Rogue on the Network: Who is connected to your Wireless LAN?
As wireless networks have become pervasive, the rogue problem has become much more complex. Two years ago, simply discovering that an unknown Access Point (AP) was nearby was sufficient.
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Wireless LANs: Is my enterprise at risk?
Wireless technology is exploding in popularity. Businesses are not only migrating to wireless networking, they are steadily integrating wireless technology and associated components into their wired infrastructure.
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Securing WEP wireless devices
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the encryption protocol defined in the original IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs).
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Sun axes 1,300 jobs worldwide
Sun Microsystems has laid off 1,300 workers, as part of a previously announced cost-cutting programme to axe around 6,000 staff.
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Interest grows in Satyam acquisition
Several companies have expressed an interest in acquiring Indian IT supplier Satyam either as a whole or in part. A board meeting held today revealed...
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SAP Q4 results: Is ERP recession-proof?
SAP will be posting its fourthquarter 2008 results tomorrow, amid speculation that the enterprise software business is being hit hard because businesses...
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Global web audience surpasses 1 billion
The global internet audience has now surpassed one billion visitors, according to web measurement firm comScore. The one billion figure covers those...
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Satyam SAP skills eyed by rivals
Satyam staff with SAP skills are being eyed up by rival firms in India with uncertainty forcing thousands of workers to weigh up their options. Satyam...
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M&S signs deal with IBM and SAP to improve information management
Marks & Spencer has signed a deal with IBM and SAP in a bid to use IT to improve stock visibility and management of information. The retailer will...
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Internet Explorer 8 RC1 available for download
Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 available for download .
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Public Accounts Committee criticises NPfIT
Today's report of the Public Accounts Committee on the آ£12.7bn National Programme for IT, the world's largest civilian computer scheme, says it is not yet providing value for money - though the project has existed for nearly seven years.
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AA extends mobile services contract with O2
The AA has extended a mobile services contract with O2 until 2013. The contract covers all mobile services for the AA's employees, including voice,...
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London Olympics will have own radio network
Olympics organisers will use Airwave radio at the London 2012 Games for general communications. The London Olympics is the first to have its own private...
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US army details found on second-hand MP3 player
A New Zealand man has found personal details of US soldiers on an MP3 player he bought second-hand in Oklahoma.
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Heartland calls for payments industry encryption standard
The head of Heartland Payment...
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IT departments will be extinct in two years
The IT department will not disappear by 2013 after all, but actually two years earlier because of the recession, says the head of software...
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Children's database launched despite delays and opposition
The roll out of a massive database of children in the UK began yesterday, despite opposition...
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Texas Instruments axes 3,400 staff after sales and profits plummet
Texas Instruments is axing 3,400 staff after posting an annual 30% decrease in sales...
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Lloyds TSB Asset Finance builds next-generation contact centre
Lloyds TSB Asset Finance has awarded Cable & Wireless a three-year, multi-million pound contract to deliver a next generation contact centre platform. The...
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IT firms plan bigger staff cuts than other sectors
Technology and media firms plan to make more substantial staffing cuts than companies in other sectors. Recruitment firm Randstad commissioned...
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London trust apologises to patients for IT-related delays
Barts and the London NHS Trust has apologised to 442 patients who were not seen within maximum government waiting limits because of inadequate management systems.
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MPs question the future of آ£12bn NHS IT scheme
Seven years after the launch of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, essential technology does not meet the needs of doctors, local cost estimates are unreliable, many NHS staff remain unenthusiastic, and the programme's future is far from certain.
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Government IT disasters: a clear case for change
A report published today by MPs of the three main parties vindicates some of the harshest criticisms by academics and others of the آ£12.7bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
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NHS IT warnings the government ignored
Warnings that the NHS's National Programme for IT [NPfIT] was too centralised and may founder were issued by Computer Weekly and some its readers when the scheme was launched in 2002.
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Satyam attempts to boost worker morale
Satyam is using a system designed forweb-based training programme to boost morale among its disgruntled workers. The...
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Unisys cuts 1,300 jobs, 160 in UK, says union
Unisys is planning to cut 1,300 jobs this year, with 160 going in the UK, according to the union Unite.
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PayPal UK offers two-factor authentication
PayPal in the UK has joined...
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14 Signal Regiment gets wireless broadband
Members of the British Army's 14 Signal Regiment can now get the same broadband services...
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Price Waterhouse partners arrested in connection with Satyam fraud
Two partners at Price Waterhouse in India have been arrested in connection with the $1bn accounting fraud at Indian IT supplier Satyam.
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Hackers steal Monster.com user details
All users of jobs websites Monster.com and USAJobs.gov - the official jobsite of the US Federal Government - are being urged to change their passwords
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Intel chairman Craig Barrett retires
Intel chairman Craig Barrett will retire in May at the company's annual shareholders'...
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ING to cut 7000 jobs
Dutch bank ING is planning to cut 7000 jobs...
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'Timing sucks' for London banking IT training centre
The government and major banks are backing an IT training centre that will produce up to 20 PhD students specialised in financial services computing.
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Heartland data breach proves PCI compliance is not enough
The data breach at Heartland...
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Manufacturing sector faces darkest days on record
Demand for the UK's manufactured goods hit record lows, and is poised to go lower, the CBI , an employers' organisation,...
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Cybercriminals will exploit the cloud in 2009, report says
The "cloud" will increasingly be used for malicious purposes in 2009, according to a report by security firm Websense....
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Councils spending record amount on IT
Councils will spend a record amount on IT in 2008/9, according to the Society of IT Managers (Socitm), which represents public sector IT staff. Its...
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Privacy International slams government data sharing law
Privacy International has slammed the government's proposed new data sharing law, which it says will create open season on citizens' private data.
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UK IT sales will be up this year despite recession
The UK high-tech market is showing resilience despite the economic crisis, with IT-revenues set to grow 1.3% this year, according to European market research organisation EITO.
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British Council loses data on 2,000 employees
A computer data disk containing the personal and financial...
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ICO takes enforcement action against NHS trusts for data losses
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found two NHS trusts in breach of the Data Protection Act.
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