Phil Muncaster

Phil Muncaster is chief reporter at V3.co.uk, a role he has fulfilled since August 2008. Previously he was chief reporter for IT Week, having also worked as a reporter and senior reporter on the publication from 2005.

Before IT Week, Phil worked as a freelance researcher for the Rough Guide to Edinburgh. Prior to his work in journalism, Phil spent three years teaching English in Japan.

Phil's main coverage areas are e-commerce, search, content management, Web 2.0 and social media, security and domain names.

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Google Street View

Street View goes nationwide in the UK

Google Maps feature expands to cover 'almost all' of Britain's roads 10 Mar 2010

Phishing

Banking fraud up as card losses fall

New figures on online fraud offer mixed outlook 10 Mar 2010

Jim Stikeleather

Interview: Dell Perot Systems CTO Jim Stikeleather

We chat to Jim Stikeleather about cyber security and the integration of Dell and Perot 08 Mar 2010

Online shopping

Forrester predicts bumper times for e-commerce

New research points to growth in the UK of 10 per cent per year 08 Mar 2010

Hacker

Government could retaliate over 'daily' cyber attacks

UK suffered 300 significant attacks last year, according to new report 07 Mar 2010

VeriSign

VeriSign expands mobile authentication

VIP Access for Mobile app now available for Android devices 06 Mar 2010

Phishing

Phishing reaches record high in January

Latest stats from RSA sees attacks up 21 per cent on December 06 Mar 2010

Security

ICO makes financial case for data protection

Privacy Dividend report explains how to put a value on personal information 04 Mar 2010

Google China

Google hackers were amateurs, finds new report

'Old school' technique rarely used by professional botnet operators, says Damballa 04 Mar 2010

Digital globe

Co-ordinated effort crushes Mariposa botnet

Huge criminal operation accounted for nearly 13 million compromised PCs 03 Mar 2010

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Security Watchdog

Sniffing out IT security issues

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Mac Inspector

Drills to the core of the latest Mac rumours and news

Apple removes Wi-Fi apps

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