The United Arab Emirates is considering restricting or monitoring BlackBerry smartphones, because they pose a “national security risk.” The region’s ‘telecoms regulator’ claimed that  ”BlackBerry operates beyond the jurisdiction of national legislation” because it stores its data offshore which could lead to “serious social, judicial and national security repercussions”. The media freedom watchdog ‘Reporters Without [...]

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The Swann ThumbCam: mini digital video camera is one of them gadgets which does what it says on the tin. A thumb is a perfect representation of its best feature, its minuscule size and weight. This really is a device you could take anywhere. You wouldn’t even notice it is in your pocket.

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Google have hit the headlines today after it emerged that they have done an Apple; by removing some apps from its Android operating system they don’t like. We all know that Apple loves to remove apps they don’t agree with, apps that have nudity and even graphic novels that rub them up the wrong way [...]

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Adobe has released a massive software update containing a fix for a critical security flaw allowing hackers to take control of affected systems. The security update fixes a total of 32 vulnerabilities as announced in an Adobe Security Bulletin. Adobe has admitted that critical vulnerabilities appear in Adobe Flash Player versions 10.0.45.2 and earlier. “These [...]

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In a case of not making a bad situation worse, Microsoft has decided not to provide a security patch for the latest Alureon rootkit virus spreading on PCs and laptops running Windows XP. Microsoft has made the decision as previous updates released in February this year resulted in infected machines crashing endlessly. Rootkit malware hides [...]

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In news that will be welcomed by the thousands of Twitter users who have fallen prey to a phishing attack, the popular micro blogging site has decided to fight back. Del Harvey, director of Twitter’s trust and safety team announced the roll-out of its new security service in a blog post yesterday. Twitter can now [...]

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There has been an “alarming” rise in spammers and hackers taking advantage of online social network users over the last year, according to a report by computer security company Sophos. Incidents of malware and spam attacks on Facebook and Twitter users rose by 70 per cent in 2009 according to Sophros’ “Social Security” report. “Computer [...]

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Twitter has disabled a widget based on Adobe’s Flash Player after a security analyst notified the micro-blogging site of a weakness that left account login details exposed to hackers. The security scare follows Twitter banning the use of 370 passwords that were deemed too obvious for hackers to crack. The Flash-based widget was widely used [...]

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