Facebook has blamed a misunderstanding for an embarrassing incident last week in which founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline was hacked to draw attention to a security flaw a researcher believed was being ignored by firm.
Google Glass available in Dubai – for Dh45,000
Good news! If you’ve just been itching to get your hands on Google Glass, you can now buy the device in Dubai. The bad news? You’ll have to fork out Dh45,000 ($12,250) for it.
PRISM means emails will never be secure
Earlier this month, Lavabit and Silent Circle – two privacy-minded email providers – decided to shut up shop rather than give the US government the chance to access their customer data.
Oracle launches initiative to boost falling User Group membership numbers
Plans for an initiative to boost Oracle User Group membership numbers worldwide has been revealed, shortly after the new head of the UK Oracle User Group detailed plans to turn around dwindling membership.
HP joins Nvidia's Grid alliance
Hewlett-Packard has joined Nvidia’s growing Grid alliance, equipping a Gen8 Proliant blade server with graphics boards that can speed up and lower the cost of virtual desktop deployments.
Bitcoin can be used for private transactions, German government says
The German Federal Ministry of Finance said on Monday that Bitcoin is not a full-fledged currency but that it is permissible to use it in private transactions.
The last days of Unix
Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion in 2017, and Gartner sees Unix market share slipping from 16 percent in 2012 to 9 percent in 2017.
Microsoft restores Outlook.com after three-day outage – sort of
Microsoft on Saturday apologized for a three-day partial outage of Outlook.com and said the email service was back up and running, only to note hours later that problems still plagued some customers.
China to bring gigabit Internet speeds to key cities by 2020
China plans to bring gigabit Internet speeds to its major cities by 2020, part of its effort to expand broadband among households in the nation.
Etisalat to offer LTE roaming via IPX deal with SAP
Etisalat UAE will soon be able to deliver new standards of LTE roaming across the globe to its customers, thanks to a newly signed IP exchange (IPX) agreement with SAP.