Flora is now the mobile phone reporter for technology website CNET UK. Let her know about your mobile-related news at flora.graham@cnet.co.uk.
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The struggle among the stars
February 23, 2009 – 4:26 pm
The chief executive of the world’s biggest corporation gets a phone call in the middle of the night. Thanks to industrial espionage, the company has been bankrupted, assets stripped, bank accounts emptied. When trading starts the next day, even the company name will be gone. Read more
How The Pirate Bay sailed into infamy
February 16, 2009 – 7:36 pm
The Pirate Bay isn’t shy about what they are doing – they are pirates, and proud of it. Their logo shows a galleon under full sail, with a cassette tape topping a skull and crossbones in a nod to the Jolly Roger. Read the story
Gaza crisis spills onto the web
January 14, 2009 – 7:38 pm
The weapons of war include hacking, phishing, and disrupting social networks, a BBC investigation finds. Read the story
Windows 7 now ‘available to all’
January 12, 2009 – 7:39 pm
The latest Windows release will be available to everyone after a surge in demand crashed the Microsoft website on 9 January, the original release date. Read the story
Google search finds missing child
January 9, 2009 – 7:41 pm
A nine-year-old girl, allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother, has been found using a mobile phone signal and Google Street View. Read the story
Police ‘encouraged’ to hack more
January 5, 2009 – 5:05 pm
The Home Office has signed up to an EU strategy against cybercrime that “encourages” police across Europe to remotely access personal computers. Read the story
Taking democracy to the stars
December 16, 2008 – 4:46 pm
The game world of EVE Online, developed in Iceland, has become the world’s first virtual democracy. Read the story
CBC Newsworld
December 5, 2008 – 4:47 pm
Flora took a foray into business news for the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
Solving MRI mystery sets stage for portable scanners
November 26, 2008 – 4:42 pm
Physicists have only just cleared up why MRI scans seem to defy established physics, knowledge that could make the devices smaller. Read the story