Guy Dixon

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved quickly to quell media furore surrounding internet censorship imposed on Beijing-based journalists. McAfee has signalled its intention to buy data loss prevention specialist Reconnex in a deal worth US$46m. Gary McKinnon has vowed to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights, after his appeal against extradition was rejected. Convicted spammer Edward 'Eddie' Davidson apparently killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life.
Budget reductions unlikely, claims VeriSign. No visible management of data security at any level, concludes Poynter review. Chinese police have arrested a 19 year-old suspected of hacking into a seismology website and falsely warning of a major earthquake, according to state media.. Training is crucial, according to CompTIA survey. Department sent thousands of banking details to wrong addresses. Remote employees visit sex websites two and a half times as often as their office-based colleagues and are more likely to push their surfing habits into the realm of the illegal, according to a latest study. Red Hat is freeing up the source code behind its identity management and security system in a bid to show that open source software is more secure than rival technologies.. Microsoft has snapped up Credentica's U-Prove online security technology, together with all of the underlying patents, for an undisclosed sum.. UK firm Virtuity has come up with a 'self-destruct' technology based on Wi-Fi and radio frequency ID tags that kicks into action when a laptop is moved from its designated space.. Attacks on instant messaging networks continue to grow in sophistication and danger, according to research covering January.. The FBI is warning of a dramatic increase in the number of so-called 'vishing' attacks that entice mobile phone users into giving up personal banking details.. Mozilla has finally released a beta of Firefox 3.0 after 27 months of development.