Symantec’s eighth volume of the Internet Security Threat Report, one of the most comprehensive sources of internet threat data in the world, was released this month. The semi-annual report, which covers the six-month period to the end of June, says malicious code that exposed confidential information represented 74 percent of the top 50 malicious code […]
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I’ve stopped counting sleeps, it’s finally here. I’m on holiday. Right about now, I’m probably sorting out last-minute bits and pieces and packing my SPF-gazillion-plus sunscreen before I head off for a family holiday on the sunny Gold Coast. I think I’ve driven my colleagues
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Telecom and Vodafone customers are now able to send photo and video messages and sound to each other over their mobiles between networks. Vodafone PXTT or Telecom Photo Messaging lets customers create, send and receive messages containing colour video messages, or photos with sounds and voice recordings from mobile to mobile. Vodafone expects PXT volumes
Microsoft says its next-generation Xbox 360 console will go on sale in the United States on November 22, in time for the Christmas shopping season. Its European and Japanese debuts will take place a few weeks later. The software giant hopes to take the lead in the $35.72 billion video game market from Sony. The
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Video game-maker Nintendo has broken with more than 20 years of tradition by abandoning the two-handed controller option in favour of a funky, one-handed unit. The slimline controller will be central to the company’s upcoming console system, code-named Revolution. While most controllers require two hands and have an array of buttons, the new Nintendo controller
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If you’re looking for a meaningful relationship without the hassle of human emotions, internet-linked household robot Wakamaru was unveiled by Mitsubishi in Tokyo last week. Mitsubishi will take orders until the end of next month for 100 of the 1m-high, bright yellow robots that are powered by rechargeable batteries and move about on wheels. Mitsubishi
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Am I the only one who’s finding the aftermath of the election a lot like an episode of Blind Date? There seems to be a whole lot of wooing going on as the special votes are counted and no one wants to admit they’ve been
Please come in, Winston, and show me your king-size pizza Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Oh, I feel so special. Just last week I received an e-mail from my new best friend, Tony Night. Mr Night is a manager at a prestigious London bank and has contacted me via e-mail. He told me a tale of woe about Edward Sams,
I am Sams, Sams I am (and I could make mils) Read Post »
