PC Pro website reporter wanted

PC Pro, the UK's biggest selling monthly computing magazine, is looking for a news journalist to work on its industry-leading website. We're looking for someone who can root out exclusive stories, find the angle that most appeals to our tech-literate readership, and write gripping headlines to entice readers to the website. The candidate must have the versatility and confidence to work across different mediums, including video, audio and the written word. ...more

Deepnet Explorer browser alerts for phishing scams

A new UK browser, which has gone into public beta, detects phishing scams and alerts users should they stumble across one. Version 1.3 of the Deepnet Explorer browser checks blacklists and analyses whether URLs and sites are up to date with security features such as certificates and so on. ...more

Jeeves goes for $1.85 billion asking price

Ask Jeeves, the world's fifth most popular search engine group, has been bought by IAC/InterActive for $1.85 billion in an all share deal. IAC now has an impressive range of Internet properties including Expedia, Match. ...more

Data withstands even the heaviest human touch

A data recovery company has revealed it has been contacted by desperate customers that have thrown their hard drives in the freezer and had laptops run over by aircraft. Ontrack Data published its list of the ten most bizarre requests it has had this year to recover data from seemingly terminal situations. In each case the company retrieved the valuable information, but points out that the human touch is increasingly proving the driving factor behind data losses. ...more

BT issues Broadband Britain Challenge

The search is on to find Britain's brightest ADSL broadband users. The Broadband Britain Challenge has been created to 'recognise and celebrate the pioneers of broadband', 'people who have bettered their lives or the lives of others through the use of ADSL broadband technology at work, at home, in education or anywhere else!' Anyone who has ADSL broadband can enter by telling BT their story. You just need to answer the following questions: 'What do you use broadband for?', 'What has broadband enabled you to do?', 'What are three main benefits that you have gained from broadband?' and 'What makes you a Broadband Britain Champion?'. ...more