First tech casualty of 2009? UIQ has finally thrown in the towel and reportedly applied for bankruptcy in the Swedish courts.… Full published article at: Read More »

Curse of the ROMmon A researcher has discovered a way to reliably exploit a known security vulnerability in a wide class of Cisco System routers, a finding that for the first time allows attackers to hijack millions of devices with a single piece of code.… Full published article at: Read More »

Suggests OS X adoption Use of Apple's Safari browser grew in December to 7.93 per cent, up from 7.13 per cent in November, suggesting a parallel growth in adoption of Mac OS X, according to browser-usage figures released today by internet-analyst Net Applications.… Full published article at: Read More »

Backs up PCs and plays digital media files Iomega has announced a home storage and media server that backs up files on connected PCs and plays digital media content to connected output devices.… Full published article at: Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 5 January 2009 at 16:01:00 Establishing your own company is less risky than be employed in IT, says study Starting your own business is a safer option than being employed in the technology sector, according to research by UK Business Incubation (UKBI), the industry body for incubator centres. UKBI cites statistics that suggest 90 per cent of new ventures that are incubated are still flourishing after three years and 80 per cent are trading after five years, while only 41 per cent of UK businesses in general have an average three-year success...Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 5 January 2009 at 10:24:00 Transaction volumes of same-day payments reach new peak The £300m Faster Payments (FP) banking service reached a new peak in December, with more than 63 million payments being sent or received since its May launch, according to figures from UK payments association Apacs. Under FP, payments made over the web or phone are cleared in a few hours as opposed to the previous three days. Around two-thirds of such payments are now processed through the service, but still represent fewer than half of all standing orders. The...Read More »

Redmond working on seawater-proof product key sticker The Royal Navy's plan to fit most of its fleet with command systems based on Windows boxes continues, with the commencement last week of a programme intended to replace the existing commandware of the Service's Type 23 frigates. The Type 23s will make up the majority of the British surface fleet for the foreseeable future.… Full published article at: Read More »

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 5 January 2009 at 11:35:00 Investment in IT could be equivalent of Roosevelt's public works programme, says prime minister Gordon Brown has again highlighted the technology industry as a key factor in helping to manoeuvre the UK out of the current economic downturn. In an interview with The Observer announcing plans to create 100,000 jobs through an ambitious public works programme similar to President Roosevelt's New Deal after the US depression of the 1930s, Brown said that technology is the railway of the current...Read More »

Zero chance of WD buying Fujitsu's hard drive business Fujitsu did not give Western Digital a Christmas present - in fact it said 'No deal'.… Full published article at: Read More »

Snapping up SourceLabs? Storage giant EMC is rumoured to have bought SourceLabs, a Seattle-based open source startup with nifty software technology for identifying developer problems and finding answers, for its Decho 'digital echo' business unit.… Full published article at: Read More »