Amazon has introduced the second generation of its EC2 computing on-demand infrastructure as a service cloud service, with higher performance processing designed for larger applications. The Second Generation Standard Instances offer 50% ...
Tags: Larger, Workloads, infrastructure
It has been a long and somewhat slow journey to get here, but this week the UK finally saw the launch of a 4G network by mobile operator EE. Formed from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, EE has rolled out the faster broadband ...
Tags: 4G network, EE, broadband, mobile networks, 4G, mobile, phone
L2 think tank released the fourth annual Digital IQ Index:Beauty.This year's study benchmarks the digital competence of 56 prestige Beauty brands across four dimensions:site,digital marketing,social media,and mobile.Based upon more ...
Tags: Beauty brands, Estee Lauder, Lancome
The trend of online shopping is increasingly becoming popular among the Internet savvy generation today. Many e-commerce websites, offering a vivid array of products ranging from clothing to electronic appliances, have been introduced in ...
Tags: clothing, electronic appliances, furnishings, retail items
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 ...
Tags: draft Data Communications Bill, survey, online services, legislation
Crowdsourced funding website Kickstarter,which lists projects that are seeking financial backing,has expanded to the UK. The site,which operates on a 5%commission on each successful pledge,has raised more than$340m in the US,where it was ...
Tags: Kickstarter crowdfunding website, UK, BBC, games console Ouya
Unlicensed copies of popular software Keep up to date Patch applications with security updates Conficker still a threat Malicious key generation(keygen)software is one of the fastest-growing types of a malware,according to the latest ...
Tags: top cyber threats, malicious key, malicious keygen software
The 2011 security breach at Dutch certificate authority(CA)DigiNotar resulted in an extensive compromise and was facilitated in part by shortcomings in the company's network segmentation and firewall configuration,according to Fox-IT,the ...
Tags: DigiNotar, Fox-IT, security breach, CA server
A U.S.judge should limit the scope of a proposed court hearing examining whether a former Megaupload user can recover files that were on the website when the U.S.Department of Justice shut it down,the agency said. The hearing should focus ...
Tags: DOJ, Megaupload, data stored, Goodwin
IDG News Service-In one of the photos,the dark-haired,bearded hacker is peering into his computer's screen,perhaps puzzled at what's happening.Minutes later,he cuts his computer's connection,realizing he has been discovered. The nation of ...
Tags: Georgia, cyber-spying, Russia-Based Hacker
Computerworld-Yahoo plans to ignore"Do Not Track"privacy requests sent by Microsoft's Internet Explorer(IE10)browser,calling its ally's unilateral decision"signal abuse"and pointing to a possible rift between the search partners. One Do ...
Image courtesy of MOMA Survival gear is an obsession.People search endlessly on websites trying to find that must have item to protect us from the impending zombie apocalypse.Well…..maybe something to at least help us in a blackout. ...
Tags: LED flashlight, zombie protetion, Safe Dynamo Flashlight
Holland-based LeaseWeb has opted for storage software from Nexenta on commodity hardware as a platform for its cloud computing platform. The company chose Nexenta over HP, IBM, NetApp and open source storage products for the project, which ...
Tags: LeaseWeb, storage software, Nexenta, cloud computing platform
Express mail and logistics provider Crossflight sees cloud storage as positive for well-defined services like CRM and email,but less so for more complex,bespoke applications. The firm expressed the view following a deal with EMC to drive ...
Tags: Crossflight, public cloud, bespoke applications, cloud storage
Amazon made a net loss in the third quarter,its first loss in nine years,even as revenue increased by 27%year on year. The$274 million third-quarter loss compared with a net profit of$63 million a year earlier.Net sales grew to$13.8 ...