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AA Russian Firm Has Been Handed a $79,500 Fine

Dec 17, 2012

AA Russian firm has been handed a £50,000 ($79,500) fine and ordered to repay all UK customers for marketing a dubious Android app that generated a £10 premium rate £10 SMS charge simply for downloading it. According to ...

Tags: Android app, PhonePayPlus, phone service, smartphone

The U.S. Government Needs a Comprehensive Doctrine Addressing Cyber Security

Dec 17, 2012

The U.S. government needs a comprehensive doctrine addressing cyber security instead of the current patchwork of policies and agencies dealing with cyber threats, according to a group of experts. The lack of an overarching cyber security ...

Tags: cyber security, Security doctrine, US cyber defence

Showing Investments to Expand Us Packaging Facilities by Paperworks

Dec 17, 2012

North American packaging provider PaperWorks has announced the addition of new printing equipment, a major facility expansion, as well as new printing capabilities in a bid to improve printing capabilities. The latest additions will allow ...

Tags: PaperWorks, packaging provider, printing equipment, printing capabilities

Blockade Medical Has Obtained CE Mark for Its Barricade Coil System

Dec 17, 2012

Blockade Medical has obtained CE mark for its Barricade coil system, designed to remove or endovascularly occlude blood flow in vascular abnormalities of the neurovascular and peripheral vessels. The Barricade coil system, which includes ...

Tags: Blockade Medical, Barricade coil system, platinum microcoils

DCLG Sticks with Old Ways of Working and Contracts a Single Outsourcing Giant

Dec 17, 2012

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has stuck with old ways of working and will contract a single outsourcing giant for its desktop management services contract. DCLG has been given the go-ahead to refresh its IT ...

Tags: DCLG, old ways of working, desktop management services

An Overview of The Swiss Watchmaking Panorama

Dec 17, 2012

Route de l’Horlogerie – Genève: an overview of the Swiss watchmaking panorama Geneva’s watchmaking history can be discovered through a unique Geneva Watch Tour. Punctuated by around 50 monobrand boutiques and ...

Tags: Watch Tour, Watchmaking DNA, watchmaking history

Cyber Attackers Used a Highly Sophisticated Toolkit

Dec 17, 2012

Cyber attackers who disrupted the websites of U.S. banks over the last two weeks used a highly sophisticated toolkit — a finding that points to a well-funded operation, a security vendor has said. Prolexic Technologies said the ...

Tags: cybercrime, Hactivists, highlightedpost, Bank attacks

Unveilling New Ice Cream Line in Us

Dec 17, 2012

US-based beverage and branded products company Baristas Coffee has unveiled a new ice cream line - Baristas Coffee Creations. The first two products in the new ice cream line include classic Caramel Cappuccino and new specialty creation ...

Tags: Baristas, Ice Cream Line, Food, Baristas Coffee Creations

Cook Medical Opens a New $19m Medical Device Manufacturing Plant in US

Dec 17, 2012

Cook Medical has opened a new $19m medical device manufacturing plant in Canton, Illinois, US. The new 60,000ft2 facility, which will join the company's existing $20m Canton-based facility, will manufacture polytetrafluoroethylene tubing ...

Tags: Cook Medical, polytetrafluoroethylene tubing, Cook's medical devices

The Safety and Security of Data in The Cloud Was Found to Be a Concern

Dec 17, 2012

The key concern for SMBs when it comes to the cloud seems to be a lack of related knowledge. This is according to a recent MYOB national study, titled MYOB Business Monitor, which found it to be a key barrier to cloud usage for almost ...

Tags: SMB, cloud usage, security of data, cloud computing

Microsoft Set The Ambitious Goal for Windows 8 of 400 Million Devices in Customer Hands

Dec 17, 2012

Microsoft has set the ambitious goal for Windows 8 of 400 million devices in customer hands by next July and more than 100,000 applications stocked in the Windows Store by the end of January, according to a top Microsoft sales exec. Keith ...

Tags: device, highlightedpost, Microsoft, smartphone, Windows, Windows 8

CardioComm Solutions Signs a Three Year ECS Agreement with SunGard Availability Services

Dec 17, 2012

CardioComm Solutions has signed a three year enterprise cloud services (ECS) agreement with SunGard Availability Services, a subsidiary of SunGard Data Systems. The ECS agreement will provide CardioComm with the systems infrastructure to ...

Tags: CardioComm Solutions, ECS agreement

Evernote for Mac Received a Major New Update with Changes to The Interface and New Options

Dec 17, 2012

Evernote for Mac, the much-lauded productivity app that lets users collect pictures, text, and more to document their lives and their research, received a major new update with changes to the interface and new options for searching and ...

Tags: Evernote launch, Evernote5, Mac, mountain lion, New features, Note Editor

Some Cloud Providers Fail to Detect & Block Malicious Traffic Originating From Networks

Dec 17, 2012

Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cyber criminals with an opportunity to launch attacks in a botnet-like fashion, according to a report from security consultancy ...

Tags: cloud provider, network, security consultancy, BAE System

European Commission Increased Its Planned Cyber Security Budget by Just 14% Through 2020

Dec 17, 2012

Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission increased its planned cyber security budget by just 14 percent through 2020, an amount one security expert referred to as “paltry.” For the ...

Tags: cyber security, cybercrime, highlightedpost, budget