A Pennsylvania man who hacked into multiple corporate, university and government computer networks and tried to sell access to them, including supercomputers from a U.S. national security laboratory, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Samsung to merge smartphone and camera divisions
Samsung has announced plans to merge its smartphone and camera divisions, according to Korean news station ETNews.
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.
Dell customers raise concerns over privatisation
Dell customers have given a mixed reception to its recent privatisation deal, causing some to re-evaluate their future relationship with the vendor.
Trend Micro reveals 2014 security forecast
Trend Micro has outlined its security predictions for 2014, and it has forecast that one major data breach will occur every month next year.
Dell jumps into enterprise mobility management
Dell Software yesterday introduced a suite of software and services for enterprise mobility management, including a ‘secure workspace’ for mobile devices that lets enterprise IT managers separate work from data apps.
Google opens data centres in Taiwan and Singapore to handle Asian traffic
Google said its data centres in Taiwan and Singapore have gone online to cater to the growing number of Internet users in Asia.
Show us an alternative to collecting metadata, NSA director tells critics
Critics of the U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of U.S. residents’ telephone records should offer a better way to track terrorists and protect the country against attacks, the agency’s director said Wednesday.
EU court rejects Cisco’s challenge to Microsoft-Skype merger
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday.
IDC announces Middle East 2014 IT predictions
IDC has released its predictions for the IT industry in 2014, and said it believes that Middle East spending will exceed $32 billion in the coming year.