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Is Your broadband & Internet up to Speed? Broadband uptake is expected to grow by 67 per cent globally over the next five years, according to Point Topic. The analyst firm said that the explosion in broadband uptake makes it the fastest adopted technology ever, and is predicting that the number of broadband lines worldwide will pass 680 million by the end of 2013.
Need to Keep your Data Secure? The Conservatives have called for an urgent review of security across Whitehall after it emerged that government departments have lost an average of one computer a week in the last year. according to figures obtained by shadow housing minister Grant Shapps, the losses included 53 laptops or PCs. The Department of the Health lost the most computers - 14 - followed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, which lost 13.Officials also lost 36 Blackberrys, 30 mobile phones, four disc drives and four memory sticks. Shapps said both the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence had refused to answer his questions
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December 2008/January 2009
Time to upgrade to Microsoft Vista? Microsoft has claimed in its fifth Security Intelligence Report that Vista is giving hackers a much harder time. Using data collected from computers worldwide the company found that when it comes to browser attacks, the most common type, only six per cent targeted the Vista operating system, compared to 42 per cent with Windows XP. "We have seen significant improvements in Vista with vulnerabilities," Bret Arsenault, general manager of the National Security Team at Microsoft announced. |