WEB SITE blocking is pressed for on various grounds, all of them bad. Whether it’s copyright trolls wanting to censor filesharing web sites to extract high prices for their content or the UK Prime Minister wanting to shut down social networks during times of unrest, web site blocking is oppressive by its very nature. In [...]

The image you see above is Lenovos IdeaCentre Q180 desktop PC. Its tiny. So tiny in fact, Lenovo is claiming this is the worlds smallest desktop PC. The Q180 measures just 155 x 192 x 22mm, but inside youll find quite a healthy combination of hardware. At its core is an Intel Atom D2700 dual-core [...]

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 674 to repeal the “Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005,” legislation that imposed burdensome new requirements on government vendors and agencies. Passage of H.R. 674 represents a major legislative victory for both the Security Industry Association (SIA) and the Electronic Security Association (ESA). The [...]

For some this is like stating the obvious and for others its a much needed confirmation. Samsung has officially confirmed that their largest selling smartphone in the world Samsung Galaxy S2 will be getting Android 4.0 aka Ice-cream Sandwich. The confirmation comes via the Twitter account of Samsung UK, who posted an update last night [...]