Android devices in U.S. face more malware attacks than PCs
Android devices are now attacked more often by malware than PCs, according to a report released today by Sophos, a cyber security software maker. It said that almost 10 percent of Android devices in the U.S. have experienced a malware attack over a three-month period in 2012, compared to about 6 percent of PCs.
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Infor acquires Orbis Global to boost its marketing software clout Infor has scooped up marketing resource management vendor Orbis Global in a bid to flesh out the capabilities of its Epiphany marketing suite. Terms of the agreement, which was announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. The Orbis deal is the latest in a long series of purchases that have built Infor into an enterprise software powerhouse with about $3 billion in revenue. Read More ...
EMC and VMware spin out big data/cloud division VMware and EMC today confirmed rumors that have been circulating for weeks that it would spin out its big data and platform as a service (PaaS) cloud products into a new division within the company named Pivotal Initiative, which will be led by former VMware chief Paul Maritz (pictured). Read More ...
Whitman reaffirms commitment to Autonomy, says HP remains 'quite profitable' Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has once again affirmed the company's commitment to its embattled Autonomy software division, stressing that HP's fiscal health is stronger than recent developments may have suggested. "It's been a quiet year, not much going on at all," Whitman said ironically in a keynote address Tuesday at the HP Discover conference in Frankfurt. "Holy smokes! There's been a lot of challenges, but a lot of victories. I want to thank you for sticking with us through some difficult times." Read More ...
'Creative' is king of LinkedIn buzzwords in 2012 So much for being "creative": It remains the most overused LinkedIn profile term for the second year in a row among U.S.-based professionals as well as those worldwide. Read More ...
Slumping chip market may signal shift in tech industry The worldwide chip market dropped from being labeled "stagnant" to "in a slump" this year, with one analyst firm downgrading its forecast to a level that puts the entire year in a decline. IHS iSuppli announced Monday that it is downgrading its forecast for the global semiconductor market this year. The analyst firm now expects worldwide chip sales to decline 2.3 percent in 2012, from $310 billion in 2011 to $303 billion this year. Read More ...
Court orders patents in Apple-HTC deal to be made public Apple's patent license agreement with HTC will not be put entirely under seal, except for the pricing and royalty terms, a court in California ordered in a patent infringement lawsuit between Samsung Electronics and Apple. Judge Lucy H. Koh of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division ordered Monday that the patents covered under the agreement will not be sealed. The Judge was ruling on a motion to seal the entire agreement between Apple and HTC. Read More ...
AMD's new Opteron server chips target the cloud To break its slump in the server market, Advanced Micro Devices is embarking on an aggressive strategy that calls for ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and continued improvements to its Opteron line in the meantime. The company on Tuesday introduced low-power Opteron processors, which are targeted for use in cloud servers that process Web transactions. The new Opteron 4300 and 3300 x86 server chips have up to eight cores and are targeted at entry-level and mid-range servers. Read More ...
New 'Dockster' malware targets Apple computers A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, but one security vendor is labeling it as low risk. The malware, nicknamed "Dockster," is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the victim's computer, record keystrokes, and export files, according to Intego, which sells security software for Macs. Read More ...
Apple consistently convinces customers to upgrade OS X Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion of its Mac customers to quickly upgrade to the newest version of OS X, data from a Web measurement company showed. The last three versions of Apple's desktop operating system have been adopted at a rate almost three times that of the best-performing edition of Windows, 2009's Windows 7. Read More ...
Attackers can use Yahoo developer feature to steal user emails, other data Attackers can read emails, contacts, and other private data from the accounts of Yahoo users who visit a malicious page by abusing a feature present on Yahoo's Developer Network website, according to an independent security researcher. A limited version of the attack was presented on Sunday at the DefCamp security conference in Bucharest, Romania, by a Romanian Web application bug hunter named Sergiu Dragos Bogdan. Read More ...
Microsoft's Surface Pro's flawed two-for-one strategy Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet sums up the company's seeming strategy with Windows 8: That business users can do with one device what they currently accomplish with two. "The Surface Pro is designed for people who want a premium, thin and light notebook experience but secondarily want a tablet experience," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, in an email. Read More ...
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