Recent articles by Iain Thomson

Asus planning to port Android to netbooks

Asus planning to port Android to netbooks

Asus is planning to port Android, Google's operating system designed for phones, onto netbooks.
Iain Thomson Feb 23 2009 6:34AM Hardware
SSL subverted by hacker

SSL subverted by hacker

The security of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols widely used for ecommerce has been questioned again after a delegate at the Black Hat computer security conference showed how the system could be easily bypassed.
Iain Thomson Feb 20 2009 3:41PM Security
SSL subverted by hacker

SSL subverted by hacker

The security of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols widely used for ecommerce has been questioned again after a delegate at the Black Hat computer security conference showed how the system could be easily bypassed.
Iain Thomson Feb 20 2009 3:02PM Security
New system turns cars into networking nodes

New system turns cars into networking nodes

A new radio system developed in Australia allows cars to be used as network nodes, allowing them to communicate with each other about road conditions and with a head office on positioning.
Iain Thomson Feb 20 2009 6:44AM Networking
Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in Washington DC.
Iain Thomson Feb 19 2009 3:34PM Security
Google may face monopoly probe

Google may face monopoly probe

Google may find itself at the centre of an US antitrust investigation after comments made by a new member of the Obama administration.
Iain Thomson Feb 19 2009 3:34PM Financial Services
Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in the US.
Iain Thomson Feb 19 2009 3:09PM Security
Hackers attack IE7 flaw

Hackers attack IE7 flaw

Less than a week after the last round of Microsoft Internet Explorer patches, security experts are already warning that exploit code is in circulation.
Iain Thomson Feb 19 2009 11:47AM Security
Faulty router stalls Internet traffic

Faulty router stalls Internet traffic

A misconfigured router caused a huge slowdown in Internet traffic on Monday.
Iain Thomson Feb 18 2009 3:22PM Networking
Ericsson and ST combine for mobile designs

Ericsson and ST combine for mobile designs

Ericsson and STMicroelectronics are forming a joint venture to develop new designs for mobile platforms.
Iain Thomson Feb 16 2009 2:45PM Hardware
Top ten unlucky IT incidents

Top ten unlucky IT incidents

No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines. But unluckiness happens no matter what the date.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson Feb 16 2009 12:43AM Software
UNIX clock reaches historic milestone

UNIX clock reaches historic milestone

UNIX users around the world witnessed a historical moment in computing history Saturday when the epoch time clock rolled over onto 1234567890.
Iain Thomson Feb 15 2009 8:39AM Software
Windows 7 should be out for Christmas

Windows 7 should be out for Christmas

Microsoft has given its strongest hint yet that Windows 7 will be in the shops by Christmas.
Iain Thomson Feb 13 2009 3:26PM Software
Palm dumps Palm OS in favour of Pre

Palm dumps Palm OS in favour of Pre

Palm has confirmed that it is dropping the Palm operating system to concentrate fully on the Web OS currently developed for the forthcoming Palm Pre.
Iain Thomson Feb 13 2009 3:26PM Software
US, Russian satellites collide in space

US, Russian satellites collide in space

Nasa has confirmed that a Russian and US satellite have collided in space.
Iain Thomson Feb 12 2009 2:58PM Hardware
Dell launches inkless printer range

Dell launches inkless printer range

Dell is launching a new range of inkless printers aimed at the mobile user.
Iain Thomson Feb 11 2009 3:23PM Hardware
CERN sets date for LHC restart

CERN sets date for LHC restart

CERN has announced that it is delaying the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) re-launch until September.
Iain Thomson Feb 11 2009 3:23PM Hardware
FAA loses staff info in hack attack

FAA loses staff info in hack attack

The US Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has admitted that its servers have been breached and the personal data of its 45,000 staff may be at risk.
Iain Thomson Feb 11 2009 3:23PM Security
IBM to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer

IBM to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer

IBM has announced plans to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer, which will be installed at the Forschungszentrum Juelich research centre in Germany.
Iain Thomson Feb 11 2009 6:22AM Hardware
Obama orders 60-day cyber security audit

Obama orders 60-day cyber security audit

US President Barack Obama has ordered an immediate 60 day review of the online security of government IT systems to check for vulnerabilities.
Iain Thomson Feb 10 2009 3:12PM Security

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