http://portal.itproportal.com/ The Portal. 60 I almost snorted into my coffee this morning after reading about a chap trying to buy an XBox in Richland Township in Pennsylvania, in the US, with his Visa debit card, <a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b7_2dumbrobber.6506697jul17,0,503698.story" target="_blank">only for the transaction to be declined.</a> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/card-declined-use-gun-instead/ Steve Gold I was mildly amused to see that Nigella Lawson, the self-styled goddess of cookery and other household antics, has had her Web site <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2221854/nigella-lawson-hit-malware" target="_blank">hacked and infected with malware.</a> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/nigellas-web-site-gets-fried-hackers/ Steve Gold According to the GSA Secretariat, HSDPA upgrades have been made to over 200 3G networks across the world Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/hsdpa-taking-over-adsl/ Tim Belfall After unveiling a new website a few days ago, the Telegraph Media Group has announced that it will replace Microsoft Office Business Applications with Google's own App Suite including Gmail Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/new-website-new-office-telegraph-media-group-replaces-microsoft-office-google-business-apps/ Desire Athow Microsoft has a lot to answer for with its Patch Tuesday updates last week. I've lost count of the number of people using AVG and Zone Alarm who've phoned me up to say their Internet access has gone West. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/golden-rant-blame-microsoft-patch-tuesday-debacle/ Steve Gold The European Commission seems to have its sights firmly set on the mobile market; after having tackled expensive roaming text charges, it is now clamping down on websites that offer mobile phone services but flout EU consumer laws Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/eu-wants-clamp-down-dodgy-ringtones-websites/ Desire Athow Sony Ericsson is preparing something big it seems as a subsite reveals that they are about to celebrate the third anniversary of the launch of Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones in fanfare Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-prepares-next-step-walkman-phone-story-alicia/ Desire Athow A 27 year old spammer, Adam Vitale, is sentenced to 30 months prison by a district court in Manhattan, New York, for sending spam messages to AOL subscribers Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/spammer-faces-30-months-sentence-sending-spam-mails-aol-subscribers/ Desire Athow Microsoft has extended the services of Live Mesh to a number of users in what seems to be a direct response to Apple&rsquo;s new replacement service for .Mac, MobilMe Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/microsoft-opens-its-doors-live-mesh-plans-overthrow-apples-mobileme/ Desire Athow This handy product allows you to carry up to an incredible 100 discs in one convienent pack. Making it easier to transport and prevent the loss of valuable files Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/maxell-dvd-r-16x-100-discs-carry-pack-1099-delivered-handy-product-allows-you-carry-incredible-100-discs-i/ Desire Athow A Gartner analyst has made a rather courageous prediction about the future of one of the most iconic computer items around; Steve Prentice says that the 36-year old device called the mouse will disappear by 2013 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/computer-mouse-die-imminently-says-gartner/ Desire Athow Smarter, faster, and fully-loaded, the MX Revolution gives you powerful new controls that will streamline the way you work Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/logitech-mx-revolution-mouse-3458-delivered-smarter-faster-and-fully-loaded-mx-revolution-gives-you-powerful-new-contr/ Desire Athow How are operators providing customer support for new, more complicated data services? Firstly, many companies have innovative products, but don&rsquo;t use them for the benefit of their own customers Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/billing-crm-offering-value-added-services-doesnt-cost-earth/ Nick Rowley Amazon has introduced Amazon Video on Demand service that allows users to demand movies from Amazon&rsquo;s archives of over 40,000 movie and television programs Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/amazon-give-out-movies-and-tv-shows-demand/ Desire Athow With the launch of Microsoft&rsquo;s Hyper-V the momentum towards virtualisation has just stepped up another gear Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/security-virtual-infrastructures-understanding-virtualisation-simplify-security/ Andrew Fourie European Union may accuse Intel for monopolising European electronic-chip market, according to Wall Street Journal Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/eu-may-charge-intel-violating-antitrust-law/ Desire Athow Lionsgate, a well-known Hollywood studio, has struck a revenue-sharing deal with video sharing site YouTube Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/lionsgate-and-youtube-enter-revenue-sharing-partnership/ Desire Athow A European Commission investigation has found that four in five websites selling mobile phone services such as ringtones appear to breach consumer protection rules <div id="article"><br /></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/four-five-ringtone-sites-breach-consumer-laws-says-commission/ Team Outlaw <p>A search engine that deletes all data relating to users after 48 hours has been awarded the first privacy award of a European body set up to promote privacy </p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/log-deleting-search-engine-wins-award/ Team Outlaw The DAB standard also known as Eureka 147 was designed in the 1980s, and receivers have been available in many countries for several years. Proponents claim the standard offers several benefits over existing analogue FM radio Fri, 18 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/18/intro-digital-audio-broadcasting-dab-radio/ Team Expansys <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/vodafone_billing_yet_again/" target="_blank">A report on El Reg this week</a> about a Norwich-based customer of Vodafone who received a bill for &pound;588,000 worth of calls made me smile. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/17/mobile-data-how-high-bill-can-you-go/ Steve Gold Interesting to see that the authorities over in Romania <a href="http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/11823/" target="_blank">have arrested more than 20 peeps i</a>n connection with a major cybercrime ring. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/17/romania-arrests-20-plus-cybercrime-suspects/ Steve Gold <p>Good news for mere mortals (those not carrying an iPhone), Opera have released their Beta Opera browser for Microsoft Mobile</p> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-95-out-beta/ Tim Belfall <p>Nearly half of all children have lied to their parents about what they do online according to the annual Mobile Life Poll carried out by Carphone Warehouse amongst 6000 adults and children in UK and US</p> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/17/survey-finds-out-one-nine-children-had-online-sex-conversations/ Desire Athow <p>BT won't be alone in the race for the first UK provider to deliver broadband services capable of 50mbps; O2 is also considering plans to launch its own fibre-to-the-home network but is awaiting on Ofcom to amend telecoms regulations</p> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/07/17/o2-follows-bt-plans-100mbps-broadband-offers/ Desire Athow