Liberty Alliance turns its attentions to identity theft

The Liberty Alliance has turned its attention to the question of identity theft. It has produced a white paper outlining ways of reducing identity theft, both in its frequency and its impact on consumers. The Alliance quotes research (April 2003) that worldwide economic losses due to identity theft could reach $2 trillion by 2005. ...more

PC Pro Labs Correction - 3.5in SATA hard disks

In the Upgrade to Vista Labs in Issue 149 (March 2007, p110), we incorrectly printed that the Western Digital Caviar SE16 was available from www.sandisk.com. ...more

Manchester man fingered for Cisco code theft

A 20-year-old Manchester man has been arrested in connection with the theft of source code belonging to the Cisco operating system, the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit has revealed. The arrest follows raids that took place in Manchester and Derbyshire at the beginning of the month In May of this year, a Russian security web site revealed that a hacker calling himself 'Franz' posted code on an underground IRC channel purporting to be part of the Cisco IOS 12.3, 12. ...more

The low-down on... Bluetooth: what it is and where we're at

Bluetooth. The word is on every one's lips. But what exactly is it? Apparently, it's going to be the next big thing in wireless technology. ...more

Apple to develop iTunes for Windows

Apple is advertising for a Sr. Software Engineer, 'to desing [sic] and build Apple's newest Consumer Application, iTunes for Windows.' The advertisement at jobs. ...more