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UK Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News Experts from London School of Economics say U.K. government plan to record traffic details of all Web communications is "an impossibility".
Tags: Security, Government, Microsoft Windows Live, Spokesperson, London School of Economics, phone, Internet User, user-ID, Internet Service Provider, Internet
HSBC loses server with info on 159K accounts
News Bank admits a server containing customer account names and numbers, as well as transaction types and amounts, has gone missing at a Hong Kong branch.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security, Hong Kong, Password, Server, insurance, user-ID
Protecting against identity theft
Insight perspective There are practical, easy to implement steps you can take to keep your personal data from cybercriminals. Microsoft India's CSO offers some tips.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security, Identity Theft, Password, virus protection, spyware protection, Computer
Twitter phishing scam may be spreading
News Beware this bogus direct message: "Hey! check out this funny blog about you..."
Tags: Web sites, Spam and phishing, Twitter, Phishing, Web Browser, Phishing Web Site, Password, user-ID, Facebook, financial
Bridging the digital divide in Thailand
News An IT initiative reaches out in the Kingdom under Royal patronage.
Tags: Web sites, IT training, E-learning, Student, Thailand, Computer, teacher, computer hardware, computer room, user-ID
Opposition party highlights flaw in UK govt comms data plans
News The Conservatives have raised concerns about who will have access to communications-traffic data, but welcome a halt to plans for a single, centralized database.
Tags: Data security, Database management, Government, Home Secretary, Spokesperson, communications service provider, Flaw, phone, user-ID, U.K.
More security holes plague MySpace, possibly Facebook
News MySpace works to close hole that lets strangers read what friends write on members' private pages, while Facebook looks into security issues with new apps.
Tags: Security, Web 2.0, Web sites, MySpace, Mobile, phone, user-ID, Facebook, network, CNET Networks Inc.
What is security's silver bullet?
Blogs How many different user IDs and passwords do you have to remember in order to access the applications and services that ...
Tags: Business security, PC security, Data security, Security, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards
Windows Mobile 6
Product Reviews Windows Mobile 6
Will biometrics replace passwords and PINs?
Insight Yes, say U.K. IT chiefs. New security technologies provide more reliable authentication.
Tags: Business security, Biometrics
Who guards the guards?
Insight Eradication of spam, public key infrastructure becoming ubiquitous--the security industry seems to have a history of over-enthusiasm when it comes to making wrong predictions.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management
Grandstream Budgetone 102
Reviews This is a good value, no-frills, entry-level VoIP phone.
Reorganize tablespaces using Oracle 10g Data Pump
Techguide Oracle's export and import utilities were re-engineered in Release 10g. Buried among the more flashy features are a number of smaller changes that help DBAs reorganize tablespaces. Bob Watkins discusses three of them.
Consuming .NET Web services with COM and VB6
Techguide See how Phillip Perkins creates a simple .NET Web service component, as well as a client proxy for the service, and uses that proxy within VB6 without having to utilize the entire SOAP toolkit.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Protocols and platforms, .NET
Use PHP with SQLite database for more possibilities
Techguide This tutorial will show you how to use PHP to interact with an SQLite database, by introducing you to the important methods supported by the SQLite API, and providing a simple script template for you to use in your development.
