With a new CEO finally at the helm, AMD can begin to move forward in what has become an Intel …
Securing parameters
As our society mobilises and more individuals use smart devices to access corporate data, cyber criminals are developing more sophisticated …
IE9 best at protecting against drive-by downloads: NSS Labs
Internet Explorer is better at defending against drive-by downloads than competitors’ browsers and the contest isn’t even close, according to …
Norton reveals smartphones threats
Cybercrooks are increasingly capitalising on the mass adoption of mobile devices by exploiting smartphone users at home or at work. …
Microsoft kicks off $250,000 security contest
Microsoft has launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits, …
CIOs lack cloud computing knowledge: KPMG
Traditional IT outsourcing customers are struggling with cloud computing, according to IT service providers and outsourcing advisors surveyed by KPMG …
Google being investigated for not playing fair
Google is being scrutinised by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly deceptive practices when it comes to online search …
Sustainability to become major priority for CEOs by 2015: Gartner
Sustainability will play an increasing role in organisations’ financial and operational performance, according to Gartner. By 2015, improving sustainability related …
Norton reveals top threats targeting smartphones
Cybercrooks are increasingly capitalising on the mass adoption of mobile devices by exploiting smartphone users, at home or at work. …
IE9 hammers rivals in download blocking test: NSS Labs
The in-house reputation system used in Internet Explorer 8 and 9 is markedly superior at blocking social-engineering attacks than the …
Researcher claims dangerous vulnerability in Skype
A security consultant has notified Skype of a cross-site scripting flaw that could be used to change the password on …
Global data doubling every two years: study
EMC today announced results of the EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe study, “Extracting Value from Chaos”—which found the world’s information is …
IT can drive profits, not just cost savings: HPC expert
IT departments can help companies increase their revenue and profits, not just cut costs and make efficiency savings, according to …
Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype
A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept that would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype …
Mozilla to add PDF viewer to Firefox
Mozilla is working on a project that will add PDF rendering to Firefox using HTML5 and JavaScript, eliminating the need …
Harris Atlas discusses cyber security at roundtable
The world is at the precipice of a migration of technologies according to Dale Meyerrose, VP and GM of Cyberspace …
Sony Pictures hacked
LulzSec, a hacking group that recently made news for hacking into PBS, claimed today that it has broken into several …
Sony takes down PlayStation Network after URL error
Nothing comes easy to Sony these days. The company was forced to take part of its Sony PlayStation Network offline …
EMC launches cloud tiering appliance
EMC Corporation today introduced the EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance, enabling storage administrators to more-effectively and simply manage their file-based unstructured …
EMC announces Project Lightning
EMC today outlined an aggressive strategy designed to accelerate the adoption and innovative use of flash storage technology in information …