London's Metropolitan Police (which polices the Capital excluding the City of London) has investigated and, in one move, closed 1,219 websites for marketing goods using illegal copies of trademarks.
Internet: South East Asia speeds to increase with new cable, say operators
A 20,000 km cable called The Asia-America Gateway is to be turned on next month. For those who suffer interminable delays in web traffic, the new cable should provide welcome relief.
InfoTech: is a website a church?
The USA's tolerance of "religious freedom" is tested daily. It's not about architecture, but rather it's about what constitutes a church. Amongst the strangest of the strange is "First Church of Tiger Woods." And no, we are n...
InfoTech: did LSE glitch prevent a new global meltdown?
The London Stock Exchange broke this morning. From just after 10:30 until 14:00 no trading was possible. Given the turmoil in the market, this might have been a lucky break.
IT Security: how to make a phishing website
YouTube.Com has a number of sites teaching visitors how to set up a phishing site. This one's copying PayPal.
Recently, one of our staff began to get spam purporting to be from T-Mobile. Is he among the "millions" of people whose data has been s...
InfoTech: spam reinforced with amusing message
A persistent spam over the name of one "Marc Scheider, Ph.D" sent to an address illegally harvested from one of our websites is irritat...
Comms: the great Blackberry spyphone scandal
It's just the sort of publicity Etisalat doesn't need as it tries to boost its global profile amid plans for global expansion: a patch issued for...
InfoTech: when is "seeding" fraud?
A fascinating case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) draws attention to the practice of seeding websites to at...
IT Security: security so good, you can't have it
Ricoh Americas, the US subsidiary of Japanese electronics company Ricoh, has developed a smart-card authorisation system. But you can't buy it, b...
