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Article | 20/09/2010 Swiss canton drops Linux for Windows 7

The government in the Swiss region of Solothurn has reportedly confirmed that it will turn to Windows 7 after hitting problems in a long-running deskt...

Article | 21/09/2010 ZoneAlarm angers users with virus scare pop-up

The makers of the popular ZoneAlarm firewall, Check Point Software, have been accused of using scare tactics to get users to upgrade to the paid versi...

Article | 21/09/2010 Twitter user threatened over speed camera tweets

South African police have threatened a Johannesburg Twitter user with arrest for using the social media site to tweet regular updates on police road b...

Article | 18/09/2010 Quantum computing boosted by 'photon walk' chip

Scientists led by a Bristol University team have pioneered an experimental method for quantum computers to perform calculations using photons travelli...

Article | 19/09/2010 Adobe Reader more secure after version 9

Adobe Reader's automatic patching feature could at last be stemming the tide of attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in the PDF reader, the latest Top C...

Article | 20/09/2010 Interpol chief has Facebook identity stolen

He's one of the most powerful people in world policing, but on Facebook Interpol chief Ronald K. Noble is just as vulnerable to identity theft as anyo...

Article | 16/09/2010 Pirated software costs world $51 billion, says study

More than four out of ten software applications in use around the world are unlicensed or pirated, an IDC study has calculated.

Article | 16/09/2010 Facebook poses security risk at work, study finds

A third of US SMEs claim to have experienced malware or virus infection as a result of staff using social media websites, Panda Security's first Socia...

Article | 15/09/2010 Broadband users misunderstand bandwidth, claims ISP

Many broadband consumers think they understand the concept of bandwidth without always factoring how applications have an impact on it, a survey has f...

Article | 15/09/2010 Seagate's encrypted hard drive gets security boost

Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) has become the first encrypted laptop hard drive to get the critical FIPS 140-2 certification that the ...

Article | 15/09/2010 New mobile charger cuts 'vampire' power drain to zero

A team at London's City University has been granted a patent on a new 'green' technology that stops phone, laptop and MP3 chargers eating electricity ...

Article | 11/09/2010 Ofcom promises easier broadband migration

Communications regulator Ofcom wants to overhaul how UK consumers switch broadband providers, giving the new company the responsibility for ensuring a...

Article | 10/09/2010 Google's new 'instant' search returns results as users type

Google has announced that its famous search homepage will from today return searches in real time using a new feature called 'Google Instant'.

Article | 10/09/2010 BBC iPlayer is bandwidth hog, admins warned

License payers love the BBC's iPlayer, the new version of which is formally launched today. Network admins, however, are being warned to beware of its...

Article | 8/09/2010 Home working spreads among office workers

Once seen as an eccentric privilege, remote working is now so established that as many as half of UK office workers were doing it this summer, accordi...