Claims of china behind cyber attacks
March 26, 2010
An article in The Times claims that China is behind a surge of international cyber attacks towards the US government, which China declared to be a deliberate and strategic attack to sabotage the country’s development in IT.
China has hit back on the report by saying they are as much a victim as any other country of these attacks and is strictly against internet attacks.
Ten of the world’s root servers of which the internet would not survive without are based in the US; an information security expert, Tang Lam concludes that
“China has more reason to worry about cyber attacks from the West, rather than be concerned with planning attacks on others.”
MSN Video Player – Microsoft launches free iPlayer rival
March 18, 2010
Internet users have enjoyed being able to catch up on missed programs by accessing the BBC iPlayer and watching their favourite programs for up to 7 days after.
The iPlayer is an astonishingly successful pulling in around 40 million program requests service each month. But now, Microsoft has launched a rival player, the MSN Video player and claims that it is far superior. Not only can users catch up on missed programs but can watch complete series of their favourite programs. Rumour has it that Microsoft are in talks with major film companies and will possibly host a suite of movies for us to watch at leisure.
Weather forecast for the rest of March – gloomy
March 10, 2010
After the lovely weather we had over the weekend you’d be forgiven to think that this is the start of spring and warmer days to come. But beware, weather forecasts predict that there is another chill set to come and the following days will struggle to reach double figures and the nights will barely be above zero.
To top it all off, the rest of the month will see further rain and heavy clouds making it a truly miserable March. This comes after one of the coldest winters Britain has seen in over 30 years. The cold weather is not ready to leave us yet, so time to dig out your woollies and scarf.
Paediatric heart surgery suspended at Oxford hospital
March 4, 2010
The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford has decided to suspend its cardiac services offered to children after 4 patients have died within the last few months.
This is not the first time this hospital has come under the spotlight however, as it has emerged that back in 2002 there had been a report criticising “many aspects of the service” regarding the Oxford hospital where there was concern of a high mortality rate of cardiac surgery patients.
A spokesperson for the hospital stated that an investigation is underway into the issues that have been raised during the temporary suspension of the paediatric cardiac surgery service they offer, with the most urgent patients waiting for surgery to be transferred to other hospitals.
Bulger killer Venables sent back to prison
March 3, 2010
Recent news of one of the Bulger killers, Jon Venables back in jail has caused an outcry amongst the public. It’s been 17 years since the abduction and tragic murder of 2 year old James Bulger, and from the moment Venabes and Thompson, his accomplice got taken into custody they were protected immensely by the Government right up until their release where they were given new names and new identities at the cost and to the disgust of the tax payer.
Now, Venables has apparently breached the conditions of his release and sent back to jail indefinitely, the Government is once again all hush-hush, refusing to disclose any information on the matter causing revolt amongst everyone who believed all along that the Bulger murderers should have stayed behind bars for good.
