http://www.littlefishsupport.com Keeping you updated... en-us Copyright 2008 by Littlefish IT Support kevin.coady@littlefishsupport.com (Kevin Coady) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:29:26 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:29:26 GMT IT Support RSS 2.0 generation class http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081120/iran-blocks-access-to-over-5-million-websites "The enemies seek to assault our religious identity by exploiting the internet," Abdolsamad Khoram Abadi, an advisor to Iran's prosecutor general, was quoted by Kargozaran newspaper as saying. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081120/iran-blocks-access-to-over-5-million-websites Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:29:26 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/pc-help/20081120/paypal-expands-service-to-mexican-peso The arm of San Jose-based ebay Inc. said Mexican buyers will be able pay for online purchases using their credit cards or bank accounts with pesos as currency. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/pc-help/20081120/paypal-expands-service-to-mexican-peso Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:18:58 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081120/bbc-one--two-going-live-online BBC One and BBC Two are, as of the 27th, going to be available for streaming over the Internet at the same time as being broadcast via more traditional means. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081120/bbc-one--two-going-live-online Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:06:02 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081120/web-host-11-recycles-nuke-fuel-facility-as-green-datacenter A facility once destined for developing nuclear fuel is taking on a whole new life as a green datacenter. Web-host company 1&1 this week announced plans to build one of Europe's largest datacenters within a never-before-used nuclear fuel facility called New MOX. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081120/web-host-11-recycles-nuke-fuel-facility-as-green-datacenter Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:37:27 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/pc-help/20081120/microsoft-grants-xp-another-stay Microsoft is planning to further extend the retail life of Windows XP. The company said that it will be adding another six months to the time in which vendors will be allowed to offer the legacy operating system as an option with new systems. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/pc-help/20081120/microsoft-grants-xp-another-stay Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:15:59 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081120/cell-phone-makers-go-green-with-chargers- The companies have agreed to a common energy rating system that will enable customers to know which chargers are the most energy efficient. The new rating system will be star-based, and it will show how much power chargers use when left plugged into the wall but disconnected from the phone. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081120/cell-phone-makers-go-green-with-chargers- Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:09:53 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/pc-help/20081120/hate-the-way-gmail-looks-now-you-can-change-it Google just announced that it is finally offering themes to Gmail users. Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven't been an integral part of Gmail. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/pc-help/20081120/hate-the-way-gmail-looks-now-you-can-change-it Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:53:32 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081120/netbooks-eat-into-microsoft-revenues Netbooks may be little, but they seem to be causing big problems for Microsoft, which blames them for a drop in first-quarter earnings and decreased revenues, despite increased sales of Microsoft operating systems. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081120/netbooks-eat-into-microsoft-revenues Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:23:54 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081119/microsoft-to-offer-free-security In a surprise move, Microsoft has announced it will offer a free anti-virus and security solution from the second half of next year. It will stop selling OneCare, its all-in-one security and PC management service, from the end of June 2009. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081119/microsoft-to-offer-free-security Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:42:48 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081119/uk-firms-lead-on-security-awareness-training UK organisations are spending more money on security training and certification programmes than their US, Canadian and Chinese counterparts, and are reaping the rewards through impressive cost savings, according to research from IT industry body CompTIA. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081119/uk-firms-lead-on-security-awareness-training Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:30:32 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081119/internet-spending-growth-at-its-lowest-after-seven-years Based on the report from comScore Inc., an internet research company, online spending rate has reached an all-time low since 2001, accounting a scanty one percent increase from that of last year. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081119/internet-spending-growth-at-its-lowest-after-seven-years Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:52:11 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081118/computer-virus-forced-london-hospitals-to-shut-down Following a virus attack, three hospitals in London were compelled to close down their computer systems. The hospitals include St Bartholomew's (Barts) in the City, the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and The London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081118/computer-virus-forced-london-hospitals-to-shut-down Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:37:45 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081118/jerry-yang-quits-as-yahoo-ceo Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has decided to step down from his post after a series of pitfalls plaguing the company. Yahoo has been struggling to turn its business around after it refused Microsoft's buyout offer and instead opted to make a deal with Google. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081118/jerry-yang-quits-as-yahoo-ceo Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:27:15 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081118/apple-features-antifraud-protection-in-safari Safari 3.2, the latest version of Apple's widely popular browser, now features an antiphishing tool which alerts users whenever they are redirected to phishing sites. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081118/apple-features-antifraud-protection-in-safari Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:46:53 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081117/excon-goes-back-to-jail-for-breaching-prison-computer-system Francis Janosko, a former inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts, was sent back to jail over charges of breaking into a prison computer system. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081117/excon-goes-back-to-jail-for-breaching-prison-computer-system Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:58:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081117/security--virtualization-top-it-organizations-priority-list Based on the research conducted by The Society for Information Management, security, server virtualization, as well as business-related technologies are among the main priorities of IT firms. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081117/security--virtualization-top-it-organizations-priority-list Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:31:13 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081117/open-source-portable-firewall-launched Yoggie, an Israeli security firm, is taking a different turn on its portale firewall platform, creating an open source firewall by which applications can be built by various developers. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081117/open-source-portable-firewall-launched Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:51:38 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081117/uk-identities-sold-cheaply-on-the-net With just £80, anyone can purchase financial identities on the internet from cyber scammers. The package include names, addresses, passport numbers and classified financial information like credit card numbers. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081117/uk-identities-sold-cheaply-on-the-net Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:41:28 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081117/microsoft-features-online-store Microsoft has recently made its online store available for U.S customers. The company already has online marketplaces in the United Kingdom, Germany and Korea. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081117/microsoft-features-online-store Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:58:42 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081117/apple-introduces-internal-university Apple Inc. has expanded its reach in the educational market through launching "Apple University" program. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081117/apple-introduces-internal-university Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:08:52 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081116/facebook-removes-italian-neonazi-pages Social networking site Facebook has opted to take out pages posted by neo-Nazis to stir up violence. Facebook's move came subsequent to allegations made by European politicians that it is promoting racism. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081116/facebook-removes-italian-neonazi-pages Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:59:32 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081115/woman-loses-400-000-over-internet-fraud Janella Spears, a nurse from Oregon, was preyed on by Nigerian internet scammers costing her $400,000 (€314,000). The case is purported to be the biggest of its kind in the history of online fraud. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081115/woman-loses-400-000-over-internet-fraud Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:45:08 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081115/drug-dealers-employing-the-internet-raided Suspected internet drug peddlers across nine countries were raided in Interpol's global campaign against illegal drug trafficking. The operation, also known as Pangea, spanned throughout Britain, Germany, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081115/drug-dealers-employing-the-internet-raided Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:21:10 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/bungled-antivirus-update-damages-windows-xp-pcs A defective AVG antivirus software crippled several computers embedded with Windows XP operating system. Based on the alerts released by AVG Technologies, the flawed software identified the "user32.dll" file as a Trojan horse. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/bungled-antivirus-update-damages-windows-xp-pcs Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:45:18 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/microsoft-highlights-push-email-with-novel-smb-servers Microsoft will be launching services similar to Windows Mobile designed for smaller enterprises. Additionally, Microsoft and Palm will be distributing a new Palm Treo Pro to firms that purchase one of the new servers and four of the phones. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/microsoft-highlights-push-email-with-novel-smb-servers Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:21:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081114/isp-shut-down-due-to-security-issues McColo, a U.S internet service provider, was temporarily closed down for presumably helping cybercrooks in online scams and promoting child pornography. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081114/isp-shut-down-due-to-security-issues Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:49:08 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081114/women-ditching-uk-it-jobs-hit-high--bcs-says According to the British Computer Society (BCS), about 37,000 women working in the IT industry left their jobs from 2001 to 2007. In 2001, IT women accounted to 229,440, which was 23 percent of the IT workforce. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081114/women-ditching-uk-it-jobs-hit-high--bcs-says Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:34:02 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081114/majority-of-data-security-risks-are-internal--survey-says A data leakage research contracted by Cisco revealed that most business IT managers consider their employees as a far greater threat to company data security. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081114/majority-of-data-security-risks-are-internal--survey-says Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:16:17 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/intel-trims-down-forecast-amidst-massive-financial-downturn Intel, one of the world's largest chip makers, has decided to reduce its revenue estimate for the fourth quarter this year. The move is widely attributed to the weak economic condition unbearably plaguing most companies today. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/intel-trims-down-forecast-amidst-massive-financial-downturn Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:47:39 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/microsoft-refutes-linux-allegation Microsoft has renounced paying a Nigerian contractor as a way to persuade him to replace Linux with Windows on a massive number of school laptops. The move was based on a joint marketing agreement which was supposedly outlined to record the best practices for employing technology in education. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081114/microsoft-refutes-linux-allegation Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:49:36 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081113/insolvencies-in-auto-industry-could--affect-it-workers A wave of unemployment among IT workers in the auto industry could be the most likely scenario should automakers continue to run out of cash. According to the data from the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan, IT-related jobs are in the brink of being massively reduced if the auto industry fails to turn its businesses around in light of the worldwide financial crisis. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081113/insolvencies-in-auto-industry-could--affect-it-workers Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:53:47 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081113/secret-windows-7-features-cracked-by-programmer Rafael Rivera, a programmer from Virginia, has unraveled various fragmentary features of Windows 7 that Microsoft temporarily kept from users until its completion. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081113/secret-windows-7-features-cracked-by-programmer Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:29:50 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081112/hackers-strike-at-thousands-of-servers Kaspersky Lab has identified another cyber attack carried out mainly in Western Europe and the U.S. Hackers were detected to have embedded malicious code on around 10,000 servers. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081112/hackers-strike-at-thousands-of-servers Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:22:20 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081112/intels-atom-now-has-sufficient-supply Intel's shortage of Atom chips supply is finally over. Companies manufacturing netbooks which features the Atom processor are no longer having any problems obtaining enough stocks of the chip. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081112/intels-atom-now-has-sufficient-supply Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:51:20 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081112/google-features-video-chat-in-gmail Google's Gmail has another addition to its lofty features - video and voice chat. Gmail is a free webmail service which was launched four years ago. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081112/google-features-video-chat-in-gmail Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:55:46 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081112/it-administrator-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-and-stealing A former network administrator faces 12 years in jail for hacking, ID theft, burglary, among other charges. Andrew Madrid pleaded guilty to all accusations and admitted he used his IT skills and experience to carry out the heist. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081112/it-administrator-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-and-stealing Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:32:45 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081112/internet-addiction-considered-as-a-clinical-illness According to an Internet Addiction Disoder (IAD) dignostic manual, internet craving is now regarded as a medical disorder. People itching to get online for over six hours a day in preference to working or studying and becoming anxious when not being able to access the net are two primary symptoms of IAD. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081112/internet-addiction-considered-as-a-clinical-illness Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:35:30 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/voip-services/20081111/eu-investigates-on-internet-call-blocking Some mobile operators are now blocking VOiP calls which prompted European Union regulators to conduct a probe and see if certain competition rules have been violated. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/voip-services/20081111/eu-investigates-on-internet-call-blocking Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:53:54 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081111/network-brute-force-attacks-proliferating According to a report from network management company Arbor Networks, brute force attack is fast becoming a trend in the internet arena today. A brute force attack is a way of defeating a cryptographic scheme by methodically attempting a large number of possibilities. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081111/network-brute-force-attacks-proliferating Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:44:09 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081111/lehman-brothers-charged-over-mass-retrenchment Several weeks after declaring bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers is now facing charges for mass lay offs of IT support staff without prior notice. A software developer, Miron Berenshteyen, filed the $5 million lawsuit on behalf of 100 previous workers. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081111/lehman-brothers-charged-over-mass-retrenchment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:02:01 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081110/numerous-servers-hit-by-huge-web-attack A massive web hacking drive has been initiated by cybercrooks, embedding malicious links on approximately 10,000 servers, based on the report from Kaspersky Lab. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081110/numerous-servers-hit-by-huge-web-attack Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:27:56 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081110/internet-crooks-extort-us-drug-firm A US drug company, Express Scripts, is being blackmailed by data thieves of releasing patient information lest the company complies with their demands. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081110/internet-crooks-extort-us-drug-firm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:49:26 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081110/hackers-strike-adobe-reader-flaw Internet crooks are currently exploiting the flaws in Adobe Reader which was patched this week. Bojan Zdrnja, an analyst at SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC), alerted users of purported malevolent PDF files which attack systems by exploiting one of the bugs plaguing Adobe Systems Inc. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081110/hackers-strike-adobe-reader-flaw Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:56:08 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081107/pakistan-imposes-death-penalty-to-cyber-terrorism-perpetrators Based on a decree issued by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday, any act of cyber terrorism causing death to individuals will be charged with death penalty. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081107/pakistan-imposes-death-penalty-to-cyber-terrorism-perpetrators Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:51:35 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081107/exintel-engineer-pilfers-trade-secrets An engineer previously working in Intel has been indicted by the federal prosecutors in Massachussetts this week for stealing the company's trade secrets amounting to $1 billion while he was working for its major competitor, AMD. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081107/exintel-engineer-pilfers-trade-secrets Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:25:27 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081107/apple-leads-smartphone-market Apple's iPhone 3G is currently taking dominance over the smartphone market, leaving RIM's Blackberry trailing behind. Apple is also the forerunner when it comes to smartphone operating systems, beating Microsoft. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081107/apple-leads-smartphone-market Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:09 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081107/linkedin-trims-down-workforce-by-10-percent Social networking site LinkedIn decided to follow the most recent trend among businesses today - cutting jobs to get through the recession. The company plans to lay off 36 employees as it streamlines its business and focus on more income generating ventures. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081107/linkedin-trims-down-workforce-by-10-percent Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:53:48 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081107/lay-off-at-amd-leaves-500-workers-unemployed Advance Micro Devices is considering to sack 500 employees as part of a strategy to turn its business around amidst down economic condition. The move is AMD's second round of retrenchments this year. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081107/lay-off-at-amd-leaves-500-workers-unemployed Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:25:42 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081107/ibm-battles-researcher-dearth-across-india IBM India Research Laboratory (IRL) has recently launched Blue Scholar Program which strives to promote research as a profession among computer science graduates. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081107/ibm-battles-researcher-dearth-across-india Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:30:20 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081107/researchers-crack-wifi-encryption-wpa The previously regarded safe wi-fi encryption, WPA or Wi-Fi Protected Access, has been cracked by security researchers who deployed a practical attack. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081107/researchers-crack-wifi-encryption-wpa Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:12:02 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081107/research-features-scarcity-of-it-skills A recent study from City & Guilds revealed that UK companies waste 13 million work hours a week due to IT incompetency. The research also concluded that around 5.3 million employees take two and a half of their work time to resolve their problems concerning IT as well as other worker's IT issues. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081107/research-features-scarcity-of-it-skills Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:35:40 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081106/hsi-service-rates-across-the-globe-decline According to a British research company, worldwide residential broadband rates have significantly decreased by 20 percent this year. DSL accounted the biggest price slump, averaging from about $67 in the first quarter to $53 in the third. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081106/hsi-service-rates-across-the-globe-decline Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:18:10 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081106/veoh-sacks-20-percent-of-manpower Veoh, an online video-sharing web site, announced its move to retrench 20 percent of its labor force in light of the weakening ad market. Veoh's step is attributed to the global economic turmoil. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081106/veoh-sacks-20-percent-of-manpower Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:43:25 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081106/yang-urges-microsoft-to-acquire-yahoo Following the collpase of Yahoo-Google ad deal, Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang expressed interest on a possible buy out of the internet firm by Microsoft. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081106/yang-urges-microsoft-to-acquire-yahoo Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:27:12 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081106/internet-black-boxes-to-log-web-activities Based on a report made by Telegraph, the British government is considering the idea of monitoring internet traffic with the use of internet black boxes. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081106/internet-black-boxes-to-log-web-activities Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:06:23 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/atom-deemed-to-weaken-other-intel-chip-revenues According to IT analysts, the deployment of Intel's Atom processor in netbooks may undermine sales of its more advanced chips. Atom chips are less-expensive processors intended for use in ultra-mobile PCs, smart phone and other portable and low-power applications. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/atom-deemed-to-weaken-other-intel-chip-revenues Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:42:08 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081106/analysts-alert-customers-of-phishing-scams-subsequent-to-bank-breakdown Some security analysts warn customers trying to claim deposits from Icesave of possible phishing attacks. Icesave is an online savings bank owned by Landsbanki, an international financial services provider based in Iceland. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081106/analysts-alert-customers-of-phishing-scams-subsequent-to-bank-breakdown Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:00:36 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081106/google-backs-out-from-yahoo-deal Search giant Google has opted to call off an impending agreement with Yahoo. The company cited the legal troubles it has gotten into with the emergence of the deal as the primary reason for backing out from a collaboration with Yahoo. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081106/google-backs-out-from-yahoo-deal Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:15:03 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081106/it-providers-fail-to-adopt-low-carbon-economy--study-says A study facilitated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Gartner revealed that majority of IT services organizations are reluctant to embrace low carbon economy. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081106/it-providers-fail-to-adopt-low-carbon-economy--study-says Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:35:42 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081106/employees-at-dell-requested-to-take-unpaid-vacation With the ongoing economic recession, Dell has decided to ask its employees to take a maximum of five days unpaid vacation leaves. The move is part of Dell's retrenchment program, aiming to cut 8,900 jobs. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081106/employees-at-dell-requested-to-take-unpaid-vacation Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:09:36 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/mozilla-features-porn-mode-in-firefox The pre-release version of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 already highlights Private Browsing. Firefox is now among a variety of browsers offering such feature. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/mozilla-features-porn-mode-in-firefox Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:42:10 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081106/smbs-embrace-mobile-broadband One of the emerging technologies that's gaining wide popularity among small and medium businesses nowadays is mobile computing. Based on a study conducted by ABI Research, SMBs are taking on mobile broadband at a much rapid pace than larger firms. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081106/smbs-embrace-mobile-broadband Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:10:53 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-consulting/20081106/gartner-calls-for-it-innovation-or-dormancy Gartner, a technology research and advisory firm, suggests that financial service companies should innovate or hibernate to live through the recession. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-consulting/20081106/gartner-calls-for-it-innovation-or-dormancy Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:47:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081106/fcc-favors-verizonalltel-collaboration The $28.1 merger of Verizon Wireless and Alltel was finally granted approval by the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday. With FCC's decision, Verizon becomes the largest mobile phone provider in the US, on top of its being one of the biggest internet service provider across the country. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081106/fcc-favors-verizonalltel-collaboration Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:02:56 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/nokia-plans-to-reduce-manpower Nokia has become one of the many companies who plan to trim down its employee count to combat the global economic downturn. The mobile maker announced its move to retrench around 600 employees as a part of a restructuring strategy. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/nokia-plans-to-reduce-manpower Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:14:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/google-chrome-complaints-aired-in-youtube Advocacy group Consumer Wathcdog has expressed concerns over Google's Chrome browser on Youtube. The group is encouraging viewers to send an email to Google's board of directors calling for a much enhanced privacy protection. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081106/google-chrome-complaints-aired-in-youtube Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:50:34 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081106/browsing-violent-websites-causes-violent-behavior--research-says According to a new research, teens who are exposed to violence on the the net have the inclination to exhibit violent behavior. Dr. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081106/browsing-violent-websites-causes-violent-behavior--research-says Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:13:59 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081105/acs-to-send-it-jobs-overseas IT professionals working at Affiliated Computer Services Inc., are in the brink of unemployment as the company plans to move "more complex, higher paying" jobs to countries outside the U.S. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081105/acs-to-send-it-jobs-overseas Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:48:06 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081105/another-worm-attacks-windows-update A worm that takes advantage of a bug thats been plaguing Windows for months is currently attacking systems. The bug was supposedly patched by Microsoft 11 days ago upon issuing a patch on an emergency update. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081105/another-worm-attacks-windows-update Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:22:03 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081104/internet-sales-take-a-plunge--report-says A report from the Net Behaviour company shows that the number of people buying products and services over the internet has plummeted. The total quantity of acquisitions fell by two percent from that of last year. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081104/internet-sales-take-a-plunge--report-says Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:27:11 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081104/yahoogoogle-ad-deal-deferred Search giants Yahoo and Google opted to put off their search advertising agreement and are now back to square one. The deal has been quite controversial upon its announcement and even sparked an investigation from the US Department of Justice. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081104/yahoogoogle-ad-deal-deferred Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:04:01 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081104/att-to-regulate-monthly-internet-traffic America's largest internet service provider is considering the idea of keeping a tight rein on the amount of data its customers can utilize per month. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081104/att-to-regulate-monthly-internet-traffic Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:46:51 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081104/nationwide-to-trim-down-server-count Nationwide Mutual Insurance is looking to cut the number of x86 servers by half to save hardware costs. The company has currently 5,000 machines and it aims to reduce it to 2,500 employing VMware's virtualisation software. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081104/nationwide-to-trim-down-server-count Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:38 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081104/it-employee-opens-exemployers-server-to-spammers An IT manager has been sentenced to a year in jail for opening his previous employer's email server to spammers. In addition, he was fined US$54,000 and was compelled to undergo a three-year probation soon after his release. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081104/it-employee-opens-exemployers-server-to-spammers Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:16:10 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081104/customers-get-their-own-web-space-in-salesforce Salesforce.com is slated to introduce a site that will allow users to operate their own website on the company's cloud infratructure. Salesforce.com is a vendor of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, which it delivers using the software as a service model. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081104/customers-get-their-own-web-space-in-salesforce Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:42:15 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081104/yahoo-alledgedly-offers-misleading-ads Yahoo is currently under fire for offering publishers a menu of choices for what ad appears in their site, may it be legal or not. Yahoo Right Media's Direct Media Exchange provides publishers the preference of operating or barring various ads depending on their "deceptiveness." Among the ads in question are graphical advertisements which are created to disguised as Windows dialogue boxes, and ads that contain bogus "close window" buttons or pull-down menus. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081104/yahoo-alledgedly-offers-misleading-ads Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:52:23 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081103/uk-govenment-closes-down-tax-website-due-to-data-leak The UK government has closed down one of its major websites following a data leak which involves millions of passwords and personal data. The official website of the Department for Work and Pensions is believed to have been hacked after a memory stick containing classified information has been found in a public car park. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081103/uk-govenment-closes-down-tax-website-due-to-data-leak Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:43:27 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081103/online-ad-sales-growth-anticipated-to-fall Imran Khan, an internet analyst forecasts yet another drop in online advertisement sales subsequent to a gloomy end of the third quarter in the advertising market. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081103/online-ad-sales-growth-anticipated-to-fall Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:24:14 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/motorola-to-reduce-workforce Motorola has verified plans of laying off 3,000 workers by 2009 as part of its move to cut $800 million from its annual budget. More than two-thirds of employees set to be retrenched will come from the handset division. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/motorola-to-reduce-workforce Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:06:42 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/windows-update-to-be-upgraded-again Microsoft Corp. has announced yet another upgrade to its Windows Update, dubbed as Windows Update Agent 7.2.6001.788. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/windows-update-to-be-upgraded-again Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:45:49 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/intel-core-i7powered-pc--fastest-in-the-world The fastest desktop PC across the world has recently been revealed, costing about £4,000. YoYotech Fi7epower MLK161 is powered by Intel's Core i7-965 Extreme Edition, boasting a minimum of 8GB DDR3 memory. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/intel-core-i7powered-pc--fastest-in-the-world Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:28:16 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081103/social-networks-become-a-trend-at-work Social networking sites were originally created for friends and families to communicate and build online communities. Now its use is being spread in the business industry where employees register for a user account for business related purposes. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081103/social-networks-become-a-trend-at-work Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:15:40 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/panasonic-set-to-acquire-sanyo Panasonic, a Japanese electronics company, has decided to acquire Sanyo Electric, according to a report from Nikkei business daily. The two companies will convene by the end of this week to finalize the terms of the deal. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081103/panasonic-set-to-acquire-sanyo Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:12:19 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081103/defra-squandered-millions-on-it-projects UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or Defra is reported to have splurged over £26 million over the last five years on IT projects that never were completed. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081103/defra-squandered-millions-on-it-projects Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:45:30 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081103/companies-need-help-on-battling-cybercrimes UK firms are not confident that the government is religiously doing all efforts to fight internet crimes. A new survey participated by 3,500 members of the Corporate IT Forum revealed that majority of the companies in the UK feel the authorities do not have the ability to deter cybercrooks. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081103/companies-need-help-on-battling-cybercrimes Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:05:28 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081102/malicious-spam-proliferates According to security firm Sophos, the number of spam consisting of dangerous attachments has increase eightfold. Sophos claims about one in every 416 emails received between July and September was identified as spam, way higher than that of the second quarter which was only one in every 3,333 emails. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081102/malicious-spam-proliferates Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:45:10 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081102/tech-group-combats-botnets A group of different ISPs and internet firms will convene early next year in San Francisco to discuss and establish schemes to battle botnets. The group, also known as Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), was formed in 2004 aimed to bring the messaging industry together to work collaboratively and successfully address forms of messaging abuse. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081102/tech-group-combats-botnets Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:13:15 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081102/government-it-budget-to-plunge Based on a survey participated by 162 local and state CIOs, around 38 percent of US city and local governments will reduce their IT spending over the next two years. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081102/government-it-budget-to-plunge Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:45:34 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081102/former-exec-at-mcaffe-apprehended-for-3-8m-fraud A former marketing executive at McAffee, Susan Despinic, was arrested for fiddling a huge amount of money from the security firm. Despinis and her husband, Aurawm Almaneih, are alleged of plotting a scheme to embezzle McAffee funds amounting to $3.8m into the funds of companies linked to both suspects. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081102/former-exec-at-mcaffe-apprehended-for-3-8m-fraud Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:11:42 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081102/sprint-reproached-of-partitioning-internet Subsequent to a long contractual battle, Sprint-Nextel has cut the internet connection of Cogent Communications, a multinational internet service provider. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081102/sprint-reproached-of-partitioning-internet Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:54:12 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081102/psystar-features-bluray-on-a-mac-os-desktop Psystar, the controversial Mac clone maker, highlights Blu-ray on its Mac desktop PCs. Despite impending charges and countercharges between the two companies, Psystar still opted to release its latest Mac clone, featuring Blue-ray technology as an optional drive. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081102/psystar-features-bluray-on-a-mac-os-desktop Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:55:55 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081102/apples-competitors-file-anticompete-charges- Rivals of Apple have filed cases involving non-compete clauses to inhibit executive talents to jump ship and be swayed over to the electronic giant's pool of competitive workforce. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081102/apples-competitors-file-anticompete-charges- Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:04:16 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081102/microsoft-ventures-in-cloud-computing Microsoft recently announced its plan to embark on cloud computing services. The company is focusing on its main products, Windows and Office, to shift to internet-based development. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081102/microsoft-ventures-in-cloud-computing Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:33:51 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081102/it-staff-drought-becomes-a-global-problem--rsa-says According to Art Coviello, president of EMC's security division, RSA, the scarcity of IT security experts is becoming a woldwide snag. RSA is pushing governments throughout the world to prop up information security learning. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081102/it-staff-drought-becomes-a-global-problem--rsa-says Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:12:29 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081101/new-internet-security-already-deemed-unsafe Researchers were able to break the McEliece encryption system through a software that speeds up attack on the technology. Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT) Netherlands professor Tanja Lange and her PhD student Christiane Peters ran the software on various computers in Eindhoven, Amsterdam, France, Ireland, Taiwan and the US. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081101/new-internet-security-already-deemed-unsafe Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:30:29 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081101/microsoft-forewarns-of-recession-email-scams According to Microsoft executive Tim Cranton, internet crooks may take advantage of the recent worldwide economic condition through sending bogus emails offering mortgages, loans, or money from failed banks. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081101/microsoft-forewarns-of-recession-email-scams Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:05:22 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081101/recession-creates-buyers-market-for-it-acquisitions The recent worldwide economic downturn may be taking its toll on many software merchants, but it also paved the way for a buyer's market. Ray Wang, a Forrester Research analyst, stated in a blog, "Now's the time to buy more licenses should you need them and if you have the cash to spare. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081101/recession-creates-buyers-market-for-it-acquisitions Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:54:28 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/malware/20081101/trojan-pilfers-thousands-of-classified-bank-data A Trojan horse launched by a sophisticated group of cybercrooks was able to make its way to bank'computer systems, stealing thousand of online bank account log-ons as well as credit card information. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/malware/20081101/trojan-pilfers-thousands-of-classified-bank-data Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:21:27 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081101/government-compelled-to-shelve-highly-expensive-it-programs In the Prime Minister question held on October 29, Gordon Brown was excoriated for launching millions of pounds of IT projects while the nation is suffering from the effects of worldwide recession. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081101/government-compelled-to-shelve-highly-expensive-it-programs Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:07:06 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/uk-firms-continually-hit-with-cyber-espionage-attacks A UK expert has cautioned that computer systems of utility firms and huge financial organizations remain to be the target of cybercriminals. Companies which provide UK's national infrastructure are said to be investigated with industrial espionage. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/uk-firms-continually-hit-with-cyber-espionage-attacks Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:43:45 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081031/company-faces-industrial-action-over-it-jobs Steria, an IT services company is now facing industrial action over its move to outsource jobs to India on a contract with the Co-operative banking group. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081031/company-faces-industrial-action-over-it-jobs Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:22:32 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081031/google-coordinates-with-nasa-to-expand-web-range Google is currently teaming up with NASA to build a novel communication system in space. Vint Cerf, Google vice-president and chief internet evangelist, is collaborating with the space agency to spread out the web's reach. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081031/google-coordinates-with-nasa-to-expand-web-range Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:26:13 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/couple-alleged-of-illicit-file-sharing A couple from Inverness were accused by Atari, a game firm, of illegal sharing of Race 07 on their computer. Gill and Ken Murdoch were threatened with high court fines for their alleged file sharing as a way to protect copyright. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/couple-alleged-of-illicit-file-sharing Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:10:19 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081031/jpmorgan-trims-it-contractor-wages Consequent to the worldwide financial downturn, JPMorgan has opted to decrease wages of its IT contractors by 15 percent starting November 1. JPMorgan is among the scores of banks who have cut rates to endure tough financial times. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081031/jpmorgan-trims-it-contractor-wages Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:48:56 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/hsbc-employs-biometrics-to-secure-data HSBC is currently using a state-of-the-art biometric technology capable of idnetifying 2,500 distinct features to manage access to its datacenters. The system utilizes cameras, ID, and software to confirm identification. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/hsbc-employs-biometrics-to-secure-data Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:24:33 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081031/it-staff-urged-to-undergo-survival-training Recruitment experts suggested that IT experts need to manage their own development and training to live through the recent economic crisis. The continuing recession will most possibly fuel more job cuts and IT professionals will definitely have their own share of cruel luck. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081031/it-staff-urged-to-undergo-survival-training Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:00:35 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/cybercrimes-proliferate-as-tough-times-continue Garlik, an online identity firm, reported that internet offenses committed in the UK have boosted compared to that of last year. The increase is attributed to the present worldwide economic condition. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081031/cybercrimes-proliferate-as-tough-times-continue Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:42:14 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081031/mozilla-to-scrap-firefox-2-0 Mozilla is planning to add just two more updates for Firefox 2.0 before it finally tosses the browser out of the market by year end. Based on Mozilla's policy, the company only supports a browser for six months after it has been replaced by a newer version. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081031/mozilla-to-scrap-firefox-2-0 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:16:15 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081031/hps-launch-of-cheaper-netbooks-ignites-price-war HP's recent launch of a cheaper line of netbooks is anticipated to boost competition over price and features. The company introduced Mini 1000 on Wednesdat, which has a starting price of $399. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081031/hps-launch-of-cheaper-netbooks-ignites-price-war Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:14:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081031/woman-jailed-for-internet-kiosk-scheme Lillian Glaubman, a native of Miami, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison and was fined US$18.2 million as a repayment for a ploy to sell internet kiosks which lead buyers to believe they would be gaining a large amount of money out of it. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081031/woman-jailed-for-internet-kiosk-scheme Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:30:49 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081031/google-features-calendar-and-docs-for-gmail Google will be featuring two new gadgets to be integrated with Gmail, the Google calendar and Docs. With the new features, Gmail users will be able to monitor their schedules or access their documents while checking their inbox. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081031/google-features-calendar-and-docs-for-gmail Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:05:58 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081030/inadequate-security-afflicts-londons-wireless-networks--rsa-says According to a survey facilitated by RSA, there are a lot of organizations depending on traditional security protection when it comes to wireless networks. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081030/inadequate-security-afflicts-londons-wireless-networks--rsa-says Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:41:44 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081030/credit-crunch-anticipated-to-heighten-outsourcing A new survey concluded that the outsourcing industry will take full advantage of the recent economic downturn. The survey, conducted by sourcing advisory firm Equaterr, was participated by 200 outsourcing service suppliers by which 40 percent had accounted a boost in demand levels despite the global financial setbacks. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081030/credit-crunch-anticipated-to-heighten-outsourcing Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:17:43 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081030/assurance-in-it-spending-plans-takes-another-blow According to a survey, IT decision makers have scrambled back their staffing and spending expectations in the forthcoming months due to a continuing economic downturn. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081030/assurance-in-it-spending-plans-takes-another-blow Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:59:48 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/malware/20081030/google-used-to-attack-facebook Google's websites are currently used by attackers to prey on Facebook. Researchers at Fortinet, a unified threat management vendor, revealed that a malicious program comparable to the Koobface worm is using Google Reader and Picasa web sites to once again strike at the social networking site. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/malware/20081030/google-used-to-attack-facebook Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:41:23 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081030/microsoft-guarantees-vista-patch-in-windows7 Microsoft has showcased the features of Windows 7 at the Professional Developers Conference, promising major fixes on its predecessor's flaws. The company also introduced a roadmap for the new operating system's release next year. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081030/microsoft-guarantees-vista-patch-in-windows7 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:22:22 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081030/google--microsoft--yahoo-team-up-for-web-freedom Tech giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have collaborated to promote freedom of expression on the web as well as secure online privacy. With the help of a new organization, Global Network Initiative, the three companies will establish a new code of conduct for doing business in nations that curb free speech online. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081030/google--microsoft--yahoo-team-up-for-web-freedom Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:40:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081030/walmart-to-sell-cheaper-g1-phones Wal-Mart will start selling Android-powered phones at a lower cost. The G1 will be available at the store on Wednesday at a discounted rate of $148.88, with a two-year agreement. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081030/walmart-to-sell-cheaper-g1-phones Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:29:39 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081029/evoting-machines-are-easily-breached--study-says According to a report released by Princeton University, e-voting machines are highly unreliable and prone to attacks. The report was requested by a New Jersey judge as part of a continuing legal battle over the machines. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081029/evoting-machines-are-easily-breached--study-says Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:55:31 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081029/icann-offers-novel-way-to-acquire-toplevel-domains The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN is proposes a new way to purchase TLDs or top-level domains on the internet. The agency's plan would enable third parties to challenge suggested TLDs on various grounds. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081029/icann-offers-novel-way-to-acquire-toplevel-domains Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:23:02 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081029/symantec-creates-a-startup-atmosphere Symantec, a leading security company, has built a new Incubator division that would allow its engineers to work in a startup atmosphere. The Symanctec Protection Network or SPN was the first Incubator project that the company introduced to the Incubator group. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081029/symantec-creates-a-startup-atmosphere Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:44:59 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081029/ipv6-is-the-key-to-internet-growth--it-specialists-say Tech experts said that Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) becomes the most quintessential element in the progress of the internet today as IP addresses turn out to be a significant infrastructure lifeblood for the Middle East. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081029/ipv6-is-the-key-to-internet-growth--it-specialists-say Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:22:26 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081029/superiors-disregard-toxic-data-risk--report-says UK's information regulator said managers should cease leaving data security to their IT support staff and be liable for their company's classified data. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081029/superiors-disregard-toxic-data-risk--report-says Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:48:57 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081029/thailand-to-block-websites-criticizing-the-royal-family The Thai government announced its plan to create a firewall to block websites containing criticisms against the country's widely popular royal family. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081029/thailand-to-block-websites-criticizing-the-royal-family Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:33:36 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081029/businesses-remain-sloppy-on-storage-security Despite the proliferation of data breaches, business organizations are still lenient when it comes to storage security. Most of the these firms do not encrypt their backup data allowing more possibilities of information theft, according to a research conducted by security vendor Thales Group and Trust Catalyst. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081029/businesses-remain-sloppy-on-storage-security Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:50:10 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081029/microsoft-to-launch-a-project-promoting-web-content-security Microsoft is set to launch a security project designed to secure web content through isolation. The project, dubbed as Web Sandbox, will be unveiled at the company's Professional Developers Conference this week. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081029/microsoft-to-launch-a-project-promoting-web-content-security Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:17:17 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081029/google-employed-by-hackers-to-target-apps Hackers are using search engines as a way to aim at web applications that contain classified data. Database and application security company Imperva unveiled a method to carry out SQL injection attack that comes from an IP address belonging to Google. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081029/google-employed-by-hackers-to-target-apps Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:49:33 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081029/ibm-exceeds-budget-on-information-management IBM admitted it has exceeded its planned expenditure of US$1 billion (£641 million) on information management. The company spent $5 billion (£3.2 billion) for the acquisition of BI vendor Cognos this year. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081029/ibm-exceeds-budget-on-information-management Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:33:30 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081029/google-phone-embedded-with-a-critical-bug A team from Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) has revealed that T-Mobile's G1 smartphone has a critical bug in Android operating system which could be exploited by hackers. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081029/google-phone-embedded-with-a-critical-bug Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:06:51 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081028/ubuntu-linux-for-desktops-to-be-released Ubuntu Linux designed for desktops is slated for release this week. The latest version, 8.10, will add a range of usability features including an enhanced 3G wireless support. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081028/ubuntu-linux-for-desktops-to-be-released Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:48:17 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081028/google-leaves-android-market-open-to-developers Google has announced that the Android Market will be open to all developers starting this week, aiming to add more apps to its current 50 applications. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081028/google-leaves-android-market-open-to-developers Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:01:58 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081028/one-in-four-legal-firms-fess-up-to-losing-classified-data-on-mobiles A survey has revealed that around 25 percent of law firms in the UK acknowledge the fact that they've been losing highly classified information on mobile devices. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081028/one-in-four-legal-firms-fess-up-to-losing-classified-data-on-mobiles Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:31:58 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081028/it-freelancers-prefer-stability-over-pay A new study has revealed that IT freelancers take more preference on job stability rather than a handsome pay. Giant Group conducted a survey wherein 20 percent were found to choose security in employment over a higher pay rate despite the worldwide economic downturn. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081028/it-freelancers-prefer-stability-over-pay Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:07:46 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081028/virgin-media-charged-with-deceiving-customers-on-upload-rates Virgin Media is currently alleged of misleading its customers about their broadband speed. Subscribers to the company's "M" broadband package are claiming to have been given the wrong information on their upload data. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081028/virgin-media-charged-with-deceiving-customers-on-upload-rates Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:52:33 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081028/email--web-surfing-most-common-use-of-work-pcs A survey released on Monday revealed that three out of four employees are using their office computers for personal matters such as checking email and surfing the net. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081028/email--web-surfing-most-common-use-of-work-pcs Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:59:25 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081028/teenager-hackers-take-dominance-on-the-net Experts have expressed concern over the increasing number of teenagers committing cybercrimes. Most of the net forums are dominated by teenagers carelessly exchanging credit card information, phishing kits and hacking tips. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081028/teenager-hackers-take-dominance-on-the-net Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:27:39 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081027/yahoo-to-launch-developer-platform Yahoo is set to launch its platform designed for web developers this week, a move that aims to lure more site visitors. The platform is also part of Yahoo's scheme to add social networking features to its websites. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081027/yahoo-to-launch-developer-platform Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:54:14 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081027/russia-impedes-google-acquisition Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has blocked Google's $140 million deal with Zao Begun, an online advertising firm. ZAO Begun offers contextual advertising services and products to advertisers, web sites, and advertising agencies. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-support/20081027/russia-impedes-google-acquisition Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:25:09 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081027/microsoft-set-to-launch-vista-sp2-beta-version Microsoft has announced plans to circulate the latest version of its Windows Vista on Wednesday. Window Vista SP2 Beta will be distributed to a small group of Technology Adoption Program members in the midst of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC). emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081027/microsoft-set-to-launch-vista-sp2-beta-version Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:17:50 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081027/top-security-companies-release-patches-to-own-products Two of today's leading security firms have released fixes for vulns plaguing their own software. Trend Micro distributed a patch for its OfficeScan product wherein malevolent attacks are made possible through a malformed HTTP request. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081027/top-security-companies-release-patches-to-own-products Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:13:50 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081026/data-centers-need-to-promote-green-it--gartner-says According to analyst firm Gartner, there is a rising need for data center managers to streamline their operations to save energy costs. Traditional data centers are significantly outmoded when it comes to ecologically balanced IT, Gartner says. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/disaster-planning/20081026/data-centers-need-to-promote-green-it--gartner-says Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:56:50 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/malware/20081026/financial-malware-gets-harder-to-beat A study has shown that despite the decline in new programs, crooks are still able to find their way around committing online fraud. Though the research concluded that a downward trend is seen in the spreading of malware in bank and official group networks, the threat of having the networks breached is still fervent as malware writers are getting more clever. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/malware/20081026/financial-malware-gets-harder-to-beat Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:27:46 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081026/ahern-supports-eu-cybercrime-hotline Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has expressed support over EU's move to set up a hotline to fight internet crime. On Friday, the European Union has decided to institute a European alert platform for reporting violations committed on the internet. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081026/ahern-supports-eu-cybercrime-hotline Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:40:25 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081026/new-iphone-firmware-beta-released Apple has released the latest iPhone firmware beta version to developers before officially circulating it to the public. Firmware 2.2 sports the Street View option in Google Maps, but it still lacks the copy and paste feature which many iPhone users have been bawling about. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081026/new-iphone-firmware-beta-released Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:14:53 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081026/microsoft-battles-cybercrime-in-nigeria Microsoft has teamed up with Paradigm Initiative Nigeria to spread awareness on youth about cybercrime and numerous ways to use their computer skills productively. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081026/microsoft-battles-cybercrime-in-nigeria Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:43:07 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081026/credit-crunch-takes-its-toll-on-broadband The worldwide economic crisis is now affectng the broadband industry among other line of businesses. According to broadband analyst firm Point Topic, the number of new broadband lines last quarter decreased by 20 percent which implies that providers are starting to feel the economic slump. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081026/credit-crunch-takes-its-toll-on-broadband Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:59:00 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081026/spammers-strike-again--employ-legit-email-servers According to Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies, spammers have devised a new way to get around the filtering systems. They are now able to send spam messages claiming to be be coming from legal mail servers and domains. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081026/spammers-strike-again--employ-legit-email-servers Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:23:55 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081025/it-to-play-a-key-role-in-olympics-2012- IT will play a highly quintessential role in the London Olympic Games in 2012. Organizers have plans to make use of novel media technologies like Web 2.0, internet protocol television (IPTV) and internet-enabled mobile phones to boost participation in the Games. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081025/it-to-play-a-key-role-in-olympics-2012- Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:41:48 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081025/gmail-service-finally-restored After days of blackout that affected Google Apps subscribers, Gmail is finally back in operation. Users are now able to access their new email accounts. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-services/20081025/gmail-service-finally-restored Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:11:51 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081025/botnetbased-click-frauds-remain-a-major-concern-in-advertising-business According to Click Forensics, though the number of click-fraud attacks fell marginally in the third quarter, it remains a grave problem among businesses in the advertising market. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081025/botnetbased-click-frauds-remain-a-major-concern-in-advertising-business Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:26:11 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081025/need-for-hightech-talent-stays-high The world may be experiencing a massive financial crisis causing everyone to panic, but IT pros with high-tech talents should worry the least. According to a research from Robert Half International, IT specialists with advanced technological knowledge will be in demand in the forthcoming months. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081025/need-for-hightech-talent-stays-high Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:48:53 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081025/economic-crisis-pressures-it-pros With the recent worlwide economic downturn, IT professionals are compelled to take more workload than the usual which often causes extreme stress, according to a research from Robert Half Technology. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/it-support/20081025/economic-crisis-pressures-it-pros Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:24:25 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081025/software-preventing-stock-market-crashes-and-abuse-launched Progress Software Corporation, a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, has introduced a real time complex event monitoring software designed to avert crashes in the stock market as well as fraud among cad traders. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/hardware-amp-software/20081025/software-preventing-stock-market-crashes-and-abuse-launched Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:00:51 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081024/web-users-impelled-to-report-abuse-sites The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is urging web users to help identify websites with lewd contents. The agency is running a campaign against the exploitation of children on the internet. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/network-monitoring/20081024/web-users-impelled-to-report-abuse-sites Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:32:05 GMT Littlefish IT Support http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081024/novel-internet-domains-seen-to-be-priced-exorbitantly The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names or Number (ICANN) has released initial policies for the introduction of thousands of new domain names. These domains are are set to be the subtitute of ".com" as part of the changes made to the network's 25-year-old address system. emma.cobb@littlefishsupport.com (Emma Cobb) http://www.littlefishsupport.com/news/broadband/20081024/novel-internet-domains-seen-to-be-priced-exorbitantly Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:49:17 GMT Littlefish IT Support