Microsoft Office 365 goes live
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched the much-awaited Office 365 on Tuesday, after a beta program of about nine months, as the company responds -- some critics say belatedly -- to the rising popularity of cloud-based applications for collaboration and communication. "Office 365 is where Office meets the cloud," Ballmer said at an event in New York.
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Symantec compares iOS and Android security
Apple's iOS and Google's Android smartphone platforms are more secure than traditional desktop-based operating systems, but are still susceptible to many existing categories of attacks, according to a 23-page report from security software vendor Symantec.
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Cellcrypt releases encrypted voice call app for iPhone
Cellcrypt released a version of its voice encryption software for Apple's iPhone on Tuesday, adding to its portfolio of software to prevent eavesdropping on calls. The product, called Cellcrypt Mobile for iPhone, works with iOS4 on Apple's iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. It is one of two voice encryption applications listed in the App Store, although there are other voice encryption applications for the iPhone platform from vendors such as Goldlock and SecurStar.
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LaCie offers hybrid cloud storage service
LaCie has announced a hybrid storage product that combines a desktop hard drive with a cloud storage service. The new product, called CloudBox, automatically stores a copy of your data locally to what is basically a network-attached storage (NAS) device and then securely replicates that data to an online storage service.
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U.S. government regularly asks Google for users' data
Not only does the U.S. government regularly request users' private data from Google, it does so more often than any other government, the search engine reported Monday. Google announced these details as part of its Transparency Report, a bi-annual disclosure of what governments worldwide are asking for.
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LulzSec's parting Trojan is a false positive
The LulzSec hacking group sailed off into the sunset Saturday, leaving behind a treasure trove of stolen data along with what some antivirus programs identified as a nasty surprise for anyone who downloaded the Torrent file: a Trojan horse program.
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Google faces claim for $420M damages in French court
A French publishing company has filed suit against Google, alleging anti-competitive practices and claiming €295 million ($420 million) in damages. The lawsuit, filed by 1plusV in the Paris Commercial Court on Tuesday, accuses Google of blacklisting 30 vertical search engines the French company created to target particular markets, and of manipulating search results in order to promote its own services over those of competitors.
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SaaS and IaaS: Expert guide to choosing a provider
Two types of cloud computing -- SaaS (software as a service) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service) -- promise to bring great changes to the role of IT in the enterprise. IT professionals really need to learn how to talk the talk when it comes to SaaS and IaaS if they want to stay ahead of the trends.
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Apple warned of phishing attack threat for Mac OS X, iOS developers
Apple's website for Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPad developers has a vulnerability that could lead to phishing attacks, according to a hacker group.
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Enterprise interest in ERP picking up steam again
For ERP vendors and users, the sluggish Enterprise Resource Planning marketplace of the last two years is finally gaining a bit of enthusiasm again. Maybe it's due to the slightly more optimistic economic news that occasionally trickles into the national news feed. Maybe it's the improving corporate earnings reports that are showing new promise for more and more companies each week. Or maybe it's just that business leaders are cautiously allowing themselves to think positively about ramping up again after the stubborn and tiring recession of 2007 to 2009.
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PCI building thinner interconnect for handheld devices
The PCI-Express standards-setting organization is creating a thin interconnect that would link mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to external peripherals, the organization's chief said on Monday. The cable interconnect will enable data transfers between host devices and external devices at speeds of up to 8G bps (bits per second), said Al Yanes, president and chairman of the PCI-SIG (PCI-Special Interest Group). The organization hopes handheld devices equipped with PCI-Express ports will reach the market by 2013.
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Rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall, says Microsoft
Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot sector. A new variant of a Trojan Microsoft calls "Popureb" digs so deeply into the system that the only way to eradicate it is to return Windows to its out-of-the-box configuration, Chun Feng, an engineer with the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, said last week on the group's blog.
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Software scores can help secure the Web
No one wants defect-ridden, insecure software. Yet typically, unless your supplier is using a secure development methodology (and many times even then) your company is getting exactly that.
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