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Pop-up program reads keystrokes, steals passwords
News Trojan horse installed through pop-up ad has watch list of banking sites. Victims visit sites, type in passwords, hand info to hackers.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Banking
Securing your business--what to invest in
Insight Today's enterprise faces loads of security challenges. Find out which areas to focus on to keep your organization's data safe and sound.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Business security, Data security, Authentication, Security, Organization, IT Budget, IT Security, Cloud Computing
AMD presses consumers to rethink the chip
News Tired of losing speed comparisons with Intel processors, Advanced Micro Devices will stress in new marketing bid how its chips can satisfy specific computer needs.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Graphics, processor, vision, marketing
Adobe takes Flash to smartphones
News The update is set to arrive as a beta on phones early next year, and aims to extend Flash's popularity on the desktop to mobile devices.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Palm Inc., Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, mobile, Business applications, Barclay, Mobile applications
Visual Basic.Net: Is it too complex?
News While some programmers say Microsoft's new Visual Basic.Net is a necessary change, others call the language an "abomination" that's too complex.
NTL buys Swiss cable firm for $3.7 billion
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Markets climb with Dow tech additions
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Amazon cutting 15% of staff; beats estimates
News Amazon.com posted a fourth-quarter loss Tuesday that slightly exceeded expectations and said it will lay off 15 percent of its staff, or 1,300 employees, as it strives to become profitable by the end of the year.
CyberWorks to appoint banks to arrange US$4.7b refinancing
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, Asia's No 2 Internet company, may today choose the banks to help refinance a US$4.7 billion loan which resulted from its acquisition of Cable & Wireless HKT earlier this year.
400 IT jobs to go at Barclays
News The bank has cut hundreds of permanent and contractor posts, and unions warn more retrenchments may follow.
Tags: Banking, Human resources, IT Management, Barclays Plc., question mark, globalization, London, Silicon.com, recession, job
Who's the boss in BCP?
Blogs updated 1 Nov 2008 A colleague asked me about the structure of responsibility for business continuity management at m...
Barclays rolls out contactless debit card
News Barclays Bank has launched a contactless debit card, using RFID technology.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, RFID, Barclays Plc., Security, Chip, Spokesperson, payment, University of Cambridge, debit card, U.K.
Office standards battle grinds on
Techguide Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardize Microsoft Office document formats.
Striking the right IT outsourcing deal
Insight What did it take for Barclays Bank to find and engage outsourcing partner Accenture? Barclays' Mark Varley shares his experience.
Tags: IT Management
London Olympics tickets to double as contactless payment
News The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment cards and subway travel passes.
Tags: RFID, Barclays Plc., Card, contactless payment, London, payment, Visa Inc., IT administration, smart card, RFID
