Computer viruses are no longer the privilege of geeks," Cluley said. Mikko Hypponen, research manager at Finnish security company F-Secure, agrees with the general principle of a filter body outside the media for governing virus alerts, but reckons...
An Australian entrepreneur has made what could prove to be a major breakthrough in the fight against spam - an email 'congestion charge', which will effectively mean spammers wanting to get messages into your inbox will have to pay for the privilege.
Last year, one BT competitor, alternative carrier Telco Global Communications, complained to Oftel that the incumbent telco had been abusing its 'cancel other' privilege. In the past BT has been accused of dirty tricks when attempting to retain...
10.03.99 IT staff who use mobile phones while working offsite will no longer have to pay tax for the privilege. It's hard to imagine anyone ever thought taxing an enabling technology such as the mobile phone - responsible for how many billions of...
A chronic work avoider, Martin Brampton examines the practises that actually lead us to accomplish the most - and they don't include chaining yourself to your desk. Another long established principle is that difficult problems are often solved when...
Data should only ever be available to people who have a need to access it - the principle of least privilege. Putting a ring of steel around corporate data is only part of the answer. The real security threats may actually lie uncomfortably close...