Ofcom promises easier broadband migration
Communications regulator Ofcom wants to overhaul how UK consumers switch broadband providers, giving the new company the responsibility for ensuring a smooth handover.
Stories by John E Dunn
Google's new 'instant' search returns results as users type
Google has announced that its famous search homepage will from today return searches in real time using a new feature called 'Google Instant'.
BBC iPlayer is bandwidth hog, admins warned
License payers love the BBC's iPlayer, the new version of which is formally launched today. Network admins, however, are being warned to beware of its ability to eat bandwidth at a fearsome rate.
Home working spreads among office workers
Once seen as an eccentric privilege, remote working is now so established that as many as half of UK office workers were doing it this summer, according to a new survey.
Wikileaks servers move to nuclear bunker under Stockholm
The Wikileaks whistleblowing website has reportedly moved its server hosting to a Cold War bunker deep under the streets of Stockholm.
Fake antivirus software using ransom threats
Fake antivirus programs appear to be adopting some of the money-raising tactics of more threatening ransom malware, security company Fortinet's latest threat report has found.
Employee gets big bounty for revealing software abuse
The software industry's police self-styled police force, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), has said that it recently paid a £10,000 ($15,300) bounty to an employee who informed on his former company's use of unlicensed software.
UK police terror trainers lose USB stick in street
The curse of the unencrypted memory stick has stuck Manchester Police, which has suffered embarrassment as a drive containing apparently sensitive information was found lying in the street.
Virgin Media tracks Zeus Trojan using white hats
ISP Virgin Media is now using organisations such as The Shadowserver Foundation to work out which of its customers might be part of botnets spreading the dangerous Zeus online banking Trojan.
Skype files for $100 million IPO
Would-be Internet telephony giant Skype has filed the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq, the company has announced.
IE8 stops one billionth malware download
Internet Explorer 8's Smartscreen Filter, used to secure users from dodgy websites, has stopped its one billionth malware download, Microsoft has proudly announced.
Mozilla shows new 'tab candy' Firefox interface
Future versions of Firefox are set to adopt a new tab design that will transform the browser's interface, a senior Mozilla developer has announced.
Seagate GoFlex packs streaming and backup punch
Seagate has announced a new network attached storage (NAS) drive for the 'Terabyte home', the GoFlex Home.
Finjan lawsuit not our doing, say new owners
The anglo-US company that bought out Finjan, M86 Security, has distanced itself from the <a href="http://news.techworld.com/security/3232102/finjan-sues-mcafee-symantec-over-antivirus-patent-claims/">fractious patent suit enveloping</a> a number of well-known antivirus companies and the company that held on to Finjan's patents, FSI Inc.
Imperva adds NAS firewall to line-up
Security company Imperva has announced a software firewall that protects and monitors access to files sitting on network-attached storage (NAS) servers.