12th November 2007

US 'botmaster' faces 60-year prison spell

John Kenneth Schiefer has admitted operating a 250,000 PC botnet, allegedly used to steal information and money from PayPal users
[12.11.07]

University sues Google over search patent

The company is facing a patent infringement lawsuit by Boston-based Northeastern University over tech used in its core web-search system
[12.11.07]

Intel launches Penryn chips

The chipmaker has officially launched its next-generation processors based on the 45-nanometre manufacturing process
[12.11.07]

Cisco boosts bandwidth with 'virtualised' switches

The company has rolled out two products aimed at helping businesses increase network capacity without overhauling existing infrastructure
[12.11.07]

ID cards to cost over £5.6bn

The latest Home Office report into the cost of the scheme over the next 10 years shows a rise of around £100m over the previous estimate
[12.11.07]

Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes

Trend Micro claims the Russian Business Network has suddenly dropped off the internet, but the group may have resurfaced in Asia
[09.11.07]

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Google scientist to demo quantum computer

Dr Hartmut Neven is to participate in a demo by start-up D-Wave Systems of a device claimed to be the first practical quantum computer
[09.11.07]

Government data sharing may harm public trust

Increased data sharing between government departments and services could undermine citizens' confidence in public bodies, Lord Erroll has said
[09.11.07]

O2: Businesses may block iPhone usage

The mobile operator says that, while it is happy to transfer phone numbers to Apple's new handset, businesses may impose tougher rules
[09.11.07]

Vodafone to turn on faster super-3G

The operator's latest USB modem will support 7.2Mbps downlink and 1.44Mbps uplink when those speeds are enabled from December onwards
[09.11.07]

Dell: Ubuntu PCs still available

The company has said claims that it will no longer sell the Linux distribution pre-installed are erroneous
[09.11.07]

iPhone gets wireless Outlook synchronisation

Funambol's open-source plug-in, released on Thursday, should allow Outlook contacts to be wirelessly synchronised with Apple's handset
[09.11.07]

Judges reveal best (and worst) politicians' websites

At the inaugural MP Website Awards, hosted by the British Computer Society at the House of Commons, MPs were told who really cuts the mustard online
[09.11.07]

European iPhone fever kicks off in Germany

Apple fans braved the rain in Cologne first thing on Friday morning for the chance to bag one of the coveted phones
[09.11.07]

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Qualcomm shares drop on disappointing outlook

Company appears to be losing market share to rivals in the market for chips used in high-speed wireless phones
[09.11.07]

Anti-spyware demo revealed as malware in disguise

The scam has proliferated dramatically, prompting users browsing a legitimate website to dowload an anti-spyware package that gives hackers access to credit card details
[09.11.07]

Report: Sprint and Clearwire call off WiMax pact

Complexities of the transaction and the departure of Sprint's chief executive affected the companies' decision
[09.11.07]

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Microsoft's Surface facing a rocky road to market

The software maker doesn't expect early partners to have their units up and running until spring. It had hoped they would be ready before year's end
[09.11.07]

RIM gives BlackBerry a consumer flavour

Moving into more countries and squeezing in more consumer- oriented features are part of RIM's plan to keep market share as rivals proliferate
[08.11.07]

Red Hat pushes Linux as a service model

The vendor has announced a virtualisation strategy that it claims could boost its Enterprise Linux offering onto 50 percent of the world's servers by 2015
[08.11.07]

Inside Intel's Penryn

Intel's new Penryn family of processors introduces a new 45nm fabrication process, along with a few architectural improvements.

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Google's Android paves way for mobile supremacy

There is no doubt that the move into the mobile environment via an OS was a good move by Google. Naturally the open-source nature of Android presents a unique flavor of potential mobile security vulnerabilities, but nonetheless this is a good thing...

By MobileTech

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ITN Apple fracas - Update
I now have better info on the ITN/Apple debacle at the iPhone launch - and it really is better... more
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iPhone fans behind bars
Here's a picture courtesy of our colleagues at silicon.com of Apple's core (boom boom) audience queuing outside the company's main London store... more

ITN thrown out of iPhone press conference for 'being rude'
UK TV news company ITN has just been thrown out of this morning's Apple iPhone press conference in London for 'being rude'... more
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