Facebook's blocking system is flawed, but linguistic and behavioural software can fix it, argues Tom Brewster
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The USA Needs CISPA
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is not as bad as the Internet community might think, says Wayne Rash
BRICS To Cable The Southern Hemisphere
A 34,000 km submarine cable network linking five developing countries? Easy, says Andrew Mthembu of i3Africa
The Commoditisation Of Hacktivist Attacks
Off-the shelf software for DDoS attacks has brought the means of disruption to smaller pressure groups, says Eric Doyle
The Strange Story of Security’s Next Superstar
James Lyne is destined to be one of the biggest names in security. He might even become the industry's first ever mega-star
Green Data Centres Could Run On Pig Manure
Google and Apple both look like using the same source to reduce their carbon emissions, says Peter Judge
Want to Avoid GCHQ Snooping? It’s As Simple As Using Skype
The myriad ways people can hide their web activity makes the government's overbearing legislation absurd, says Tom Brewster
Patent Struggles Replace The Browser Wars
If Netscape's patents are up for grabs, we need to watch the fact of SSL, says Peter Judge
Who’s Hacking Who In Cyber Wars Is Not The Real Concern
China gets the blame for being the cyber-warmongering nation but everybody's at it and its industry that takes the arrows and needs protecting, says Eric Doyle
BlackBerry’s Consumer Exit That Never Was
RIM is not abandoning consumers. Its plan to ride BYOD back into the enterprise may not work, but it is a plan, says Peter Judge
Nokia’s New Nano-SIM Should Beat Apple’s Cut-Up
ETSI should reject Apple's old-school cut-down nano-SIM in favour of innovation, says Max Smolaks
Data Centre Virtualisation Held Back For Want Of Security Skills
The race to cut costs and streamline data centres is leaving security issues behind as the challenges outstrip the native skills of the implementers, says Eric Doyle
Brocade: Expect A Chassis Fabric Switch
Brocade is likely to produce a chassis-based fabric switch, Marcus Jewell tells TechWeekEurope
Hugh Herr: The Man Who Thinks Tech Can End Disability
Technology can wipe out disability, says MIT professor and amputee and climber Hugh Herr
HP Gets On The Long Path To Modernisation
New generation Web companies know the value of convergence, and old-school enterprises like HP are learning it, says Chris Preimesberger
Cory Doctorow: How Privacy Can Make Money
Privacy is a business opportunity, given the right technology foundations, says science fiction writer and activist Cory Doctorow
Budget 2012: Osborne Forgets The Needs Of Tech
It's not what George Osborne said that was disappointing, it's what he left out, says Tom Brewster
Budget 2012: Goodbye To the CRC Green Tax?
George Osborne may be right to call the CRC cumbersome, but he needs to create something to take its place, says Peter Judge
The ‘New Dell’ Talks Public Sector Problems And HP’s Fall
We talk with Dell's Kevin Jones and Tim Sheppard about attacking the public sector market and its rivals' troubles.
The Real Cyber Challenge: Getting The Right People Into IT Security
The Cyber Security Challenge is more than a competition. It is a revelation of why there are so few IT security job applicants, says Eric Doyle
Foxconn Criticisms Still Hold – Despite The Lies
Apple critic Mike Daisey made things up, but iPad manufacturer Foxconn still has a case to answer, says Peter Judge
Avast CEO: We’re Still Working On Making Freemium Services Work
We chat with Avast's CEO about what happened with iYogi and how to ensure partners don't cause embarrassment.
All Quiet On The iPad Front: In Pictures
Reporting from the front line, Max Smolaks describes empty stores, small queues, peace and goodwill
Channel Must Adapt To Cloud, Says New ChannelBiz Site
Big changes are coming in the channel, says ChannelBiz editor Mke Magee
What Is Behind Dell’s Acquisition Spree?
The acquisition of SonicWall gives Dell a powerful set of products and services to compete with Cisco, Juniper and HP, says Chris Preimesberger
A Word With The Student Cyber Security Star
We talk with newly-crowned Cyber Security Champion, Jonathan Millican, about his victory and his plans for the future.
Email Mountains Contain Gold, Says Attachment Inventor
There's gold in our heaps of emails, says Nathaniel Borenstein, who delivered the email attachment 20 years ago today
Can Xeon E5s Keep Intel Ahead?
Intel’s new data centre systems chief Diane Bryant on keeping up with data centre demands and why Intel turned down SeaMicro
CeBIT 2012: Merkel Warns Google’s Schmidt Over Privacy
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's techno-utopian ideals were brought down to earth by the German Chancellor at the CeBIT fair says Peter Judge
Apple Starts The Revolution With An iPad Evolution
Apple's replacement for the iPad 2 raises the stakes in visualisation but that's not a business driver, writes Eric Doyle