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A stark warning has been issued by CMS software platform Drupal, once again highlighting the importance of online security. Up to 12 million users of Drupal are thought to have been hacked after failing to apply an official update. The warning came after the content management software, which allows website owners to manage…
Read moreThe Origins of the Computer
Many of us take computers almost for granted nowadays; they’re a ubiquitous presence in offices and homes across the country, used both for work and play on a daily basis. As specialists in IT services in London, we certainly depend on them! However, they weren’t always so common. The concept of the computer first came…
Read moreHackers Attack 76 Million JP Morgan Accounts
And so the fight against cyber criminals continues – and it’s happening with increasingly worrying regularity. No surprise, perhaps, given the ubiquity of technology in our lives, and our reliance on it both at home and in business. Yesterday it was JP Morgan, America’s largest bank, who were victims of a tech attack.…
Read moreThe New Windows Will Be 10 – Not 9!
All eyes in the computing world were on San Francisco yesterday, as Microsoft revealed details of their next new operating system. In a move that won’t surprise anybody who’s ever watched the “estimated time remaining” on a Windows progress bar, they have chosen to skip the number 9 and follow Windows 8 with Windows 10.…
Read more‘Worse than Heartbleed’: What is ShellShock?
Another day, another serious security issue dominating the news headlines. This time it’s a computer flaw known as Shellshock, which allows hackers to create malicious worms that can access computers that run on the Unix operating system. The 'Bash bug' Shellshock, also known as the ‘Bash bug’, exploits a vulnerability in the operating…
Read moreCould the Celebrity Photo Leak Have Implications for Businesses?
If you somehow managed to miss the news that an estimated 100 celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence and Kirsten Dunst, have had compromising private photographs leaked online, then you’re not paying enough attention to potential online security threats. The photos were allegedly leaked from mobile phones of the victims, after being accessed by hackers who are…
Read moreIs Open Source The Way Forward?
This week, the UK Government announced that they have adopted the Open Document Format (ODF) as the standard format for sharing or collaborating on Government documents. Documents for viewing only will, as standard, now be in either PDF or HTML format. The change to open source formats, as opposed to proprietary formats such as those…
Read moreGoogle Glass Arrives in the UK
Google’s head-mounted computer, which has been available to American users since April, has reached British shores as of last week. For £1,000, UK consumers are now able to become an “Explorer” with their own Google Glass headset, and decide for themselves whether or not it really is the future of computing. There is obviously great…
Read moreMeet Amazon’s Smartphone: The Fire Phone
Amazon.com Inc, the American international electronic commerce company, has caught up with its contemporaries and is releasing its very first smart phone. Amazon’s new phone, named Fire, will allow its users to "see and interact with the world through a whole new lens." The Fire Phone sports Gorilla Glass 3 (chemically strengthened glass) on the…
Read moreFirst Machine Passes the ‘Turing Test’
For the first time in history, a computer has been able to convince people into believing that it is a human being, becoming the inaugural machine to ever pass what is known as the ‘Turing Test’. What Has Happened? On the 60th anniversary of Alan Turing’s death, a computer developed by Russian Vladimir Veselov and…
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