Employees have differing views when it comes to what they like - not every one wants a Volkswagen Golf, and many company car schemes take this into consideration. As a concept it works fantastically – instead of having a pool of company owned cars, employees are given an allowance to offset against their own vehicle. Genius!
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In Google Chrome's most recent version (v19), Google introduced a "tab sync" feature. Imperva's Application Defence Centre (ADC) has inspected this feature from a security perspective and has discovered a new type of threat that can allow a hacker to comfortably "leap" from a compromised home computer to work computer. Imperva has named this kind of threat BYOB for "Bring Your Own Browser". Below are Imperva's ADC's findings.
The Ministry of Defence last week appointed a new Chief Scientific Adviser to oversee its science and technology programme, to ensure battle-winning technology across Defence.
Professor Vernon Gibson replaces the outgoing Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sir Mark Welland, who returns to Cambridge University to take up an academic post.
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This week an elaborate cyber-attack called ‘Flame’ has been detected collecting private data from individuals, businesses, academic institutions and government systems, particularly across the Middle East.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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