This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on March 13, 2012. Bulletin breakdown: 1 bulletin is rated as critical 4 bulletins are rated as important 2 vulnerabilities could lead to Remote Code Execution 2 vulnerabilities could lead to Elevation of Privilege These updates will be applied to all [...]

Virtual thieves have once again cracked the safe at electronic cash system Bitcoin and stolen thousands of dollars worth of the digital currency. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in cloud service provider Linode that allowed them to steal bitcoins worth more than $200,000. Cybercrims pulled off the heist after obtaining admin passwords for Linode’s network equipment. [...]

The next post in a series of technical ‘question and answer’ guest blogs written by one of the UKFast Linux aficionados Continuing from ‘what does the swappiness parameter actually do?‘ I’ll try to explain how much SWAP space there should be on a server, if you stay with me.. A bit about virtual memory I [...]

What’s changing? Google will now have one single privacy policy encompassing all sections of the Google empire; YouTube, GoogleMaps and search included. It’s designed to be simpler to understand and enable the integration of each of Google’s sites in the aim of building a bigger picture of who you are…  and how to personalise adverts [...]

By tapping ‘accept and download’ to add new apps onto  your Android you could be giving the app-makers access to your camera, the calls you make, your texts and emails and your full contact list. The media has been all abuzz with the ‘shocking revelation’ that some apps on the Android platform – including the [...]

The first in a series of technical ‘question and answer’ guest posts written by one of the UKFast Linux aficionados I’ve seen a lot of people posting subjective explanations of what this does. Here is hopefully a more full answer. In the split LRU on post 2.6.28 Linux, swappiness is a multiplier used to arbitrarily [...]

It’s an innovation that’s got the tech-world in a flutter. Techies are desperate to be the first to get their hands on it. It is being tipped to revolutionise IT education in schools. ‘What is it?’ I hear you say. The next supercomputer? No. It’s a £16 Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi, or R-Pi, is not [...]

With mobile now not only a viable, but an expected marketing channel, businesses are flocking to build a presence on the mobile web. Desktop sites may load on most modern mobile devices but is this the best way to make your company known? Where do apps fit in? Here are our top tips for businesses [...]

The High Court is to serve a claim via Facebook in what is believed to be the first time a social network has been used by an English High Court. The case involves a $2.1m (£1.3m) claim brought by the investment manager AKO Capital LLP and AKO Capital Fund Ltd against their broker – who [...]

This is a guest post by Prof. dr. Paul De Hert, an international human rights expert. The bulk of his work is devoted, but not limited, to criminal law and technology & privacy law. As the data environment (and the technology on which it is based) becomes more complex and touches increasing spheres of life, [...]