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Worldwide IT Outage Hits Media, Banks and Airlines, and Much More!
Updated: 10:41 Major IT outages are currently affecting everything from airlines to banks, with major flights around the worlds airports either grounded, and ones already in the air no doubt affected too, which will of course be causing significant delays to travellers around the world today, with reports from Amsterdam,…
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Nearly Half Of IT Directors Admit They Would Pay A Ransom
Half Of IT Directors Admit They Would Pay A Ransom You may recall back in 2017 how the Wannacry malware virus had a huge impact on systems around the world. The virus proved to be one of the most successful in recent years with many low and high-level companies affected in…
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NBC to Attempt ‘The IT Crowd’ Remake for American TV…Again
Graham Linehan’s hit comedy show ‘The IT Crowd’ on Channel 4 ran from 2006 until 2010. Between those times, American television network NBC tried to adapt it for US audiences twice. Fool Me Once… The first attempt was to have Joel McHale play Chris O’Dowd’s role as Roy, with Richard…
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Warner Bros. Release Official Trailer for IT Remake
Just when you thought you could keep your underpants clean, Warner Bros. only goes and releases an official trailer for the 2017 IT remake. Pennywise is back and possibly even more terrifying this his original incarnation. Do you want a balloon sonny? IT Remake not anticipated by all The IT…
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Fired IT Admin Faces 10 Years in Prison for Wiping Servers
A former system administrator who wiped staff credentials from the servers of the company that fired him could face up to ten years in prison. After Joe Vito Venzor was fired by boot manufacturer Lucchese in September last year, he became “volatile” and was forcefully evicted from the building after…
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Motherboard Sales Are in Sharp Decline
Selecting a motherboard can be a tricky task due to the number of chipsets, aesthetic designs and power circuitry. In today’s market, motherboards are a good investment because enthusiast processors haven’t progressed at a significant enough pace to make users upgrade on a regular basis. Not only that, products are…
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BOSEBuild Are Creating Built it Kit for Speakers
It is often said that when you build something yourself, it becomes more meaningful and has a special meaning. This is said when you build your own PC over ordering one yourself, with every effort put into the build being returned when you turn it on at the start (or…
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GCHQ Admits £1b Investment in Cyber Security “Hasn’t Worked”
Over the last five years, UK intelligence service GCHQ has spent nearly £1 billion on its cyber security initiative, but the civil servant in charge of the program has admitted, “the bottom line is it hasn’t worked.” Alex Dewedney, Director of Cyber Security for CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group) – a…
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Touch Screen Devices are ‘Eroding’ Digital Skills for Children
Hands up if you own a touch screen phone? How about a touch screen laptop/tablet? How many of your devices use a touch screen these days? It would seem that this may not be amazing news if you’re handing these devices to children as an Australian educational body noted that…
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Should We Replace Doctors With Computers?
A new announcement from Jeremy Hunt is yet another cost cutting attempt at trimming down front line services with the aim of saving cash. The health secretary wants to “remove more medical decisions from the hands of doctors and therefore let computers and protocols decide aspects of care instead” I like…
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Australia To Teach Coding From Primary School
Every day we use computers if we use them at our fingers or just by buying something from a store or driving down the road. Technology is a big part of everyone’s lives these days, and this has been recognised by many countries pushing for STEM subjects (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)…
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US Wont Regulate Hacking Software – For Now
We all know about hackers. They’ve been in the news a lot in the last few years, from the Xbox and Sony Christmas Day hacks to the large databases of customer details being hacked on a nearly monthly basis. One hack was actually targeted on a hacking group, the Hacking…
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UK Banks Will Have Their Cyber Defenses Tested in Live Cyber War Games
Banks in the United Kingdom will have their network security tested over the next few months, as part of a live cyber war demonstration. This will present banks and the UK government with better analysis of where the financial industry currently stands, with the threat of a major data breach…
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