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'Boring' IT classes put off future careers

News The UK's status as a world class IT nation is being threatened by a skills black hole which is getting bigger ever year as fewer and fewer kids choose to study computing. The teaching of IT in secondary schools needs radically overhauling as it is...

Tags: kids, industry, entry, study

18 June 2008, 8:55

Tech lights up the Burning Man

News Temporarily residing in a box himself, Davies eagerly accepted their gifts of T-shirts, stickers, necklaces and some "really good home brew" crammed into a hole in the Plexiglas structure dubbed The Dicky Box.

9 September 2005, 9:37

Windows worms knocking out computers

News All of the worms exploit a hole in the plug-and-play feature in the Windows 2000 operating system. Network worms are shutting down computers running Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system, security experts warned on Tuesday.

17 August 2005, 8:38

Photos: The insides of a Roomba

News You can see the battery hole, brushes, rubber wheels and dirt bin. Here's the unsuspecting Roomba intact. Actually, this photo was taken after post-operation reassembly, so you already know how this story's going to end.

Tags: detect, credit, edge, switch

9 January 2008, 11:48

New Sony CD security risk identified

News The security hole in the uninstall program was similar to one discovered with First 4 Internet's uninstall program several days ago. Computer researchers uncovered a new security risk on Friday related to Sony BMG copy-protected CDs, which could...

21 November 2005, 8:50

MSN flaw put Hotmail accounts at risk

News Microsoft's acknowledgement of the Hotmail issue comes after the security hole was disclosed on Saturday by Alex de Vries, a Dutch programmer, on the Net-Force Web site for security enthusiasts. Microsoft took part of its MSN Web site offline over...

7 June 2005, 9:15

Firefox promo site taken down by hackers

News In July, the marketing site was compromised by attackers who exploited an unpatched security hole in PHP. SpreadFirefox.com, the marketing Web site for the open-source Firefox Web browser, has been hacked again and is expected to be offline until...

5 October 2005, 9:26

Photos: Ten views of Apple's Leopard

News As users scroll back through 'time' in order to find the last saved instance of a file, it looks as though they are flying into a black hole. The next version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, code-named Leopard, will allow application...

10 August 2006, 10:24

Sony struggles to keep hackers off PSP

News Sony released firmware version 1.51 in May, patching the hole that made room for the hack. Hackers have cracked piracy protections on Sony's PlayStation Portable in the US, the latest chapter in the company's battle to block unauthorised game use...

7 July 2005, 12:29

Windows flaw fixes imminent

News One of these vulnerabilities could let an attacker commandeer a PC, and Microsoft itself has warned that the hole is actively being exploited to download malicious code to vulnerable systems. As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans...

9 December 2005, 8:21

Zotob damage severe, but not widespread

News The worm exploited a hole in the operating system's plug-and-play feature and let attackers take control of infected machines and spy on users. Fewer businesses fell victim to August's Zotob worm that struck corporate networks than previous attacks...

27 October 2005, 8:38

Photos: Cracking open the iPhone

News To remove the SIM card, insert a paper clip or other thin, round tool into the small hole on top of the iPhone. The iPhone blends a revolutionary touchscreen interface, media player and smart phone into a slick package.

9 July 2007, 10:47

Google fixes flaw blogged by teen

News Last December, Google fixed a security hole in the mechanism it uses to generate error pages for forbidden redirects and pages that don't exist on the Google Web site. Google has fixed a flaw in its Gmail Web-based email service after the problem...

3 March 2006, 9:43

Sony bids farewell to father of PlayStation

News It's been a huge embarrassment for the firm, and a huge hole that money has been pouring into. It appears the disappointing PlayStation 3 has claimed its first executive victim inside Sony. Sony and PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi made a joint...

27 April 2007, 11:20

Prison terms on tap for 'pre-release' film pirates

News This bill plugs a hole in existing law by allowing for easier and more expeditious enforcement of prerelease piracy by both the government and property owners," said Mitch Bainwol, chairman of the Recording Industry Association of America.

25 April 2005, 13:34