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Pins are card security's Achilles heel

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Does Intel still hold the high ground?

The chip giant looks in danger of losing its upper hand in the technology battle   More...

IMac G5: another P from the iPod

The iPod has redefined consumer expectations and given Apple a whole new market   More...

IT security faces Olympian challenge

If all goes according to plan, the only Trojan Horse causing trouble in Athens this summer will be the one in the Hollywood blockbuster Troy.   More...

Did Sasser leave you shamefaced?

Many IT managers are being caught out by the speed at which hackers are reverse-engineering patches   More...

Intel's optimism catches on - at last

Iain Thomson reflects on last week's chip-fest in San Francisco   More...

MyDoom and the art of misdirection

In the rush to deal with MyDoom many forgot that the worm's secondary payload will be active long after its initial outbreak   More...

Business confidence prompts network spend

As confidence rises and budgets open up, many budget-holders will begin to flex their networking muscles   More...

Have a nice day

US immigration officials are so consumed with operating new biometrics kit that they hardly have time to get into mean-and-moody mode   More...

The Holy Grail of networking?

Some network managers believe that dynamic bandwidth control will solve all their problems, but there are cheaper and more efficient alternatives   More...

The power and weakness of money

Microsoft's invitation to grass on a virus writer will catch the script kiddies, but not the real bad guys   More...

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