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Business
30 July 2010
IT Jobs Market To Hit Low Vacancy Numbers
According to recruitment specialist McGregor Boyall, the IT jobs market is heading for a drop following recent unparalleled growth in vacancies in the financial services sector.
Internet
30 July 2010
Google Says China Web Search Blocked
According to a message on Google's website on Thursday, their web search and mobile services were blocked in China were for the day.
Innovation
30 July 2010
Microsoft Reveals IE9 Beta Release Set For September
Microsoft has announced that a beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will be launched in September.
Internet
30 July 2010
Oracle Sued By Justice Department For Fraud
The suit contends Oracle misrepresented its commercial sales practices to give government customers deals inferior to those offered to commercial customers.
Security
30 July 2010
Trusteer Expands Rapport Malware Scanning
Trusteer is taking its online banking security services a step further and will start removing malware that it finds trying to interfere with bank customers' financial transactions.
Business
30 July 2010
Banking Threatened By Electronic Retailers
Banks must be agile in their uptake of technology or risk losing their market to nimble electronic retailers, according to one industry expert.
Innovation
30 July 2010
Can Your Calls Be Intercepted ?This Tool Can Tell
A researcher released software at the Black Hat conference on Thursday designed to let people test whether their calls on mobile phones can be eavesdropped on.
Security
30 July 2010
Millions Download Suspicious Android Wallpaper
Up to 4.6 million users of the Android smartphone operating system have downloaded a suspicious wallpaper app that collects and transmits user data to a site in China, mobile security firm Lookout has warned.
Security
30 July 2010
Black Hat Gets Its Video Feed Hacked
A security expert found a way to catch the talks at Black Hat for free, thanks to bugs in the video streaming service used by the security conference.
Green
29 July 2010
Cisco, NetApp And VMware Offer End-To-End FCoE
Cisco, NetApp and VMware have released what they claim to be the industry's first end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offering for VMware virtual environments.
Green
29 July 2010
Report Says IT Sector Reduced CO2 Emissions
In a recent study from the Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions says that CO2 emission from data centres has reached 157 million metric tons annually.
Internet
29 July 2010
Firefox 4 Beta 2 Arrives As Open Source Browser Grows
Firefox 4 beta 2 release on Tuesday a fulfillment of its developers' plans to offer up more frequent releases during the development process demonstrates the project's intent to compete hard against Google and Microsoft.
Internet
29 July 2010
Russian Court Bans YouTube But Rages Bloggers
A court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk region in the Russian Far East has ordered Rosnet, a local internet provider, to block YouTube as well as three online libraries and a website that archives deleted web pages.
Security
29 July 2010
Amazon CTO Counters Skepticism On Cloud Security
Amazon's cloud computing division is planning to "raise the bar" on security, and provide better security than most enterprises can achieve on their own, says Amazon CTO Werner Vogels.
Security
29 July 2010
100 Million Facebook Accounts Exposed
The details of 100 million Facebook users - a fifth of the social networking site's members - have been posted online by a security analyst, in a stark demonstration of the potential privacy weaknesses of social networks.
Security
29 July 2010
Malicious users prefer Google
Over two thirds of popular search results on Google have hidden malware, according to a report into malware distribution by Barracuda Networks.
Security
29 July 2010
Cyber Crime Costs On The Rise
Cyber attacks continue to plague organizations of every size, costing companies and consumers millions of dollars and months, if not years, of headaches.
Internet
29 July 2010
Government Launches Website Of UK Legislation
The government has launched a website to provide public access to UK legislation dating back to 1267.
Security
29 July 2010
Sourcefire Launches Razorback Open Source Security Frame
Modern enterprise security often involves multiple security technologies, including firewall, IPS (define) and antivirus tools, which can't always integrate to provide a broader view of security events and data risks.
Internet
29 July 2010
Google, Facebook, Apple Face Privacy Questions From Senators
Executives from Google, Facebook and Apple faced questions over consumer privacy before a Senate panel this week that examined where the limit is when it comes to sharing people's online information and activity.
Business
29 July 2010
NTT And Mitsubishi Hook Up On Cloud Encryption
NTT and Mitsubishi Electric have announced an advanced encryption technique that should address cloud computing security issues.
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