PKI keeps mobiles on the move

Sonera SmartTrust has unveiled a platform that will allow mobile users to top up their mobile accounts without having to buy another SIM card or give out their credit card details each time. The platform uses PKI technology that allows users to top up their accounts via their handsets, using a private key on their SIM card. The key is activated using a PIN number that identifies the user and the transaction completes. ...more

Westminster to take Wi-Fi to the max

Westminster council has revealed plans to build an 802.11b-based wireless network across Central London. The Westminster 4-G project, which begins next week, starts with the Soho area of central London and will be built up gradually. ...more

Black Hat hackers boast of Badseed wireless attack

Security researchers yesterday demonstrated a wide-reaching wireless vulnerability at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. Although the kit used was an un-named wireless card plugged into an Apple MacBook, the vulnerability exploited is platform agnostic. 'Don't think that just because we're attacking an Apple, that the flaw is in Apple,' said David Maynor, SecureWorks Researcher. ...more

HP and Dell tie for 2006 shipments

HP has outpaced its competitors in PC shipments for the final quarter of last year, but it will have to settle for joint place with Dell as overall leader in 2006, according to preliminary figures from analyst Gartner. Leading vendors aside, overall worldwide demand for PCs grew by 7.4 per cent year-on-year in the last quarter of 2006, with shipments totaling 67. ...more

Sony drops Clie PDA in Japan

Sony has announced that it is to stop selling its Clie range of PDAs in Japan. The move follows the decision in June 2004 to leave the US and European markets, since when it has only released one new device in its homeland. 'What we are doing here is exactly the same as what we did before (in overseas markets),' a spokeswoman said. ...more