All articles by Claire Vanner

Claire Vanner

Heartbeats to replace passwords and PINs

Smartphones, tablets and even cars could soon be unlocked by sensors that read unique heartbeat patterns.

New NetTraveler attack strikes in more than 40 countries

Malicious new attack infects hundreds, including oil industries, scientific research centres, governments and military contractors.

Huawei rules out acquisition of HTC or Blackberry

Huawei will not grow its market share in smartphones, says senior VP Chen Lifang.

News Analysis: Lack of security skills stopping organisations from using cloud

Gavan Egan of Verizon and John Thielens of Axway discuss what can be done to encourage more people to embrace cloud technology.

Google invests $1.6bn on data centres

From April to June, new data centres built to accommodate growing cloud services.

World’s first pocket calculator up for auction

French 17th Century calculator could fetch up to £100,000 at auction in London.

Q&A: Bring Your Own Cloud is fuelling the Dropbox phenomenon

Matthew Ravden, chief strategy officer at Mimecast, speaks to Claire Vanner about employees bringing their own cloud to work.

Locally-stored passwords ‘a security risk’

Password cache bug demonstrates benefits of keeping credentials off devices, says expert.

No mobile device security policy ‘in most companies’

Only 1 in 8 companies has fully implemented mobile device security policy, says report.

Sega Mega Drive and Commodore 64 make electro music

Musician creates orchestra from used floppy disks and Sega consoles.