Chairing and Cheering First

What is it like being a Chairman and a Vice Chair for FIRST?  Long time steering committee member, Kennneth R Van Wyk has given his time to work in both of these positions and others. In this short podcast Ken shares with us what the roles involve and the importance of FIRST to the global security community.

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Can We Really Trust Data?

Continuing a series of blogs on the Microsoft Trusted Stack model, Ben Chai looks at whether we can ever really trust data.

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Can We Ever Trust People?

Can we ever trust any kind of identity module?  What if everyone had a chip to identify them and this chip was required to logon to a computer, network or the internet?  Would this be failsafe?  We think not.  Here's why.

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Trusted Stack Issues

Ben begins a series on perceived issues with the Microsoft Trusted Stack model

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

On Orange BlackBerry? Try T-Mobile instead

If my recent experience is anything to go by, Tom Alexander, Orange’s CEO, will have to accelerate changes in his organisation if he wants to retain small business users

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Intel Geared Up For Mobile Chip Technology

Speaking on the occasion of Intel’s 40th anniversary, Intel’s senior VP, Pat Gelsinger, has stated that its x86 processor architecture will be seen everywhere, from supercomputers to small embedded devices

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Google woos iPhone Users with Google Talk for iPhone

iPhone has got a new web based version of Google Talk made specially for iPhone and iPod Touch users

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Acquisition Without Forced Migration: Says Enterprise Software Giant Oracle

Oracle is planning to integrate BEA's offerings the same way it did after the Siebel and PeopleSoft acquisitions and it promises to give full support to BEA products

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

The Saga Continues : Yet Another Microsoft's Big Push To Acquire Yahoo

Microsoft has made yet another attempt to take over a part of Yahoo. According to recent reports, the software company is not going to give up convincing Yahoo Search to surrender itself

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

New Intelligent Sat-Nav Promises To Minimize Traffic-Jam Related Agonies

Scientists are developing a new smart device, sat-nav, which can provide information about the traffic-jams ahead

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

YouTube User Privacy Under Threat As Judge Orders Google To Give User Information To Viacom

Following a lawsuit between Viacom and Google, Judge Stanton has asked Google to release the records of all the people who ever saw a video on YouTube to Viacom

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

US Government And Civil Liberties Groups In Face Off Over Cell Phone Tracking Practices

Civil Liberties Groups have sued the US Government over their actions used to track individuals through cell phones

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Firefox 3.0 Downloads Itself Into The Guinness Book With New World Record

Firefox 3.0 has finally earned an entry into the prestigious Guinness Book of World Records, for maximum number of downloads in a single day

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner Is Ready to Run

Taiwanese device manufacturer, OpenMoko, is all set to hit the market with the Neo FreeRunner, a sleek touch screen handset

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Palit GeForce 9600GSO Sonic 768MB

On a budget and need the best bang for the buck? NVIDIA's new 9600 GSO might be the answer, despite not being that different from a 9600 GT

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hardware

Visiontek Radeon HD3870x2 Overclocked Edition

ATi's dual GPU HD3870x2 was released back in January to a very enthusiastic reception. 

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hardware

Google Desktop for Windows 5.8.806.18441

Gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the Web

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Software

Opera for Windows 9.51

Surf the Internet in a safer, faster, and easier way

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Software

Gold'en Rant : Do you really want an iPhone 3G?

I used to find it one of the most desirable mobile phones going, but now I'm beginning to hate it. Yes, I'm talking about the iPhone. Or rather, the 3G edition, which is due into O2 and Apple stores next week

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

A million cards hacked - and counting

Fascinating to read some of the local news reports in the US about how some of the smaller banks are handling the fallout from the recent rash of card database hacks.

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

EU cybercrime initiative is going to be expensive for ISPs

I was interested to see a report over on Betanews that European ISPs are more than a bit concerned about the cost of complying with EU cybercrime proposals, but how one expert says it could cost them more if they don't comply.

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

First Conference Liaison Podcast

In this podcast, Peter Allor of IBM tells Ben Chai what it’s like being the FIRST 2008 Conference Liaison and the importance of this role for the FIRST membership.

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft and FIRST Security Podcast

In this three minute podcast, Ben Chai finds out why George Stathakopolous, general manager of security at Microsoft enjoys being at FIRST.

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

The Trusted Stack

What is the trusted stack and how can it help improve your overal security posture? This blog looks at why it was necessary for Microsoft to further evolve their SD3 with layered defence strategy.

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Internet Radio and Podcasts Draw Massive Audience

According to recent industry figures, the number of radio listeners on the Internet has jumped-up drastically

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News