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Having been at a meeting today discussing a ePOS system, we were informed that new regulations were coming into play regarding storing of credit card information. In my bid to find out more about these new regulations i came across some disturbing information that earlier this year Argos had been storing credit card numbers...
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You will likely remember one of the first major legal case brought against Pirate bay in Sweden. The court ruled against the site. Yet even today the sie is still running stronger than ever.Both parties have appealed the case The media coverage of the case however likely to the disappointment of the recording industry...
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I recently criticized the UK Government over the IE6 browser not being upgraded and general security breaches of astronomical scales. Now it is the turn of the United States to be criticized, again. “Wikileaks.org should be shut down by any means necessary.” US Government Conservative Representative Of course, I am not surprised that a...
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Security for most companies these days is paramount. There are many steps one can take to ensure that a system is secure, from switching it of at one extreme to hiring consultants to analyse every minute line of code to look for problems. Balancing money with time however leads to most companies taking somewhere...
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In my role at work I recently had the opportunity to discuss with a expert in security aspects of the PCI-Data Security Standard in the context of storing credit card information. This covers amongst many other things, whom has access to the data. Our client has a team in India doing work for his...
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According to an article published on rival news paper website The Gaurdian, the Times has managed to loose its self the majority of its readers. For a news paper, this cant be a good sign and is probably likely to extend to physical newspaper sales too. Impacting on an industry which already faces problems...
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Not too many years ago many of us were sitting starting at our 56kbps modems wondering if this dial up was the one that would get us connected. I remember the day when broadband was finally rolled out to my village, I was hung over and slept through most of the event. My freind’s...
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The ISP Awards this year have been done. In light of the activities in support of the Digital Economy Bill and UK legislation, they were proud to offer Lord Peter Mandelson the title of Internet Villain of the year!
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