Brits will spend £7.4 billion online this Christmas

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• Brits will spend £7.4 billion online this Christmas
• Google guilty of trespassing in Street View case
• Toshiba laptop drive embraces new security features
• 2010's biggest security SNAFUs
• Lawmakers, companies question online do-not-track proposal
• Spy centre 'could sell' security expertise to private sector
• Prevent Your Data from Becoming the Next WikiLeaks Headline
• 2010's biggest security SNAFUs
• Police urge international cybercrime cooperation
• Quantum key 'blinding' hack deeply flawed, say researchers
• Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Images Your OS...Free
• Free Software Foundation's software repository hacked
• FTC 'Do Not Track' Proposal: Bigger Fish to Fry
• Open source IP PBX saves serious cash for Michigan CAT

Brits will spend £7.4 billion online this Christmas Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Brits are planning to spend a whopping £7.4bn online this Christmas, says Symantec.

Google guilty of trespassing in Street View case Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST After a legal battle that lasted two-and-a-half years, Google has been found guilty of trespassing on a Pennsylvania family's property to take photos of their property for its Maps website.

Toshiba laptop drive embraces new security features Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Toshiba has become the latest storage vendor to build Opal Security Subsystem Class (Opal SSC) specification into its self-encrypting drive (SED) for PCs and laptops, the MKxx61GSYD.

2010's biggest security SNAFUs Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST That old phrase SNAFU ("Situation Normal, All F---ked Up!") certainly describes our choices for 2010's top 10 security screw-ups.

Lawmakers, companies question online do-not-track proposal Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Some lawmakers and tech companies question a U.S. FTC do-not-track proposal.

Spy centre 'could sell' security expertise to private sector Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Selling GCHQ's expertise is one of the options the government is considering for bridging the gap between the public and private sectors' intelligence capabilities.

Prevent Your Data from Becoming the Next WikiLeaks Headline Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST WikiLeaks is making as many waves as it is headlines these days--challenging the balance between the right to free speech and the need to defend national security interests. In a recent Forbes interview Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, revealed that the site is expanding beyond government intelligence to begin unveiling corporate secrets as well.

2010's biggest security SNAFUs Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST That old phrase SNAFU ("Situation Normal, All F---ked Up!") certainly describes our choices for 2010's top 10 security screw-ups.

Police urge international cybercrime cooperation Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST International policing authorities have urged for greater harmonisation of cybercrime laws between countries to better share information and collaborate on global crime waves.

Quantum key 'blinding' hack deeply flawed, say researchers Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST The 'blinding' hack of quantum key distribution (QKD) systems publicised by Norwegian researchers earlier this year was based on a seriously flawed setup of the equipment being eavesdropped upon, scientists at Toshiba's Cambridge Research Lab have said.

Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Images Your OS...Free Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Try and say "Paragon Backup & Recovery 2010 Free Advanced Edition" five times quickly. I dare you. On second thought, I dare you to remember it for five seconds. Okay, I'm kidding... mostly. Despite the long-winded moniker, BR2010FAE (pronounced by yours truly as Bur-Two-Ten-Fay, or Bur-Fay for short since I already know what year it is) is a very competent imaging/backup program with a number of useful features not commonly found in freebies. In fact, it's a bit hard to believe that they give this thing away.

Free Software Foundation's software repository hacked Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST The GNU repository has been compromised by a SQL Injection attack

FTC 'Do Not Track' Proposal: Bigger Fish to Fry Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST A Federal Trade Commission proposal to block advertisers from tracking your Web activity is being billed as the Internet equivalent of a "Do Not Call" list. Don't believe it.

Open source IP PBX saves serious cash for Michigan CAT Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:00 AM PST In a move that might send shivers down the spines of mainstream IP PBX vendors like Avaya, Cisco and ShoreTel, Michigan CAT has deployed an open source Asterisk IP PBX to handle its phone calls and contact center at half the cost of what commercial vendors would have charged.

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