Jumbo Patch Tuesday
It was a mammoth patch Tuesday just gone. Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle all released updates for critical vulnerabilities. Microsoft release 11 updates that patched 25 bugs. Three of these for flaws in...
View ArticleThe government have earmarked £830 million in a bid to boast "the best...
BT are planning trials in the new year that will push downstream speeds up to 1Gbit/s, with the upstream needle being pushed to 400Mbit/s. This technical trial will move BT ahead of competitors Virgin...
View ArticleAVG Screw up again
64 bit Windows 7 systems were made unstable by an update from AVG on Wednesday, leaving machines in a continuous reboot loop. An advisory and apology were issued, however no explanation as to what...
View ArticleOrange says 3G outages not linked to T-Mobile merger
3G outages experienced lately were blamed on a switch problem by Orange, who have apologised and denied any problems have arisen from the network share with T-Mobile. Fixes have been issued and...
View ArticleCapgemini scoops £10.5m contract
The engineering company behind London Underground, has handed Capgemini the huge contract after a rigorous and open procurement process. Transport for London nationalised Tube Lines in 2010- Amey...
View ArticleMicrosoft Buys SKYPE for the whopping sum of $8.5bn in cash.
Microsoft have bought Skype, so that’s not really new information. Paying over the odds for a telco that’s essentially making a loss is a bit weird though right? – All skype really do is sell ads...
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Mobile phones.. Android Security anybody?
Symantec are currently testing a new product aimed at the Android phone user. Usually we see lots of software for security, anti-malware, anti-virus, anti-hacker.. blah blah.. the list goes on. Frankly...
View ArticleLA Noire Developer goes south.
Anybody working in IT will be aware of the game LA Noire. Quite a hit and frankly a refreshing approach to the big game title genre. Numerous rumours have surfaced about the company behind the game...
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NIMDA worm… tens years old today!
Today marks the 10th birthday of the world famous Nimda worm (Nimda if you hadn’t spotted it is admin spelt backwards – very funny I’m sure). This virus hit the world shortly after the 9/11...
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Smartphone Operating System Market Share
Recent reports online suggest that iPhone IOS is on the up. It seems weird saying its on the up.. almost everybody i know has an iPhone already! But as we all know in the IT world Android has been,...
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