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ICANN chief: DNS could stop at any time

The Country Code Name Supporting Organization of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has criticised ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom for "inflammatory" comments that the Domain Name System is not as secure as it used to be.

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

GCHQ lost 35 laptops in seven months last year, potentially containing highly sensitive data.

Zeus botnet malware is improving for hackers

The latest version of Zeus botnet toolkit includes a $10,000 module that can let attackers take complete control of a compromised PC.

Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million

Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million

WM Morrison is planning to invest a further £200 million in rejuvenating its IT systems over the next three years.

Vodafone cuts 375 jobs, including IT

Vodafone is cutting 375 jobs, primarily in back office functions, starting this month.

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IE6 laid to rest in mock funeral

A mock funeral for Microsoft's Internet Explorer attracted 80-100 mourners, along with flowers and a card from the IE team at Microsoft.

Former-Novell CTO takes top W3C post

Filling a position left open since 2008, former Novell CTO Jeffrey Jaffe has taken on the role of chief executive officer for the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

BAA Heathrow to sign £30m network integration deal

BAA Heathrow to sign £30m network integration deal

London’s Heathrow Airport plans to sign a four-year, £30 million network integration framework deal.

VeriSign to secure the Internet with DNSSEC

VeriSign is reporting no serious problems with its ongoing deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on the Internet's root servers and on the top-level domain servers that it operates, including the systems that power the popular .com and .net domains.

F5 and Infoblox Integrate DNS security with server load balancing

F5 and Infoblox have combined to develop a product that combines DNSSEC and global server load balancing

ICANN head to visit China after 'dot-China' request

The head of the global Internet addressing authority will visit China, according to reports, highlighting questions about China's web censorship after it applied to offer domain names that end with Chinese characters.

Microsoft offers browser choices to Europe today

Internet Explorer users will be given the choice of which browser they want to surf the web with from today.

Virgin Media to roll out superfast 100Mbps broadband

Virgin Media has revealed that it will launch a 100Mbps broadband service by the end of 2010.

Ofcom to test UK broadband speeds

Ofcom has revealed it will once again be testing fixed-line broadband speeds.

Ashford Council saves with virtualised voice

A council in Kent claims to be the first local authority in the country to go down the route of virtualised voice, as part of a move to virtualisation that could lead to savings of about 60 percent of cost

Italian telcos caught up in massive Mafia fraud

Italy's telecom sector was reeling from the news that two of its biggest operators were caught up in a massive fraud allegedly orchestrated by members of the Calabrian Mafia, considered the most powerful and dangerous of the country's organized crime groups.

CA joins Cloud Security Alliance

CA has joined the Cloud Security Alliance to help organisations address security concerns, both actual and perceived, when adopting cloud computing.

Government ditches plan to disconnect illegal filesharers

The government has revealed it will not terminate the internet connection of web users accused of illegal file-sharing, but it hasn't ruled out temporary suspension of internet accounts.

Eurotunnel needs new radio technology 'very quickly' to avoid train chaos

Eurotunnel needs new radio technology 'very quickly' to avoid train chaos

Eurotunnel has been urged to implement a new radio technology system "very quickly" because operators using the Channel Tunnel have been unable to communicate remotely with on-board managers when trains are in the tunnel.

NEC supports cloud computing services for telcos

Global provider of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions NEC has announced support of cloud computing services for telecommunications carriers.

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