Iain Thomson
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Apple revamps iPod and brings movies to iTunes
By Iain Thomson published
News Slight alterations to existing iPod range and a link up with Disney to bring movies to iTunes
Intel could cut 10 per cent of workforce next week
By Iain Thomson published
News Rumours fly as Intel remains tightlipped and weekend is ruined for employees
More internet access needed in classrooms say teachers
By Iain Thomson published
News Over a third of teachers feel internet access makes 'dramatic impact' on student results
Firefox crop circle appears
By Iain Thomson published
News Was it aliens, was it the weather. No, it was geeks doing what they love
Depressed IT staff eager for career change
By Iain Thomson published
News Three quarters of IT staff want another job, and performance is suffering as boredom breeds contempt
Dell recalls exploding batteries
By Iain Thomson published
News After a year of rumours Dell orders biggest ever product recall that could cost millions and permanently damage the company's image
Baby author sues mums over message board postings
By Iain Thomson published
News Case has profound implications for freedom of speech and company liability
Cameroon gets wise to typosquatting scam
By Iain Thomson published
News National telco starts to register .cm URLs for advertising page - top sites now redirected to ad page if misspelled
Keylogging Trojan uses unique attack
By Iain Thomson published
News Deutsche Bank trials show effectiveness of unhelpful browser helper object at stealing data
Nigeria moves to shut down spam scam
By Iain Thomson published
News Ringleader of $2 million fraud arrested in Nigeria following Dutch crack down
Skype clears McAfee for VoIP scanning
By Iain Thomson published
News New software approved for scanning VoIP attachments to prevent viruses spreading
Nokia is the mobile of choice for London muggers
By Iain Thomson published
News Nearly half of all stolen phones come from Nokia, followed by Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson
IBM slips ahead of Dell for small businesses
By Iain Thomson published
News Dell may shift more boxes but IBM leads market in innovation and services
IBM engineer writes open source software allows tap control
By Iain Thomson published
News Cunning use of hard drive accelerometer allows users to control functions by tapping the casing
Apple issues global recall for MacBook Pro batteries
By Iain Thomson published
News Batteries for the 15 inch laptops faulty and in need of replacement says company
Chinese phishing attack hits Bank of Scotland
By Iain Thomson published
News Link to software update tries to fool users into handing over passwords for online bank accounts.
Europe tops the spam generation charts
By Iain Thomson published
News New survey estimates over a third of spam sent from Europan PC infected with Trojan software
India says no to Negroponte's $100 laptop
By Iain Thomson published
News Huge blow to world computing plan as India decides to spend the money on education instead.
Over half of all phishing emails aimed at PayPal users,
By Iain Thomson published
News Criminals target the most widely used systems, while online banks escape the worst of the fraud attacks.
City in two minds over Amazon and Sun results
By Iain Thomson published
News Amazon stock loses 12 per cent but Sun's smaller than expected losses lead to share price rise
FBI swoop at US hacker convention
By Iain Thomson published
News Conference speaker on data privacy arrested by federal authorities for breaking data protection rules himself
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