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Security Firm Unearths Malicious iPhone Worm | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] This latest iPhone malware is doubly criminal. Not only does it break into your iPhone without permission, but it also cedes control of your phone to a botnet command server in Lithuania, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. That means your iPhone has just been turned into a zombie, ready to download and to perform any commands the cyber-criminals might want in the future. [...]
Iomega Offers Virtual PC Clones | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Consumers can now experiment with virtualisation technology after Iomega launched its v.Clone software, which creates a virtual clone of a user's main or principle computer. [...] Iomega will demonstrate v.Clone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the technology will be available later this month as a download for purchasers of Iomega portable and desktop hard disk drives. [...] As well as the download option, v.Clone software is expected to begin shipping with Iomega USB 2.0 portable hard disk drives sometime in the first quarter of 2010. [...]
UK Government Backs LTE Technology | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] According to government figures, around 20 percent of consumers are connected to the internet via mobile devices. This number is likely to grow as technologies improve and the transition to 4th Generation technology is expected to begin in earnest in late 2010 or early 2011, the government claims. [...] Known as 4th generation mobile technology, LTE offers download speeds of up to 100Mbps and upload speeds of 50Mbps. Although the technology is still in development, trials such as Motorola's are already going ahead and some hardware designers have been designing chipsets and base stations. [...] Carter visited the Swindon site late last week as part of his remit to deliver on the vision for UK broadband roll-out detailed in the government's recent interim Digital Britain report. According to a government statement, LTE technology could help the UK secure a place in the forefront of global innovation, investment and quality in communications and technology . [...]
Lost-Laptop Council Breached Data Rules | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] But in a move that is supposedly meant to satisfy the ICO, but could appear to some security experts as a half-measure, the council has also claimed that it won't ban downloads of information to mobile devices but rather ensure that only essential personal information will be downloaded onto mobile devices in the future . [...] A spokesperson for the ICO said that it advocates that companies use the best technology possible to protect data but doesn't stipulate what that should be. In the case of Machester City Council, the spokesperson said that the organisation would be expected to put in place measures to prevent staff from simply deciding the data they wanted to download was essential and would instead have to have that decision signed-off by upper management in accordance with approaches stipulated by the Data Protection Act. [...]
Windows 7 RTM Available For Download | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Volume license customers will be able to download through the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). MSDN and TechNet subscribers can download through either Microsoft Connect or MSDN. [...] Microsoft has made Windows 7 RTM available for download to volume license customers shortly after it opened the final version of the operating system to download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers. [...] The new operating system's general release to consumers remains Oct. 22. Microsoft Partner Gold/Certified Members will be able to download the RTM on 16 Aug, and Microsoft Action Pack Subscribers will be able to download on 23 Aug. [...]
» Print Citrix Hits VMware with Free XenServer 5.5 Download | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Citrix Systems has released version 5.5 of its XenServer virtualisation platform less than a month after VMware shipped vSphere 4.0 - and is allowing free downloads. Meanwhile, it also updated Citrix Essentials for both XenServer and Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation technology. [...] Citrix announced XenServer 5.5 in February, and according to Peter Levine, senior vice president and general manager of Citrix's virtualisation management Division, the number of early downloads of the technology is an indication that businesses are looking for less costly and less complex virtualisation options. [...] The new XenServer has better back-up. conversion and search - and you can get started with a free download. VMware should be worried, says Citrix. [...]
Users Risk Christmas Penalty From Too Much Online TV | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Track your usage - If you have a set download limit, or you're concerned about exceeding your fair usage allowance, then installing a free Broadband Download Monitor is a great way of tracking your downloads and you can even set alarms to alert you as you near your limit. [...] In the UK, the vast majority of broadband packages come with a download limit and/or a 'fair usage policy', said the company. Download limits essentially restrict the physical amount of downloading a person can do using their broadband connection, while the fair usage policies tend to penalise users for downloading at the certain times of the day. [...] Download at night - Traffic shaping, which slows down a broadband connection, is applied by many providers during peak hours during the evening. Therefore broadband users who download at night - usually from midnight onwards should find their music and movie files download a lot quicker. [...]
Spotify Launches Symbian Client | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] TAT officials said the technology used for Spotify's downloadable music application has long been used to create advanced user interfaces across various mobile platforms. Using that same technology to build downloadable applications is a logical step as post-loaded services on mobile devices rapidly expands from iPhones to the much larger total smartphone market, the company said. [...] This move means that 250 million mobile phone users with Symbian OS version 9.2 and above can download the Spotify music application. This makes it is easy for users to access their favourite music on their mobile phones, the company said. [...] The availability of Spotify on Symbian mobile phones is down to TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) technology. [...]
Open Source Code Lifted For Windows 7 Download Tool | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Microsoft admits that a third-party developer lifted open-source code from the GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project in creating its free Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. [...] Microsoft took responsibility for a developer lifting code from a CodePlex-hosted open-source project to build its free Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, an incident that caused Microsoft to yank the program from its online Microsoft Store earlier in November. [...] Open Source Code Lifted For Windows 7 Download Tool. eWEEK Europe UK. [...]
» Print Microsoft Lets Netbook Owners Download Windows 7 To USB | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Print Microsoft Lets Netbook Owners Download Windows 7 To USB. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] Microsoft is allowing netbook users to download Windows 7, its new operating system, onto a bootable USB or burn it onto a DVD, in yet another move by Redmond to disseminate the operating system to as many users as possible. [...] Specifically, netbook users can use [2] Microsoft's newly revamped online store to download Windows 7 for Netbooks onto a bootable USB, or burn it onto a DVD. [...]
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