Recent articles by Iain Thomson

Garage space shuttle lands at IDF

Garage space shuttle lands at IDF

A space enthusiast who built a working space shuttle in his garage has been showing the craft off at this year’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF)..
Iain Thomson Aug 20 2008 4:04PM Hardware
Intel outlines solid state roadmap

Intel outlines solid state roadmap

Intel has promised to deliver its first solid state hard drives (SSD) within the next month..
Iain Thomson Aug 20 2008 7:35AM Hardware
Paedophile internet ‘librarian’ jailed indefinitely

Paedophile internet ‘librarian’ jailed indefinitely

A 27-year-old British man has been jailed indefinitely for acting as an online librarian for a child pornography win.
Iain Thomson Aug 19 2008 11:32AM Security
Smartphone makers swift to adopt Wi-Fi and GPS

Smartphone makers swift to adopt Wi-Fi and GPS

Smartphone manufacturers are cramming more and more technology onto platforms, but the end result is shorter battery life and more disgruntled customers..
Iain Thomson Aug 19 2008 7:23AM Hardware
Spammers go down to Georgia

Spammers go down to Georgia

The UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Spam Data Mine is showing that the war in Georgia is being used to evade spam filters.
Iain Thomson Aug 19 2008 7:23AM Security
Single mum wins US$107, 951 from RIAA

Single mum wins US$107, 951 from RIAA

Disabled single mother Tanya Andersen has won over one hundred thousand dollars in legal fees after fighting the false accusation that she illegally shared music files..
Iain Thomson Aug 18 2008 8:02AM Financial Services
Infineon chipset may be cause of iPhone woes

Infineon chipset may be cause of iPhone woes

An analyst has stated that the cause of the unusually high number of dropped calls some Apple iPhone users are experiencing may be down to the phone’s Infineon chipset.
Iain Thomson Aug 16 2008 1:17PM Hardware
AMD targets Intel with business chips

AMD targets Intel with business chips

AMD is making a play for the business market by packaging four existing chips in a new business package to make them more attractive to system builders.
Iain Thomson Aug 16 2008 1:17PM Hardware
Dutch police smash Shadow botnet

Dutch police smash Shadow botnet

The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit has arrested two people and shut down the Shadow botnet, which is thought to contain over 100,000 compromised computers..
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2008 4:06PM Security
UK government plans to log every call, text and email

UK government plans to log every call, text and email

The Home office has issued a consultation paper for a new law that would force phone companies, ISPs and network operators to record and store every phone call, web page request and text message..
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2008 4:06PM Security
Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle

Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle

Yahoo has officially launched a new service, dubbed Fire Eagle, that lets internet users identify their physical location automatically..
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2008 4:06PM Software
Researcher wants cash for flaws

Researcher wants cash for flaws

A security researcher is trying to garner funds to set up his own company by charging for details of software flaws.
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2008 10:17AM Security
US failing to prosecute online criminals

US failing to prosecute online criminals

A report by the Center for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology has found there is too little action being taken against online criminals, despite rising consumer concern about online safety..
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2008 6:44AM Security
McKinnon extradition halted by European court

McKinnon extradition halted by European court

Gary McKinnon, the man accused of perpetrating the largest ever hack of a military system, will not be extradited to the US after the European Court of Human Rights granted him "interim relief"..
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2008 4:02PM Security
US broadband growth and speeds disappointing

US broadband growth and speeds disappointing

Two pieces of research have painted a grim picture of the US broadband industry..
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2008 1:32PM Telco/ISP
New OpenGL standard fails to delight

New OpenGL standard fails to delight

The Khronos Group, a consortium of companies that manages the OpenGL graphics standard, has finally released the specification for OpenGL 3.0, and developers are not impressed..
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2008 7:19AM Software
Georgia gets allies in Russian cyberwar

Georgia gets allies in Russian cyberwar

Georgia is gaining allies to resist online attacks, which it says are the work of Russian hackers.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2008 7:19AM Security
Georgia accuses Russians of cyberwar

Georgia accuses Russians of cyberwar

A spokesman for the Georgian government has accused Russia of launching an online attack against the country’s web infrastructure in conjunction with its occupation of South Ossetia..
Iain Thomson Aug 12 2008 4:03PM Security
Georgia accuses Russians of cyberwar

Georgia accuses Russians of cyberwar

The Georgian government has accused Russia of launching an online attack against the country’s web infrastructure in conjunction with its occupation of South Ossetia.
Iain Thomson Aug 12 2008 9:53AM Security
US warns Olympic travellers about electronic espionage

US warns Olympic travellers about electronic espionage

In a strongly worded warning the US government warned people visiting Beijing for the start of the Olympic Games that they should trust no-one with their electronic devices..
Iain Thomson Aug 11 2008 7:11AM Security

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