Hewlett-Packard is stepping up its efforts in the area of managed print services. The company plans to form a new …
MasterCard seeks to clarify remote POS security upgrades policy
MasterCard clarified a June 15 bulletin about the use of remote key injection (RKI) services for upgrading encryption protocols on …
MasterCard halts remote POS security upgrades
In a purported second major security change in recent weeks, MasterCard has decided to disallow merchants' use of remote key …
At the cutting edge
Based in Ethiopia, Jimma University (JU) is a public institution of higher education established in December 1999 by the amalgamation …
Five slick search engines you should know about
With Microsoft's recent addition of Bing to the search landscape, the spotlight is again shining on who has the best …
Midrange telepresence system
Plenty of small, geographically dispersed teams within large organizations can benefit from telepresence. The same holds true for small and …
FTC opens all out assault on economic cyber-scammers
The Federal Trade Commission announced a wide-ranging attack on cyber-vultures looking to feast on the current moribund economic situation. Dubbed …
Greenpeace pans PC makers for toxic products
Greenpeace International on Wednesday criticized some major PC makers for backtracking on commitments to reduce hazardous substances in hardware. Hewlett-Packard, …
Symantec culls user data to spot unsafe programs
Symantec is to use the 'wisdom of the crowds' and introduce reputation-based security in the next version of its Norton …
Alcatel-Lucent to serve mobile ads to wireless customers
Alcatel-Lucent announced a deal with a wireless carrier in Germany that offers a glimpse into how mobile advertising could take …
Nokia, Intel to team on mobile architectures
Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies said. The …
Proxy servers pressed into action to keep Web access in Iran
An inspection of the proxy servers offered up online over the past few days as a way to help Iranians …
Enabling enterprise with video analytics
Over the past decade video surveillance has migrated from analog closed circuit television systems with point-to-point connections to modern digital …
Google improves Flash search and indexing
Google has enhanced its search engine's capacity to index Adobe's Flash files, which are very popular on the Web but …
Nortel customers upbeat but anxious
Nortel customers remain optimistic despite the company's precarious situation, officials of Nortel's largest enterprise user group said last week. Speaking …
Microsoft Bing: Five areas in search of improvement
Microsoft has taken its first steps in redefining search with its “decision engine,” releasing Bing to a generally positive reception …
Acer to build laptop with 3-D screen
Hoping to ride a recent surge in movies and TV shows filmed in 3-D, Acer plans to release a notebook …
New DOS attacks threaten wireless data networks
Forget spam, viruses, worms, malware and phishing. These threats are apparently old school when compared to a new class of …
Yahoo boosts sites with external applications
Yahoo will add about 20 third-party applications to several of its sites so that people have fewer reasons to browse …
Cybercriminals refine data-sniffing software for ATM fraud
Cybercriminals are improving a malicious software program that can be installed on ATMs running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system that …