Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android
Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. "Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich environment," said Chris Doggett, senior vice president, North America, at Kaspersky Lab. He was addressing a panel discussion at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas at which officials from government and industry laid out the dangers of mobile malware and steps being taken to fight it.
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Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says
Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices. The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will have a 10.1-inch display and run on a version of Intel's Atom chip known as Clover Trail+, the source said. Samsung hasn't announced such a product, but a Galaxy tablet running Android 4.2 appeared on several benchmark websites this month, sparking rumors of its existence.
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IT pros like their jobs -- despite poor work-life balance
Long hours? Likely. A healthy work-life balance? Probably not. Despite the challenges of working in tech, most IT pros are satisfied with their demanding jobs, according to new survey data. Ninety-five percent are proud they chose IT as a career, and 81 percent would do it all over again given the chance, reports TEKsystems, which offers IT staffing and talent management services.
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U.S. power companies under frequent cyber attack
A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report.
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Apple: Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 patents
Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 Apple patents, according to a court filing by Apple. Apple wants to add the new Galaxy S4 to an ongoing case involving Apple and Samsung being heard in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division, according to a filing with that court on Tuesday.
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New Intel CEO creates 'New Devices' division focused on 'cool technology'
Well, that didn't take long. A mere five days after Brian Krzanich took the reins as the new CEO of Intel, he's shaking things up at an organizational level.
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Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas
Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December. In a prepared statement Cook read before a Senate subcommittee yesterday, the chief executive named Texas as the location of a new factory where Apple will assemble Macs.
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Is Microsoft peeking into your Skype messages?
If you have any expectations about the privacy of your Skype communications, you may want to reassess them. Microsoft appears to be peeking into Skype messages for security reasons, according to Ars Technica.The owner of Skype regularly scans the contents of messages sent on the service for signs of fraud, but what's done with the information from those scans -- whether it's stored indefinitely or destroyed -- is unknown.
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IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. The IBM Watson Engagement Advisor uses IBM's Watson, the artificial intelligence software the company developed to compete on the Jeopardy game show two years ago.
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