Stories by: John E. Dunn

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Embarrassment as 10,000 Microsoft staff buy iPhones 17 March, 2010 00:57

Steve Ballmer doesn't use one but apparently as many as 10,000 Microsoft employees do. Embarrassingly, the device in question is Apple's iPhone.
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US military plotted revenge on Wikileaks 17 March, 2010 00:38

The US military was so fearful of classified information ending up on Wikileaks it considered ways to undermine the organisation, a newly published secret report on the site appears to show.
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Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave 12 March, 2010 01:48

Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.
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Kaspersky invents security suite for 'expert' user 10 March, 2010 02:49

Kaspersky Lab has invented a new security product that combines bits of its current consumer security suite with new capabilities such as encryption, backup, password management, and the ability to manage the product across a network.
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Internet hit by wave of ransom malware 07 March, 2010 02:51

Criminals re-used an attack from 2008 to hit the Internet with a huge wave of ransomware in recent weeks, a security company has reported.
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IT professionals recover from recession 07 March, 2010 01:54

A global survey of IT professionals has revealed a fairly upbeat picture of life in the tech department. Hiring is set to rise modestly, budgets are now stable and salaries could even be rising a bit.
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Huge number of websites barely visited, report finds 26 February, 2010 02:43

The Internet, famously, has a long tail, but a new analysis has revealed another characteristic of this vast slew of obscure websites. Huge numbers of them are never visited.
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New browser tweaks Chrome security 18 February, 2010 02:32

The open source engine that forms the basis for Google's Chrome has spawned an ostensibly new browser, Comodo's cleverly named 'Dragon'.
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Japanese invent printer that uses plastic paper 12 February, 2010 02:27

In a triumph of later thinking, a Japanese company has invented a deskside 'eco' printer that needs no ink or toner and instead relies on a new kind of re-usable paper.
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Fake Firefox update spreads unwanted app 05 February, 2010 01:30

The successor program to the notorious Zango spyware Toolbar is being used to target users of Mozilla's Firefox with fake browser updates, a security company has alleged.
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Too many people re-use logins, study finds 05 February, 2010 01:29

An analysis of real-world online behaviour has warned of the unsettling phenomenon that led to this week's high-profile Twitter login scare. Far too many people re-use the same logins for more than one site.