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Microsoft Security Essentials distributed in 74 countries, web giant announces
Just five months after launching Security Essentials, Microsoft has moved to increase the distribution of its free anti-virus and malware tool from 17 countries and eight languages to 74 countries and...

Don’t blame employees for social engineering attacks, says security expert
Companies that fall so-called social engineering attacks should not blame employees, an internet security expert has said."The real problem is weak security procedures, but individuals tend to get...

UK web users don't disagree with government regulation, survey suggests
The majority of UK web users are not opposed to the government getting involved in the regulation of the internet, a new survey for the BBC World Service has found.The poll, conducted by GlobeScan for...

IT staff don't ask managers for help, new survey reveals
Most IT workers would not turn to their managers for help, a new survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library has found.Fourty-two per cent of those asked said that they do...

ICO calls for privacy protection
The value of personal information and privacy protection has been underlined in a new report released by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) this week.Information Commissioner Christopher Graham...

New device promises silent phone conversations
A new device that could allow people to conduct silent phone conversations has been presented by researchers.The technology, on display at the Cebit electronics fair in Germany, uses nine electrodes that...

US admits more needs to be done in cyber security
The US government has said that more needs to be done to protect Americans from cyber attacks. Speaking at the world's biggest security conference in San Francisco, homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano...

World Cup software completed by end of March
The Indian group that has won the rights to supply the event management software for this summer's football World Cup in South Africa has expressed its confidence that the system will run smoothly."We...

Global spending on PCs to jump by 12 per cent in 2010, Gartner forecasts
Worldwide spending on PCs will increase by 12.2 per cent to $245 billion this year, analyst firm Gartner has predicted. "The PC industry will be overwhelmingly driven by mobile PCs, thanks to strong...

Microsoft biggest R&D spender in 2010
Microsoft is poised to become the biggest research and development (R&D) spender in the world, the company's chief operating officer has said.Speaking at the London School of Economics, Kevin Turner...