Accusations that an Android-based botnet is spewing spam may, in fact, be no such thing, but instead a sign that criminals are exploiting bugs in the Yahoo Mail app for Google's mobile operating system, a security firm said today. ...
Tags: spam, Android, Yahoo Mail app
IDG News Service - A new website, set up by Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and some other civil rights activists, aims to crowdsource donations for WikiLeaks and three other organizations. The launch of the Freedom of the ...
Tags: WikiLeaks, website, crowdsource donations, stopped processing payments
A security researcher published on Friday another attack on Facebook’s Instagram photo-sharing service that could allow a hacker to seize control of a victim’s account. The attack was developed by Carlos Reventlov around a ...
Tags: Apple, cyber attack, Facebook, Instagram, iPhone, social network
IDG News Service-Researchers at Rice University in Houston have developed a prototype spray-on battery that could allow engineers to rethink the way portable electronics are designed. The rechargeable battery boasts similar electrical ...
Tags: Rice University, Spray-on Battery Prototype, mobile gadget
When 32-year-old Russian programmer Andrey N.Sabelnikov visited the U.S.for the first time in January,he had a surprise waiting for him. The surprise was an amended civil lawsuit soon to be filed against him by Microsoft,which alleged he ...
Tags: Russian Coder, Microsoft, Botnet, U.S.District Court
IDG News Service - Belgian French-language news publishers settled a copyright dispute with Google, agreeing to promote each others services while Google will pay all legal fees. The publishers sued Google in April 2006 for allegedly ...
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IDG News Service - Sharp is gearing up for its entry into the 4k TV market with a 60-inch set that will sell for over $30,000 and launch in Japan in February. The Japanese display maker said Tuesday its "ICC Purios" will include new ...
IDG News Service-Google has made its Maps app available on the Apple App Store,after Apple stumbled with its own maps application. The Google Maps app became available late Wednesday for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch."Starting today,we're ...
Tags: Google Maps, Iphone, Apple App Store, iOS operating system
IDG News Service-Microsoft launched a new anti-piracy campaign in China to highlight the security risks of buying counterfeit software. In a recent investigation,Microsoft purchased 169 PCs from shops in China and found that all were ...
Tags: software, Microsoft, software market, Business Software Alliance
IDG News Service-Hewlett-Packard will allow enterprises to pay for managed LAN offerings based on usage,in much the same way they pay for cloud services,through a partnership with telecom service providers. HP's FlexNetwork Utility ...
Tags: IT career growth, HP, cloud services, Swisscom
IDG News Service-Companies worried about their bills for cloud services have a new--and free--option:Apptio's Cloud Express,which can track usage and costs for cloud services from Amazon Web Services,Microsoft and Rackspace. IT ...
Tags: Apptio, cloud costs, Microsoft and Rackspace, Amazon Web Services
IDG News Service-Russia,China and other countries withdrew a proposal at the World Conference on International Telecommunications that according to some accounts aimed to bring the Internet under the control of the International ...
IDG News Service-Some of SAP's software products are now certified for use with Oracle's Database Appliance,which is essentially a streamlined version of its Exadata machine aimed at small and medium-size businesses. All SAP products ...
Tags: SAP software, Oracle's Database Appliance, Single-node or RAC, Oracle
IDG News Service-In the world of high-frequency trading,where being ahead of the competition by a few milliseconds can mean profits worth millions of dollars,finance firms are increasingly looking to decades-old microwave technologies for a ...
Tags: Microwave vies, high-frequency trading, fiber, microwave technologies
Light - not electric signals - is the future of information transfer, says IBM as it reveals a "major advance" in chip technology. Calling the tech "silicon nanophotonics", IBM reckons it integrates optical components alongside electrical ...