Novell turns to Immunix to strengthen Linux security

Novell has bolstered security in its Linux portfolio with the acquisition of Immunix. Immunix builds host-based application security technologies for Linux with its AppArmor product. It can enforce preset and custom policies that define how applications can interact with each other. ...more

Lufthansa begins trial of mile-high broadband access

LH418 is not another acronym for a new technology. It is the Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Washington DC that will now offer passengers in-flight broadband Internet access. The new service will be available today to all passengers on Lufthansa flying between Frankfurt and Washington, with the free three-month trial running until 15 April. ...more

Mobiles reach half billion mark

It seems that the scourge of the mobile phone has overwhelmed the world's population with a staggering 1 in 12 people worldwide owning a GSM phone. So whether you are watching the penguins in the Antarctic or searching for the lost Uru Eu Wau Wau tribe of the Amazon, there's always a danger that your peace will be shattered by Britney Spears' latest single reincarnated as a mobile ring tone. A new report, produced by the GSM Association in collaboration with wireless research organisation EMC World Cellular Database, shows that GSM technology now accounts for more than 70 per cent of the world's digital mobile phones, with nearly 40 per cent of that figure being outside of Europe, reflecting the increasing global spread of GSM technology. ...more

The Museum of Lost Interactions opens door to the past

A new online museum gives lovers of technology a glimpse into the devices and gadgets of old. The Museum of Lost Interactions, which contains electronic artefacts discovered by students at the University of Dundee, has become popular around the world, according to its creators. Among the items on display are an early music downloading tool from the 1920s called an Acoustograph and the 1950s Zenith Radio Hat. ...more

UK risks becoming surveillance society

The Information Commissioner has called for a public debate to draw a line on the limits of surveillance and data gathering before it gets out of control. Britain is becoming a surveillance society where individuals are filmed hundreds of times a day by CCTV and where companies data mine to build up profiles on customers, the Information Commissioner warned today. Richard Thomas, a government-appointed official who reports to parliament on matters of privacy and public openness, said more and more personal information is being collected both by government agencies and commercial organisations and that people need to be aware of the dangers. ...more