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SpinVox revelations ‘not a surprise’ to those in industry
When it was revealed in July 2009 that voice-to-text firm SpinVox was using humans in call centres all over the world to translate voicemails into text messages – rather than machines, as the company had claimed – it signalled the start of the end
In pictures: Sony’s revamped business laptop range
Sony’s recent refresh of its business laptop range has seen the company focus on portability, reliability, performance and environmentally-friendly features. The S Series, a replacement for the SR, is available now and the Z Series, which has
Morning roundup: our pick of the comment
Our pick of the best morning reading1. Mac or PC: which is safer, or more secure? (The Guardian)Jack Schofield looks at whether you’re safer using Windows or Mac OS X, and which is more secure – two very different questions.2. Finding app backers –
Cyber-criminals choose easy route to your data – through employees
Enterprising cyber-criminals have worked out that the biggest weakness in any security set-up is your staff. Alongside the expected areas of social networks, Web 2.0 and rogue security software, the latest CA security report pinpointed employees or
Social networking and HMRC security scams claim victims
Social networking has opened up new ways of collaborating and communicating, but it’s also opened up a mighty can of highly wriggly worms when comes to security. A report by data protection firm Sophos earlier this week found a 70% rise in attacks
Twitter phishing attack highlights flaws of passwords
Twitter has apparently fallen foul of a phishing attack, alerting some users to reset their passwords and urging them to choose hard to guess passwords using a mix of words, numbers and symbols. Passwords are an obvious security weakness in any
In pictures: Sony’s new Vaio W Series netbook
Sony has unveiled a new netbook (or mini-notebook, as they prefer to call it) that they claim is designed to be kinder to the environment.The Vaio W Series Eco Edition achieves a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions during production, through the use of
Morning roundup: our pick of the comment
1. Google’s two-front war; who are the winners and the losers? (Scobleizer)Robert Scoble looks at the possibility of Google releasing a news feed that will compete with Facebook and Twitter, and what it will mean for the industry as a whole.2. Why
Is the iPhone now an enterprise-ready device?
The release of Agito Global Enterprise, which contains support for the iPhone, validates Apple’s device as an enterprise-ready smartphone according to Agito’s founder Pejman Roshan, while Vodafone’s Peter Kelly has said it is an “outstanding” phone