Many recent studies of security vulnerabilities come to the same conclusion: The human factor is a greater risk to organisations than flaws in technology.
‘Contagious enthusiasm’ inspired Google RAK Hub
Google and the UAE Teacher’s association have launched a new educational Innovation Hub in Ras Al Khaimah.
China increases censorship with VPN crackdown
China is clamping down on unrestricted access to the Internet by blocking services that allow users to get around government censorship.
Google packs Classroom off to school
Just in time for the new school year, Google has launched a tool called Classroom that aims to make teachers’ …
5 unanswered questions about massive Russian hacker database
There’s still much that’s unclear about Tuesday’s revelation that a small group of hackers in Russia have amassed a database of 1.2 billion stolen …
Iranian hackers create fake news organisation
A suspected Iranian hacker group seeded Facebook and LinkedIn with bogus profiles of women and created a fake online news organisation to get digitally closer to more than 2,000 people whom it wanted to spy on.
Google faces $125 million in damages for Android patent
SimpleAir is seeking $125M in damages from Google after a jury found that push notification services in Android infringe on a SimpleAir patent, the company said Tuesday.
French fine Google over change in privacy policy
The French government’s privacy watchdog has fined Google €150,000 (US$204,000) over changes the company made to its privacy policy in March 2012.
Cracks emerging in Yahoo's standard email encryption
Yahoo has started to automatically encrypt connections between users and its email service, adding an important security layer that rival Gmail has had for almost four years, but its implementation needs work, according to one security expert.
Yahoo CEO reassures users after mail outage
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said Friday saying she was “very sorry” for the week’s Yahoo Mail outage, which she implied has affected roughly one million users.
How to simplify your infrastructure
It’s a cold, hard fact that enterprises are putting more strain on their networks now than ever before. On top of this, never before has the risk of downtime been more pertinent―businesses simply can’t afford for their networks to be down, even momentarily, meaning the pressure is on CIOs to ensure that all services are up-and-running all of the time.
Nation-state likely behind attack on IE zero-day flaw
The website of a U.S. organization specializing in national and international security policy was compromised with malware that targeted a previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Apple issues update for Mail in Mavericks
The complaints of Gmail users using Mail 7.0 in OS X Mavericks have been well documented, and it looks like Apple has finally come out with a fix. The company on Thursday released Mail Update for Mavericks 1.0.
Google dumps Windows Vista support from Google Apps
Google’s policy of discontinuing support for aging versions of Internet Explorer will nearly cut out businesses and consumers who run …
Bugs & Fixes: A roundup of Mavericks troubleshooting tips
Apple’s latest operating system update, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, is out. If you own a Mac that supports the OS update, you should get it. Now. You certainly can’t beat the price: free!
Google Apps, once a leader, faces growing cloud app rivals
When Google Apps arrived in 2006, it stood on the cutting edge of Web-hosted email and collaboration suites for businesses, a bold pioneer clearing a path in the new, wild frontier of enterprise cloud computing.
Guide to the iOS 7 Mail
In both iOS 4 and iOS 5, Apple gave the Mail app major overhauls. Even in iOS 6, Mail gained …
Ballmer strongly hints at Office for iPad and Android tablets
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insinuated that the company is working on a version of Office for the iPad and for …
Review: Samsung Galaxy Gear vs Sony SmartWatch 2
There are few consumer electronics products as hyped at present as so-called smartwatches. While much of the hype is due …
Hands on Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear is here, launched on Wednesday at Germany’s IFA electronics show. I got a chance to try it …