As users demand more interactive experiences and web apps become the norm, HTML4 is no longer fit for purpose, but HTML5 is here to save the day. HTML5 is the latest version of the language that web pages are written in. HTML (hypertext mark up language) is a markup language, rather than a programming language, [...]

On June 6, World IPv6 Launch Day, some of the biggest sites on the internet – including Facebook, Google – permanently enable IPv6 – but what is it and how will it affect us? Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is the next generation of the Internet Protocol that is currently in various stages of deployment [...]

As mentioned in the advanced notification, this month there are seven security bulletins addressing twenty three vulnerabilities: 3 Critical 4 Important This bulletin covers: 72 Microsoft operating systems / service pack combinations 31 Microsoft .NET installation versions and types 9 Microsoft Office installation versions and types 6 Microsoft Silverlight installation versions and types This month’s [...]

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release in May, 2012. Bulletin breakdown: 3 bulletins are rated as critical 4 bulletins are rated as important 5 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities that could lead to Remote Code Execution 2 bulletin addressing a vulnerability that could lead to Elevation of Privilege These [...]

Scammers are increasingly turning away from spam communications to social networks. The threat is flagged up in the latest report released by security firm Symantec. The report, which aims to identify current and predict future cyber threats by analysing data collected throughout 2011 from more than 64.6 million attack sensors, revealed that there has been [...]

The website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack yesterday. The British equivalent of the FBI, SOCA opted to take the site down itself at around 10pm on Wednesday to prevent the repercussions of the distributed denial of service attack affecting other websites within the network. [...]

Continuing our #trendingtech series of posts, we take a look at another big technology trend that could give your business the competitive edge: context-aware computing. Context-aware computing is the next level of consumer experience and big businesses are being urged to jump on board before they miss the boat. Research company Gartner has predicted that [...]

Registry manager Nominet has announced that domains can now be registered for up to 10 years at a time, as opposed to the previous maximum term of 2 years. The announcement was made today and can be found on the Nominet site. The statement read: “It is possible to register domain names with registration periods [...]

Update: Having spoken to Greg at the ICO’s press office, we have the following update. Greg explained: “Users have to give their consent for cookies before any are stored on the device. So a pop-up that offers an ‘opt-out’ is a move towards compliance but to follow the letter of the law users must give [...]

It is difficult to talk about IT at the moment without hearing the phrase ‘big data’ but why has small data got big and how can businesses make the most of this data explosion? First of all big data is defined as datasets that have grown so large and change so quickly that they have [...]