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Toshiba BDX2000 budget Blu-ray Disc player

10 hours 18 min ago
The HD DVD company's first BD box

Review Toshiba is late to the Blu-ray party, having waited a decent interval after the death of HD-DVD. The BDX2000 - oh, how futuristic products used to seem, just by adding the millennium to their name - is its first offering. It’s a sleek unit, with a pull-down front panel that hides the disk tray, display, controls and an SD card slot.…

Lib Dem candidate admits to unnatural vice

12 hours 18 min ago
She once supported Labour

The political blogosphere is getting itself all lathered up about the orientation of adult film producer and Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful, Anna Arrowsmith, aka Anna Span.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

Programmer gets 4 years in TJX hack case

12 March, 2010 - 23:21
Dirty laundry delivered via FedEx

A former Barclays Bank programmer received 46 months in prison for helping TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez launder as much as $800,000, according to news reports.…

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ICANN delays decision on pornography domain

12 March, 2010 - 22:21
.xxx must wait. Yet again

ICANN has delayed its ruling on the proposed .xxx internet porn domain until this summer.…

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Netflix cancels recommendation contest over privacy

12 March, 2010 - 22:20
Not as anonymous as you think

Netflix has canceled a contest designed to improve its movie recommendation system out of concern it might compromise the privacy of its customers.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Trojan armed with hardware-based anti-piracy control

12 March, 2010 - 20:27
Zeus borrows page from Microsoft

The latest version of the Zeus do-it-yourself crimeware kit goes to great lengths to thwart would-be pirates by introducing a hardware-based product activation scheme similar to what's found in Microsoft Windows.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

Ford preps anti-hacking tech for in-car WiFi

12 March, 2010 - 20:15
Sync My Ride

Ford is developing anti-hacking technology in a bid to make upcoming in-car WiFi systems resistant against drive-by downloads and other forms of computer security attacks.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Google Wave opens extensions gallery

12 March, 2010 - 19:45
Beefs 'robot' API

The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an extensions gallery for Google Wave, the still-gestating browser-based app that crossbreeds email with IM and document sharing.…

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China warns Google over uncensored search threat

12 March, 2010 - 18:13
Stop filtering and 'you will bear the consequences'

China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology has warned Google that if it stops censoring search results in the country, it will "have to bear the consequences."…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

'Twitter gives voice to the voiceless' - eg the US President

12 March, 2010 - 16:50
Twitter sensation follows Chief Twit's amazing claims

Blabbertastic palmtop chunter-casting service Twitter* has received another massive hype injection from the BBC, which has published an interview - already causing a Twitter sensation - on how important Twitter is, given by Twitter's co-founder.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Giant flying pliers menace West Bromwich

12 March, 2010 - 16:35
Street View captures transdimensional DIY moment

We're obliged to all those readers who've sent us new Street View sightings gleaned from the pretty-well nationwide coverage now enjoyed by the UK, especially those involving surveillance feedback loops.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Doctor Who to materialise on Wii this Autumn

12 March, 2010 - 16:29
Geronimo!

The BBC's first Doctor Who game in years will be released in October and will be released for Nintendo's Wii, moles have claimed.…

Safari update cages numerous security bugs

12 March, 2010 - 16:11
Code inject and info flaws fixed

Apple published an update of its Safari browser on Thursday that plugs 16 security vulnerabilities.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

Body of James Brown disappears from family tomb

12 March, 2010 - 15:25
The hardest working corpse in show business

Update: Other members of James Brown's family have now denied the his body has gone missing. This story has been updated to reflect this.

The power of collaboration within unified communications

Virgin contractors grip up for more cuts

12 March, 2010 - 15:21
Another 15 per cent off

Virgin Media contractors earning more than £300 a day have been told to accept a 15 per cent cut in rates or leave the company.…

Female porn director turned pol grabs Kent by the ballots

12 March, 2010 - 15:12
Lib Dem wants X's in the box

Opinion The citizens of Tunbridge Wells may not have been disgusted, but a few will quite possibly have been spluttering into their cornflakes Friday morning at the news that a well-known director of adult films will be standing as a parliamentary candidate for a nearby Kent constituency.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Currys claims 3D TV 'first'

12 March, 2010 - 15:02
'We're taking orders,' chirps retailer

DSG chain Currys was today keen to tell World+Dog that it not only has "the first 3D TV in the UK" at on of its biggest shops, but that it's the "only" chain taking orders.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

Hedge fund suitor denies Novell asset sale rumors

12 March, 2010 - 15:00
Elliott wants it all - especially the cash

As the week was ending, rumors were swirling that the hedge fund suitor of Novell, Elliott Associates, which last week offered $1bn net of cash to take over the perennially struggling software maker, was going to start selling off its target's assets if it clinches a deal.…

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SSD tools crack passwords 100 times faster

12 March, 2010 - 14:42
Ultra brute force attack

Password-cracking tools optimised to work with SSDs have achieved speeds up to 100 times quicker than previously possible.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Info Commissioner pleads with Tories to jail data thieves

12 March, 2010 - 14:41
Third time lucky

The data protection watchdog has strongly urged an incoming Tory government to quickly bring in jail sentences for data thieves, after the current government reneged on the idea.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work