IDG News Service-Notices will be sent out to developers of up to 100 mobile apps that are not compliant with California privacy law,starting with those who have the most popular apps available on mobile platforms,the office of the state's ...
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Only 6%of UK citizens think the government has made a clear and compelling argument for the Draft Data Communications Bill,a survey has revealed. In contrast,71%of more than 1,800 adults polled said they do not trust that the data will be ...
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Most organisations are failing to put the necessary protections around data in virtual environments, leaving them wide open to attack, says Jason Hart, vice-president cloud solutions, SafeNet. "In the virtual world, the basic security ...
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The government is expected to announce eight suppliers to provide identity assurance (IDA) to consumers of online public services. The move will enable consumers to choose from a range of providers to verify their identity in accessing ...
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Anonymous,the loosely affiliated hacker group,has claimed responsibility for a distributed-denial-of-service attack against banking giant HSBC. The attack was launched last night at about 10pm,and took down a number of customer-facing ...
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Anonymous,the loosely affiliated hacker group,has claimed responsibility for a distributed-denial-of-service attack against banking giant HSBC. The attack was launched last night at about 10pm,and took down a number of customer-facing ...
Tags: Anonymous, hacker group, HSBC, distributed-denial-of-service attack
HSBC has restored its online banking services after a distributed denial of service(DDoS)attack. HSBC said servers had come under a DDoS attack which affected HSBC websites around the world. The DDoS attack on HSBC did not affect any ...
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Software giant Microsoft has posted first quarter fiscal revenues down 7.9 per cent to$16bn(£10bn),from$17.372bn(£10.8bn)achieved in the same period a year earlier. The company claimed that the results partly reflected a ...
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Polycom plans to break down one more set of barriers to videoconferencing early next year with a cloud-based software platform that can set up sessions with anyone who uses Facebook,Skype,or certain other online services. The ...
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In the race to create slicker products,mobile phones are the new brains for hire. At Ceatec,Japan's largest electronics show,the booths are packed with the latest round of"smart"products,from cars that suggest what you should eat to ...
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IDG News Service - Toyota is demonstrating a new single-seater concept car at this year's Ceatec electronics show that works as a giant extension of the driver's smartphone. The company's "Smart INSECT" vehicle has a pad in its dashboard ...
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Security experts believe passwords offer little or no protection from unauthorised access to corporate IT systems and online accounts, and now Intel is working on an alternative. An increasing number of data breaches are being blamed on ...
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The government's main information services website Directgov is to be replaced by the new GOV.UK site from 17 October. The move to GOV.UK,which aims to provide all government websites under a single domain,is expected to create ...
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Citrix has bought the privately-held cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil,to expand its capabilities of its cloud-based support product line,Citrix GoToAssist. This acquisition will integrate an IT service desk solution to ...
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A new set of terms and conditions has been sent to existing users of Microsoft's online services–including Hotmail,SkyDrive,Messenger,Bing,MSN and Office.com–that effectively prohibits a user from filing a class action lawsuit ...
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