Facebook - has it been storing data on non-members?

Facebook may have been storing information about people who haven't signed up yet.

More and more concerns about Facebooks privacy policy are being raised, and Facebook Ireland (the European centre) faces investigation about what data is stored, and for how long.

Guardian link

Facebook spam attack

BBC reports on a Facebook 'virus' which is flooding user's newsfeeds with highly inappropriate images.

robot news

Developments in robots


Robot on a bicycle

Robot propelled by its own weight

Robot used for testing special clothing

Honda's new robot

Increase in smartphone malware

The BBC reports an 8 fold increase in smartphone malware in just 5 months HERE

Increased use of mobile Internet

Use of mobile Internet is up considerably on last year. BBC link HERE

Are public photos an invasion of privacy?

Increasingly it seems to be OK to take pictures of people in public, then post them on the Internet for public comment see HERE.

Is this an invasion of privacy? How would you feel if your photo was posted for public discussion?

Fibre tapping a security risk for cloud computing

Article in Computing Magazine HERE, on the growing risk of fibre tapping to cloud computing for organisations. Fibre tapping is almost indetectable, and is low risk. It is difficult to analyse as many as 80 data streams, but the potential reward of intercepting and analysing the data is high. With fibre tapping devices and protocol analysers falling in price this is a growing risk.