QR Codes cause security concerns
18-01-2012
Have you noticed those funny pixelly squares that are starting to crop up more often now in magazines and on posters? They are QR (Quick Response) codes, also known as 2D bar codes, and may appear in magazines, on signs,...
Have You Paid Premium 09 Rates To Find a Phone Number?
02-12-2011
Websites have been set up offering a directory information service which pop up in searches for well know/used organisations. These sites simply give the real number via recorded message and charge a fixed rate premiun call for the 'service'. Here...
Is your head in the cloud?
22-11-2011
It is not unusual to hear entire departments within an organisation extolling the virtues of cloud computing which is the general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. A cloud based service has three distinct...
Risk Management for 2012
15-11-2011
In early October 2011, many Blackberry customers experienced service interruptions and delays for up to 3 days in some areas. The affected regions included Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, Latin America, Canada, and the United States. As of...
07-11-2011
Phonepayplus, the regulator, has just found against two Service Providers who misled people into faxing a premium rate service. In both cases people had been requested to send faxes to Premium rate numbers without being informed of the cost...