400+01:00WARNING: Illegal Windows alert holds users to ransomDaniWeb has been warned about the existence of a new twist on the Microsoft malware theme in the form of a new ransomware Trojan which claims to be an official Microsoft alert. The Trojan, which has been named Ransom.AN, informs the user that their copy of Windows is unlicensed and therefore illegal before threatening not only prevent access to their computer, but also erase data and prosecute Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-88758927888979274872011-09-06T14:13:00.000+01:002011-09-06T14:14:15.504+01:00How many Internet domain names are there?Ever wondered just how many domain names there are on the Internet? DaniWeb has, and can reveal the answer as being an almost astonishing 215 million worldwide. Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-70243287146694718012011-09-06T13:41:00.000+01:002011-09-06T13:44:19.594+01:00Research reveals senior security decision makers are dorksSometimes I am not sure if I should be banging my head against the desk because of surveys that ‘reveal’ the obvious, or because there are businesses out there providing the ammunition for such research by refusing to remove their heads from their collective arses. Today I am leaning towards the latter as I read the new KPMG e-Crime report.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-40014652915754580712011-09-05T08:59:00.000+01:002011-09-05T09:00:14.617+01:00Top 10 social networking tips for enterprise - part oneYou may be forgiven for thinking that social networking is all about orchestrating riots and stalking celebrities. However, the truth is that social media is a business tool that no enterprise can afford to ignore. But how can you implement a social networking strategy that actually works? IT Pro has been asking those in the know...Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-17580475291006249442011-08-31T15:34:00.000+01:002011-08-31T15:35:15.887+01:00TomTom loses the Tweeting plotIs it just me, or does anyone else just want their satnav to tell them how to get between points A and B (possibly via C) as quickly as possible? I ask as I have a press release here that assures me TomTom is introducing a new feature that will satisfy that greatest of needs of the average motorist: the ability to automatically tell everyone on Twitter not only where you are going but when you Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-84191914870167366912011-08-31T12:01:00.000+01:002011-08-31T12:02:20.318+01:00How to steal $13 million from ATMs in a weekendIt would appear that a Florida bank has been the victim of a $13 million ATM heist, but just how did the cyber-robbers pull it off?Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-83098222196000819242011-08-27T13:47:00.000+01:002011-08-27T13:48:30.035+01:00Windows 7 Touch Mouse: can you feel the Microsoft love?If you are a Windows 7 user then maybe you have longed for a mouse designed just for you and your Operating System, but somehow I doubt it. What you want is a mouse that just works the way you expect and doesn't leave your wrist feeling like you've been shaking hands with Hulk Hogan for a fortnight at the end of the day. So what was Microsoft thinking of when it decided to launch a Windows 7 onlyDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-45816102192623821422011-08-27T13:05:00.000+01:002011-08-27T13:06:09.130+01:00Chinese Data TakeawayOver the years I have written plenty about China in terms of censorship. I’ve also penned a fair amount relating to the Chinese role in government sponsored cyber-attacks against Western commercial and political targets, but much of that has been based on speculation (albeit well-informed) and suspicion. What has been missing was the proof of Chinese involvement in cyber-attacks. Until now.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-82804543722508582972011-08-24T13:19:00.000+01:002011-08-24T13:20:07.104+01:00Facebook updates privacy settings, but not for iPhone users?Facebook Vice-President Chris Cox has announced the latest in a seemingly never ending run of privacy updates for the worlds' biggest social network. The improvements can be summed up as tightening up the question most often asked by those users worried about their privacy, namely "who can see this?" Unless the users asking that question happen to be using an iPhone it would seem.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-31411103619751989042011-08-22T15:05:00.000+01:002011-08-22T15:06:27.334+01:00iPhone is smartphone most used in the toilet, research revealsIn an unusual take on the usual 'my smartphone is better than your smartphone' debate, a new survey has revealed that when it comes to the amount of time we spend using our handset of choice, iPhone users are the biggest addicts. So addicted, in fact, that many iPhone users cannot bear to be parted from their smartphone no matter where they are: and that includes the loo.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-30647490576789228422011-08-21T17:40:00.000+01:002011-08-21T17:41:16.210+01:00Game development by the numbersA new survey conducted by Newzoo for casual gaming developers PopCap Games has discovered that, as far as European gamers are concerned anyway, there simply is no one platform that is dominant. I appreciate that may come as something of a surprise when you look at the money that gets spent on console games compared to other platforms, but the fact is they split their gaming time between many Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-83183087239561110952011-08-20T14:42:00.000+01:002011-08-20T14:50:16.773+01:00Is your brand in danger of being sex domain abused?Cyber squatting is, for the most part these days, old hat as far as threats to your business go. After all, any business that wants to protects itself from others associating themselves with its name through the simple process of buying a related domain name can follow any number of routes to protect the brand from harm. Be it applying trademark protection laws or just buying up all the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-80864137603340740132011-08-16T11:51:00.000+01:002011-08-16T11:52:20.055+01:00Using the iPad as a TV games controllerThe latest in a series of round table industry events held in the UK, and featuring a panel of experts in the field of commercial software development, has warned that ignoring the popularity of casual and mobile gaming is a big mistake for any successful digital development strategy. Interestingly, it also suggested that using the iPad as a TV games controller could be the key to ongoing successDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-83856460103215297092011-08-10T14:52:00.000+01:002011-08-10T14:53:21.638+01:00Revealed: iPad Etch-a-Sketch design at heart of Samsung banDaniWeb can reveal exactly what it is that Apple thinks Samsung has copied, and we hope you are sitting down because the actual community design images contained within that certification are basic to say the least. In fact, we would go so far as to say that it looks remarkably like every tablet every to hit the streets and we are, frankly, amazed that the certificate was ever granted in the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-48113480147241861272011-08-10T13:06:00.000+01:002011-08-10T13:07:19.524+01:00Apple vs Android: thousands of tablets seized as Euro court bans Galaxy TabApple thinks that the Samsung Galaxy Tab looks a lot like the iPhone and the iPad, from the appearance of the device right down to the packaging it comes in. Now it seems that the courts agree. Well, one of them at least. The Dusseldorf District Court in Germany has awarded a preliminary injunction in favour of Apple which, get this, bans the sale of Samsung Galaxy Tabs throughout the European Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-16450801633536166122011-08-09T00:14:00.000+01:002011-08-09T00:15:26.409+01:00Mapping the London riots with GoogleIt’s all too easy to focus on the negative side of technology when looking at the devastation spreading across London as I write this. Everything from Facebook and Twitter through to the Blackberry instant messaging service have been blamed for helping the rioters to organise both the violent disorder and the looting which invariably seems to follow. However, technology can actually be helpful inDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-39644678535346378992011-08-08T21:53:00.001+01:002011-08-08T21:53:31.279+01:00Blackberry users wrongly blamed for London riotsWhile it is always easy for 'the media' to blame technology for whatever bad stuff is currently filling the front pages of the newspapers, could it actually have a point as rioting and looting rip apart the streets of London? The answer might appear to be a tentative yes as Blackberry manufacturers Research-in-Motion (RIM) take to Twitter to confirm it will help the police in any way it can. But Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-26688350757413532812011-08-04T14:11:00.000+01:002011-08-04T14:12:19.632+01:00How rude are iPhone users?Users of the iPhone have stood accused of many things, from being more interested in form than function through to having more money than sense. However, the iPhone bashing has taken an unexpected turn as new research suggests that smartphone users are becoming increasingly rude both at home and in the workplace.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-84209927158177603762011-08-02T14:17:00.001+01:002011-08-02T14:17:27.803+01:00Calculating the true cost of cybercrimeHow much does cybercrime actually cost the enterprise? It’s an interesting question, and one that’s hard to answer accurately as there are so many variables from business to business. That hasn’t stopped HP from trying to though. With the publication of new research compiled in association with the Ponemon Institute, HP has revealed (shock horror and oh my giddy aunt etc) that business is Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-5048390466528750952011-08-02T13:23:00.000+01:002011-08-02T13:25:58.435+01:00GOTCHA! Hacking The SunThe Sun is the biggest selling newspaper in the UK, and famous for some truly scything political headlines over the years. Today the Rupert Murdoch owned red top tabloid finds itself on the wrong side of the headline writing tracks after it admitted that reader data may be at risk following a security breach.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-12142557504570829942011-07-28T09:42:00.000+01:002011-07-28T09:43:17.659+01:00Are you spending more and securing less?Ask most people working in the enterprise IT security sphere what they would wish for and the majority will jump down your throat in a mad rush to call for a bigger budget. My elderly mother continues to warn about be careful what you wish for, and I’ve never quite really understood what she means. I doubt very much, to be honest, that she had IT security budgets in mind at any time during the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-68182332570463850262011-07-27T21:44:00.000+01:002011-07-27T21:45:19.361+01:00Fighting a 25 million packets-per-second DDoS attackAn unnamed Asian company operating within what has been described as a 'high risk e-commerce industry' has been targeted by a botnet which launched a DDoS attack of unprecedented magnitude. According to Distributed Denial of Service mitigation experts Prolexic, which claims to have successfully combated the attack, the volume of this particular attack was nothing short of extraordinary.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-77645944963196394872011-07-25T22:40:00.001+01:002011-07-25T22:40:59.542+01:00Don't Panic: Your Apple MacBook won't go BANG!Apple hacking PWN2OWN supremo and security researcher Charlie Miller is preparing to reveal just how hack an Apple MacBook battery. Yep, you read that right: Apple battery hacking could be coming to a MacBook near you soon. Well, near you if you happen to be in Las Vegas for the annual Black Hat conference in August that is. Otherwise, DaniWeb suspects you probably won't see any such thing.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-53295763224248167452011-07-21T19:40:00.000+01:002011-07-21T19:41:04.086+01:00Google Malware Warning“Your PC may be infected” says Google, which has taken the unusual step of warning users that a couple of million or so of them have most likely been taken in by a fake AV scam. According to a post on the official Google blog by security engineer Damian Menscher, Google has noticed an unusual pattern of user activity. “We found some unusual search traffic while performing routine maintenance on Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-42774786513212280962011-07-20T09:00:00.001+01:002011-07-20T09:00:37.553+01:00Add storage space to your iPad with a Wi-DriveIt doesn't take long to fill up a 16GB or 32GB iPad with stuff, but what do you do when that data storage capacity is reached? Apple has not opted for an upgradeable storage option with the iPad, for reasons which escape me to be honest, so if you find yourself hitting the limits you may think your only option is to discard data or take the plunge and upgrade to the 64GB iPad. The former is far Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-35938021457443614952011-07-19T22:09:00.001+01:002011-07-19T22:09:40.948+01:00Hacking Lady GagaThe British website for pop sensation Lady Gaga has been hacked, it's official. The website was targeted by the US SwagSec hacking group it would appear, a group which has a track record (if you'll excuse the pun) of hacking the official websites of pop stars having already hit Justin Bieber and Amy Winehouse to name but two. Universal Music has now confirmed that part of a database was copied Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-10676517273550358122011-07-18T11:14:00.000+01:002011-07-18T11:19:47.943+01:00Schizophrenic security syndromeI’ve just been reading the latest Secunia global vulnerability half year report and, to be honest, it’s doing my head in. Not because it’s boring or predictable, but rather as it seems to indicate a global epidemic of schizophrenic security syndrome.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-56164596954673520182011-07-18T10:44:00.001+01:002011-07-18T10:44:56.887+01:00Apple iPad gets 15 Michelin stars with Great British ChefsCookery shows on the television have never been more popular, nor more populous for that matter. Celebrity chefs dominate the viewing schedules and best-seller lists alike, so surely anyone who wants to cook like a top chef has every opportunity to do so already. Why then, you might wonder, would you need an app for that? It's a good question and one that is answered by the Great British Chefs Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-38741895912084615272011-07-14T19:27:00.000+01:002011-07-14T19:28:11.885+01:00How to fly a helicopter with an iPhoneThere is an app for most things, but flying a helicopter has been (perhaps understandably) absent from the list. Sure, you can pilot a virtual helicopter or play a game involving a helicopter on-screen, but how about flying an actual helicopter in the actual sky using an actual iPhone?Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-61378209435879359692011-07-13T12:02:00.000+01:002011-07-13T12:03:28.781+01:00Wi-Fi cracking nutjob demonstrates why WEP is pantsI’m starting to get fed up telling people that WEP is about as secure as my garden shed, the one with no lock on it as the door doesn’t close properly. I never got around to fixing the shed as it’s only used by cats and fairies (it’s a long story) and I really don’t care if anyone were to break into the thing. You should care about your Wi-Fi connections though, and although I appreciate there’s Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-51331417059472633452011-07-13T10:13:00.000+01:002011-07-13T10:14:27.566+01:00Sound to Go: a designer soundbar for your laptopAfter reviewing the Aurora laptop speaker system from the same manufacturer, and actually being very impressed with pretty much everything about it, I was rather looking forward to getting my hands on the Sound to Go portable speaker. Unfortunately my enthusiasm was somewhat short lived as the two devices really do not compare well with each other.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-61992704178157510392011-07-07T18:37:00.000+01:002011-07-07T18:38:38.636+01:00Apple confirms JailBreakMe fix coming soonEarlier this week a hacker group called Dev-Team launched a revamped website service that enables owners of the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 (amongst a myriad other iOS-powered devices) to jailbreak them in next to no time, for free, online. The JailBreakMe site exploits a vulnerability with the way that the Safari browser client handles PDF files to enable the jailbreaking to be performed in such a Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-16668277634915589632011-07-06T19:57:00.000+01:002011-07-06T20:00:35.684+01:00Children predict future of tech. My arse!It may well be stating the obvious but children are, it seems, the future of tech. What’s more, according to a new study called ‘Children’s Future Requests for Computers and the Internet‘ they also have an ability to predict the future shape of that tech.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-83012392665043921342011-07-04T14:20:00.001+01:002011-07-04T14:20:27.079+01:00What do Google+ and Facebook have in common?Although many people are still having a bit of a giggle at Google trying, once more, to break into the social networking scene the headline to this piece is not a joke. Yes, I know it’s quite funny to see exactly how Google+ will manage to steal people away from their preferred social networking territory, be that Facebook or Twitter. Hmmm, scrap that and replace with ‘be that Facebook’ to be Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-31930651253908451072011-07-04T11:10:00.001+01:002011-07-04T11:10:43.940+01:00Moore's Law busted by 57.5 billion iPads full of dataImagine lining up 57.5 billion Apple iPads to build a wall measuring about 4000 miles long and 60 feet high. To put that into perspective, think of the Great Wall of China cloned and stacked on one top of the other, that's how big we are talking here folks. Now imagine all of those iPads stuffed choc-a-bloc with data. 1.8 zettabytes (or 1 billion terabytes if you prefer) of it to be precise. ThatDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-14776696210192042102011-06-30T14:24:00.001+01:002011-06-30T14:24:36.610+01:00Proof that US government workers are stupidPenetration testing by the US Department of Homeland Security which involved dropping USB thumb drives and various data discs around the car parks of government agency buildings has revealed a not-so-shocking truth: just like most folk, government workers allow curiosity to trump security when faced with the opportunity to have a nosey at something they think they shouldn't be looking at.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-37983236840926045622011-06-23T10:11:00.001+01:002011-06-23T10:11:33.009+01:00Apple has released iOS 5, now here come the iPhone 5 specsWith the release of iOS 5 to developers, Apple has signalled the arrival of the much awaited iPhone 5. But when can we expect to see it, and how will it be different to the iPhone? As usual, the Apple rumor mill has been churning out specs for many months now but some seem much more likely than others so DaniWeb has attempted to separate the wheat from the chaff to bring you what we think is the Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-15279830742924775462011-06-22T20:39:00.000+01:002011-06-22T20:40:30.444+01:00What do the experts really think about the cloud?Ask a bunch of different ITSec experts if the cloud is a safe place to do business and you get a bunch of different answers. The truth is that there is just no overall consensus of opinion when it comes to data security in the cloud. Which is why I was interested to see that a panel of security experts had got together recently to discuss just this question in a round-robin debate held by hostingDavey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-80671354744983333252011-06-21T19:42:00.000+01:002011-06-21T19:43:05.022+01:00Did Shrek help 30,000 ugly people invade online dating site?It's one of the more bizarre questions I have been asked during my twenty year involvement in the computer security business. Yet here I am, pondering whether something being called the Shrek virus could have enabled tens of thousands of butt ugly lonely people to bypass the attractiveness filtering of an online dating agency which only allows people voted 'beautiful enough' by the existing Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-90729957515276061592011-06-20T11:53:00.000+01:002011-06-20T11:54:22.289+01:00Has Google accidentally created a new type of drive-by security exploit?Google is always creating new ways to search, but has it gone too far with the latest innovation? Some security experts are suggesting that might just be the case with Google Instant Pages.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-30574974975760153372011-06-16T14:02:00.001+01:002011-06-16T14:02:36.846+01:00CIA LulzSec hack attack is no laughing matterLulzSec appears to have taken up the baton of high profile hacking from the Anonymous group in recent weeks, with attacks being reported to have hit the Senate, News Corp, Sony and even the UK National Health Service. Yet all these hacks have one thing in common: they all seem to be aimed at getting media exposure as much as anything else.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-89538785618900512122011-06-14T21:16:00.000+01:002011-06-14T21:18:32.016+01:00Watch out for the boy-in-the-browserIt sounds like some sort of Michael Jackson parody, but actually is the boy-in-the-browser something you should be taking seriously? The answer is a resounding yes, with knobs on.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-58429836712114535632011-06-14T14:06:00.000+01:002011-06-14T14:07:07.365+01:00Smart apps for smart pens?Livescribe pens have been around for a while and, to be totally frank, not exactly set the geek tech world on fire. The arrival of Livescribe Connect, which makes both handwritten and spoken data captured using the new lower cost entry level Echo smartpen starter pack shareable with email, Google Docs, Evernote and last but not least Facebook, hopes to change all that.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-44739268542821111482011-06-08T19:57:00.001+01:002011-06-08T19:57:51.189+01:00Using camera serial numbers to search for photographs onlineAsk a group of 100 people how they search for images online and the chances are that the vast majority will give the standard 'Google' response. Indeed, Google Images is a useful search engine if you are satisfied with a scattergun approach to finding all images that match a specific search term. But what if you wanted something a little more focussed, if you'll excuse the photographic play on Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-39364769247892184132011-06-08T10:22:00.001+01:002011-06-08T10:22:31.768+01:00How old is email?It may seem like email has been around forever, but actually it is exactly 40 years since the first email was sent by the man credited with inventing it, engineer Ray Tomlinson, on Wednesday 8th June 1971.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-36087145554452097672011-06-07T16:51:00.000+01:002011-06-07T16:53:51.968+01:00The ecological impact of cybercrimeThink cybercrime and you probably, quite rightly, think about stolen data, the bottom line business cost of recovery and the weak links that allowed a hack to happen. You probably don’t worry about how many trees will do. That doesn’t stop me from being concerned about the planet though; this old hippy has been considering the ecological impact of cybercrime you see.Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13411904.post-20231295176317643262011-06-02T22:11:00.000+01:002011-06-02T22:12:40.533+01:00Edifier Aurora: does this cool and colorful speaker deliver on sound?So how good are these speakers then? Well they represent excellent value for money if you want something that actually looks as good as it sounds, and sounds as good as it looks for that matter. In fact, I was so impressed, dear reader, that I purchased the review units I was sent. And that really doesn’t happen too often I can assure you…Davey Winderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876815818617101734noreply@blogger.com