If there was anything even vaguely comforting about the data breaches that were announced this year, it was that many …
Hackers take Twitter offline for a while
Microblogging site Twitter went offline for a while after hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army apparently managed to change …
Hackers take Twitter offline for a while
Microblogging site Twitter went offline for a while after hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army apparently managed to change …
Dell offers cheaper quick-boot system based on flash memory
Dell announced that it's offering a memory module called Latitude On Flash that can boot up a computer in seconds …
The 2009 data breach hall of shame
If there was anything even vaguely comforting about the data breaches that were announced this year, it was that many …
Nvidia to put new Tegra, Ion chips in production
Nvidia is set to launch its new Tegra chips that should go into devices like netbooks and smartphones early next …
‘Lost’ Bush e-mail settlement requires that White House reveal IT practices
The White House has settled lawsuits from advocacy groups over millions of missing e-mails, the legacy of what may have …
China and Taiwan seek cooperation in RFID
A conference on RFID (radio frequency identification) wireless technology opened today in Taipei promising to open the road to cooperation …
Graphics issues force Apple to delay iMac orders, resellers report
Apple has delayed shipping new 27-in. iMacs until it can figure out the cause of flickering screens and other display …
Microsoft, Google unveil climate change Web apps
Microsoft and Google have built Web applications designed to highlight environmental problems coinciding with the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen …
Oracle’s pledges on MySQL are ‘purely cosmetic’, say critics
Oracle's latest commitments designed to address the European Commission's concerns regarding its acquisition of Sun Microsystems and the MySQL database …
Oracle-Sun merger gains favor in Europe
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems seems set for regulatory clearance in the European Union. The companies' latest promises to …
Dell embeds Fibre Channel over Ethernet in server line
Dell will offer Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network interface cards in its enterprise servers. The move by the world's …
Microsoft downplays Windows BitLocker attack threat
Microsoft dismissed recently-disclosed threats to its BitLocker disk-encryption technology as “relatively low risk,” noting that attackers must not only have …
Thanksgiving Webcam promo leads to malware
The $10 Webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of …
Java EE 6 receives approval
Java Platform Enterprise Edition (EE) 6, featuring a capability for function-based profiles, has been approved by the official Java standards …
IBM’s analytics center focuses on financial services
IBM has opened a business analytics center in London to focus on services for the U.K.'s financial sector, which drives …
Early adopters give Windows 7 high marks, says survey
Users who have moved to Windows 7 gave the new operating system a big thumbs up in a just-released survey, …
Is Apple testing a new iPhone model?
A software analytics program has detected evidence that Apple may be testing a new iPhone model in the San Francisco …
Google reveals winners of Android Developer Challenge 2
Google named the winners of its second contest aimed at encouraging software developers to make applications for the Android mobile …