FairSearch, the coalition fighting against Google’s planned $700 million acquisition of travel software firm ITA Software, is growing continually and one of its latest recruits, Microsoft, is one of the biggest to have joined the campaign so far.

As mentioned in the previous post on this month’s security bulletin releases, there are now confirmed to be 17 security bulletins, addressing 40 vulnerabilities.

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for December 2010, sees the release of 17 bulletins addressing 40 vulnerabilities.

13 bulletins directly affect Windows; only 2 bulletins are considered Critical severity rating.

The Digital Entrepreneur Awards last week were an eye opener. As part of the team at UKFast – the headline sponsor of this year’s awards – I knew that they aimed to reward the best online businesses for their entrepreneurial achievements. What I didn’t know is just how crucial a role “The Everyman” would play in the feats of those fast-growing businesses on the web.

Making uncensored information available remains firmly at the forefront of Wikileaks’ mission statement, despite the current troubles. And these are large scale troubles. The news has been flooded this week with allegations surrounding the website and its creator Julian Assange. Claiming to “keep governments open”, the site has released 250,000 cable messages between top US [...]

Last week I ordered a shiny pair of red wellingtons for my wife’s Christmas present. I received text messages to communicate and then confirm delivery times and they arrived on time to my expectations. I’ve not spoken to anyone or been given anything for free, but I’ve come away a Raving Fan. My time has [...]

As main sponsors of the Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2010, everyone at UKFast was thrilled to see the event come together in such a spectacular and sparkling fashion on Wednesday night at the Palace Hotel in Manchester. London restaurant group Pied a Terre and Masabi – the software developer that closed a deal with trainline.com in [...]

Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes has launched a social network called Jumo and the word “social” describes it well. It is social in that it is a social network but it also aims to promote social good. If Jumo works, it could be a great step for Social Enterprise, as Chris Hughes has a undoubtably gained [...]

Do we need to change our expectations about online privacy? Social Media has become such a prominent aspect of contemporary society and the issue of how our privacy is respected is a big concern to many people. Facebook in particular has received heavy criticism regarding its privacy policy but as their global dominance is as [...]

The news of two information security breaches resulting in considerable fines are all over today’s headlines. Until now the threat of fines of up to £500,000 have been nothing but hearsay but the precedent has now been set. Both public and private organisations need to take stock and control of their responsibilities relating to the [...]