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UK ID cards pose 'huge' security risk, says Microsoft

News Jerry Fishenden, a top security and identity management expert at Microsoft, said that the British government's current technology proposals are flawed. Microsoft has warned that the UK's national identity card plans pose a security risk that could...

19 October 2005, 10:33

Vista P2P feature exposes beta machines

News There was very curious traffic that did not match anything that they had seen before," said George Bakos, a security expert at the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College who is associated with SANS.

19 August 2005, 9:32

Photoshop could bust image cheats

News Adobe is working with Dartmouth professor Hani Farid, an expert in photo fraud detection. In the near future, it could be a lot easier to see if those pictures of the person you've been talking to on Match.com have been retouched.

9 March 2007, 10:03

Microsoft-Yahoo link is food for IM worms, experts warn

News But the partnership has a flipside, an instant-messaging security expert said. The planned bridge between MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger has one drawback, experts warn: it could act as a conduit for a massive IM worm outbreak.

13 October 2005, 9:06

Adobe makes audio easier for Web pros

News The person cutting video is being asked to do more audio work before it goes to the audio expert. Adobe on Thursday released a beta of its new audio-editing program aimed at Web designers and video editors.

27 October 2006, 9:30

Digital living room still a dream, say tech execs

News According to Don Norman, a co-founder of the design-consulting firm Nielsen Norman Group, building a network requires the average person to almost be an IT expert. Too few consumers are buying into the notion that a "digital home" can improve their...

6 December 2005, 9:40

Mobile calls posing a threat on flights

News These devices can disrupt normal operation of key cockpit instruments, especially Global Positioning System receivers, which are increasingly vital for safe landings," Bill Strauss, an expert in aircraft electromagnetic compatibility at the Naval...

2 March 2006, 9:02

iTunes update raises privacy concerns

News Because iTunes users typically sign up for the music store with an email address and a credit card number, the account ID number could in theory be linked to that information, as well as a user's purchase history, said Apple expert Kirk McElhearn...

13 January 2006, 10:05

Net video not ready for hi-def TV

News In fact, every industry expert interviewed for this story said that the way things stand now there just isn't enough bandwidth going into the home to stream the more expansive HD video. Fans of video upload sites shouldn't expect to enjoy clips of...

10 April 2006, 9:49

Porn and secrets: what's on your old hard drive?

News Earlier this year, one forensics expert sparked concern among charities who provide reconditioned PCs to projects in the third world by saying the only way to be 100 per cent certain is to take a hammer and nails to the disk.

16 September 2005, 9:05

P2P users shun music for software and games

News The CacheLogic research also found BitTorrent was the network of choice for "expert users", due to the volume of files shared with uncommon file extensions. Peer-to-peer networks are no longer dominated by pirated music files -- now, a study has...

12 August 2005, 10:09

Online age verification rules may increase

News The proposed Bill has been greeted with some scepticism by a legal expert and the UK's retail industry body. An MP is calling for a change in the law to force online retailers to introduce tougher age verification to prevent children being able to...

Tags: standards, age, law, bill

22 January 2008, 8:45

News.blog: Porn pop-ups may mean jail for teacher

News The forensic evidence and expert testimony showed clearly that after a visit to Crayola.com, someone went to a site about hair styles which loaded a javascript that spawned pop-ups. A substitute teacher in the US faces up to 40 years in prison...

26 January 2007, 10:26

Facebook updates go mobile

News If it finds something it doesn't understand it passes it onto a language expert. Facebook and other social networking addicts can now post updates to their walls or Twitter feeds with voice calls through their mobile phones.

Tags: networking, mobile phone, converted, posted

26 October 2007, 8:47

Google library search raises privacy issues

News Brandt and Internet privacy expert Richard Smith said the problem lies in Google's use of cookies, tiny tracking tags used by most Web sites to link a specific user with his or her activity online. A contract between Google and the University of...

20 June 2005, 9:34