Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company's technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based in Overland Park, Kan., sells ...
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The IT failure that struck Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will cost the bank more than expected as £50m is paid to customers in compensation. The IT problems that struck in June meant customers of the bank and subsidiary NatWest had ...
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SkyBiometry will provide software-as-a-service biometric services to bring facial recognition technology to the cloud platform SkyBiometry, a new company providing cloud-based biometric software as a service (SaaS), has been ...
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Kaspersky Lab has outlined key security trends of 2012 and presented their views on the core threats of 2013. The most notable predictions for the next year include the continued rise of targeted attacks, cyber-espionage and nation-state ...
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Microsoft this week raised prices of its Office suite by as much as 17% and eliminated multi-license packs, all part of a plan to push consumers and small businesses toward new subscription programs, analysts said. On Monday, Microsoft ...
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GLENN Archer has been appointed chief information officer for the Australian government, replacing Ann Steward who announced her retirement last month. The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) also announced that ...
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Websites,mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations,including getting a parent's permission before collecting geo-location information and photographs from kids,under ...
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On June 22, Peter Hurth of Concurrency, Inc. will present an educational program titled "SharePoint Process Revolution" to share with Milwaukee-area IT and business managers how the integration of Microsoft's SharePoint enterprise content ...
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About 200 Android applications currently hosted on Google Play create spoofed SMS messages on the devices they are installed on, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec. This technique can theoretically be used ...
Public cloud updated Sega's courier distribution to testers How a combination of public and private cloud helped Sega Cloud project yielded cost-control benefits for Sega Overcoming interoperability issues in private and public cloud The ...
A federal judge has rejected BancorpSouth's plan to use contractual agreements with customers as a shield against liability claims stemming from an online heist of some $440,000 that was illegally wire-transferred from the account of one of ...
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Websites, mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations, including getting a parent's permission before collecting geolocation information and photographs from kids, under ...
Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users’ Messenger contacts. With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in ...
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Enterprise software rivals Red Hat and Oracle, along with a number of other software and online services providers, have collaborated on a standard that they hope will ease the use of PaaS (platform as a service) among customers, an Oracle ...
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Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company’s popular Word programme and another already used to attack ...
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