British businesses are generally not insuring themselves properly against e-crime risks, according to KPMG. A survey found that over three …
Algorithmic stock trading rapidly replacing humans: Foresight Panel
Algorithmic trading, also known as high frequency trading (HFT), is rapidly replacing human decision making, according to a government panel …
Huawei launches LTE TDD wireless broadband router
Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the commercial availability of what it says is …
HP optimistic about growth in imaging and printing sector
“HP Imaging and printing group (IPG) is growing market share in every single sector and is optimistic about further growth,” …
Google apologises for Docs outage
A software upgrade that went wrong caused parts of the Google Docs cloud-hosted office productivity suite to go offline for …
Google buys Zagat, targets Groupon, Facebook
With Zagat’s restaurant reviewing operation now in its arsenal, Google is in a position to radically change the daily deals …
SAP to plead guilty to DOJ criminal charges
Former SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow will plead guilty to criminal charges of copyright infringement for downloading software from Oracle’s servers. According …
Ellison, Page ordered to mediation
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page must sit down and try to work out a settlement on …
Embedded systems market to double by 2015: IDC
The market for embedded computer systems, which already generates more than US$1 trillion in revenue annually, will double in size …
Businesses lining up cloud computing but not yet migrating: Survey
Over half of firms in a survey have said their top priority around cloud computing is “readiness”, rather than full …
Microsoft online services suffer outage
Microsoft’s online services – reportedly including Hotmail, Office 365 and SkyDrive – experienced an outage for around three and a …
Google Web History vulnerable to new Firesheep hack
Two researchers have shown how a modded version of the Firesheep Wi-Fi sniffing tool can be used to access most …
IBM & 3M to create high-powered silicon bricks together
IBM and 3M today said they will jointly develop a new line of adhesives they hope will let them make …
Hitachi Data Systems buys NAS-vendor BlueArc
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) today acquired high-end network-attached storage (NAS) vendor BlueArc in an all-cash deal, the company said. HDS …