While the BYO trend is most commonly associated with employee-owned smartphones and tablets entering the workplace, new research by Cloud …
Dexter malware infects point-of-sale systems worldwide:
Researchers from Israel-based IT security firm Seculert have uncovered a custom-made piece of malware that infected hundreds of point-of-sale (PoS) …
By 2020, there will be 5,200 GB of data for every person
During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of …
IBM advances silicon nanophotonics
IBM has demonstrated that it is commercially feasible to bake optical circuitry into silicon processors using existing fabrication techniques, which …
Huawei invests €70M in R&D for smartphones
Huawei Technologies will invest €70 million (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development centre in …
Toshiba develops MRAM for smartphone processors
Toshiba has developed a low-power, high-speed version of MRAM memory that it says can cut power consumption in mobile CPUs …
Apple and Samsung are the kings of personal devices: IDC
Apple and Samsung have emerged as the global kings of smartphones, tablets and PCs even though the two vendors have …
Researchers show proof-of-concept Microsoft ERP hack
Security researchers have presented proof-of-concept code capable of accessing the database driving a Microsoft ERP system and then diverting …
Anonymous affiliate indicted for threats, stolen credit cards
A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted Barrett Brown, a putative spokesman for the hacker collective known as Anonymous …
Apple taps up former Microsoft hacker to work on Mac OS X
Apple has quietly hired Kristin Paget, a former Microsoft security expert who worked as a hacker for the company to …