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Windows-based cashpoints at risk of hijack

News Security vendor Network Box illustrated this threat by showing that only the PIN number was encrypted when information was sent from a US cashpoint to networked bank computers. Security experts have hacked cashpoints to show how easy it is to steal...

Tags: machines, cash, face, encrypted

5 March 2008, 9:16

Pick up the tab with a text message

News A PIN number is used to access the customer's account, and a few minutes later he receives a code back from Free Tribes that's valid for 15 minutes. Forgot your credit card? Don't have cash on you? No worries -- just use your mobile phone to pay...

30 November 2006, 9:40

Microsoft scales back Longhorn for 2006 launch

News Microsoft has been reluctant to pin down a date for the launch of the Windows update, though Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said recently that 2006 was a likely target. Microsoft said on Friday that it is aiming to release Longhorn in the...

12 April 2004, 9:35

E-tailers getting on top of fraud

News For 2006, merchants are also considering further measures, with 29 per cent of respondents saying the Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode systems -- both of which create single-use passwords/PIN numbers for transactions -- are top of their...

16 December 2005, 9:04

Company trials films on flash

News Users then plug in a memory device from the company, enter a PIN code and buy or rent a movie. PortoMedia is probably the only start-up in the world inspired by the movie Carlito's Way. Company founder Chris Armstrong explains: four years ago, he...

Tags: bandwidth, stores, hard drive, titles

4 March 2008, 9:07

News.blog: Women in IT pose for racy movie calendar

News The Web site also includes bios of the female models, which provide contrasting impressions to their pin-up poses. Some women are launching a rather racy calendar to promote females in IT. The IT Screen Goddesses Calendar 2006-2007, featuring...

11 July 2006, 9:22

PayPal users to send money by text

News Once the number is texted either to a business or an individual an automated system will ring back the PayPal user and prompt them to enter their PIN. eBay-owned internet payments outfit PayPal has announced it is venturing into the world of mobile...

26 April 2006, 9:57

Fight online fraud with iPods, says UK official

News Cooper quipped that the iPod scheme would also be a more cost-efficient alternative to other government plans to combat online fraud, such as equipping the proposed National ID Card with a PIN or password system to enable it to work as an online...

13 January 2006, 9:42

IBM shows off low-cost 3D TV tech

News IBM's hardware is compatible with current VESA three-pin stereo interfaces. Just because the television is flat doesn't mean the content has to be. At the 22nd annual Flat Information Displays conference in San Francisco, IBM's display laboratories...

10 November 2005, 9:06

Apple's Rokr iTunes phone ready to roll

News The iPod nano features the same 30-pin dock connector as the iPod and iPod Mini, which it replaces, allowing it to work with a wide range of more than 1,000 accessories developed for iPod, including home stereo speakers and iPod car adapters.

8 September 2005, 10:39

Photos: Unearthing history at Stonehenge

News In the houses, they found flint tools, part of a dress pin and swept-away debris. New research suggests that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery for more than 500 years, much longer than previously thought.

Tags: family, ancient, walls, phase

2 June 2008, 9:21

New gadget cuts kids' tech time

News Bob allows each customer to have up to six user accounts and demands a PIN to switch it on. There's a new boss in the house, and his name is Bob. Bob is a new time-monitoring technology from start-up company Hopscotch that allows parents to control...

23 February 2006, 9:31

Microsoft looks to new 'Vistagami' tablets

News Intel Vice President Gadi Singer said the market could reach 100 million units a year, but did not pin a date on that prediction. With the first Origami devices out the door, Microsoft is setting its sights on the next generation of tiny tablet PCs...

25 May 2006, 9:39

Oyster's e-money plans hit the buffers

News The company is starting to introduce chip and PIN across its 50 UK sandwich shops but would welcome a switch to contactless payments to trim the queues that can result from typical credit card payments.

9 May 2006, 9:40

Photos: BT Labs' secret future tech

News The same network could be used to support different sorts of authentication -- such as to secure online shopping using chip and PIN cards. To show off some of the cor-blimey stuff being dreamt up by eggheads in its labs, BT has set up an...

3 October 2006, 9:14