Enterprises need to focus on data, enterprise culture
It's no secret that enterprise users are bringing more types of IT devices to work -- devices not necessarily condoned or managed by IT -- while they're also using more cloud-based services to store, manage, and share their work related files. In short, IT's already tenuous grip on how workers access enterprise data is rapidly losing more of its hold.
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Bing and Yahoo sponsored results lead to hard-to-remove rootkit
Searching for Flash Player on Bing and Yahoo can lead to rogue pages distributing a hard-to-remove rootkit, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor GFI Software. The problem resides with the so-called sponsored results, the advertisements displayed at the top of search results for particular keywords. These look slightly different from the organic results normally returned by Bing's algorithm, but close enough for users to frequently click on them.
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Update: Dutch court rejects Samsung patent claims against Apple
A judge at the district court in the Hague on Friday rejected claims that Samsung had made against Apple regarding four patents. Samsung wanted Apple to pay for licensing the patents in question, and the court to issue an injunction banning the import and sale of Apple's iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, as well as upcoming products, until licensing terms are in place. But the latter won't happen at this point.
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SpyEye malware continues to plague computers
The SpyEye banking malware continues to plague computers across the world and is proving to be a difficult foe to detect and remove from infected Windows PCs, according to two researchers from EMC's RSA security division. Uri Rivner, who is head of new technologies for consumer identity protection, and Jason Rader, chief security strategist, both donned white lab coats for their session at the RSA security conference in London on Thursday for a technical tear-down and review of SpyEye.
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Dell as a services company? Maybe, say customers
The default view of Dell among some of its customers is that it is a hardware company. It is a view that Dell wants to change as it moves ever deeper into services.
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Microsoft closes Skype acquisition
Microsoft said Friday that it has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, the Internet telephony provider in Luxembourg, and the company will function as a new business division within Microsoft. Skype CEO Tony Bates will assume the title of president of the new Skype Division immediately, reporting directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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Page: Google+ to broadly impact other Google products
Google Co-Founder and CEO Larry Page made clear on Thursday the lofty expectations the company has for its new social networking site Google+. During a conference call to discuss the company's third quarter financial results, Page outlined the significant effect he foresees Google+ having on the company's business.
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Long lines for iPhone 4S as servers crash at Japanese launch
Hundreds lined the streets of Tokyo on Friday to be the first in the world to get their hands on the iPhone 4S, temporarily crashing the registration servers at one Japanese mobile operator. Mobile operator Softbank held a sidewalk countdown in front of its flagship store to mark the start of sales at 8 a.m. local time, blasting silver streamers into the air as the doors opened for business. Several hundred customers, many of whom had been waiting since early Thursday evening, lined up and patiently waited their turn inside.
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5 server virtualization snafus -- and how to handle them
Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary and backup storage, as well as complicated disaster and recovery efforts, among other things.
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JavaFX on iOS: Dead on arrival?
Oracle's efforts to enable developers to run JavaFX software on Apple iOS devices could run afoul of Apple, if Apple's past rejections of Java on iOS are any guide. But a potential showdown could be a ways off, as it remains to be seen exactly how far Oracle goes with its plan and whether the arrangement will actually ruffle any feathers at Apple.
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U.S. judge says Samsung infringes Apple iPad patents
A U.S. federal judge said today that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet infringes of Apple's iPad design patents, according to Reuters, though she suggested that Apple might not be able to prove the patents were valid, which would be necessary for her to enjoin Samsung from selling its tablets in the U.S. Courts in Europe and Australia have found in Apple's favor in similar suits and blocked Galaxy Tab sales.
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Google grows earnings, revenue in Q3 as ad sales accelerate
Google grew its sales and profits in the third quarter, exceeding Wall Street's expectations along the way, as the search company's advertising business continued on a strong growth path. Google was going "gangbusters" during the quarter, Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page said in a conference call Thursday with financial analysts.
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Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' to arrive Oct. 19
The big Google-Samsung event to launch Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" -- postponed at CTIA earlier this week -- will take place next Wednesday in Hong Kong, according to an invitation sent by the two companies. It will be held Oct. 19 in Hong Kong at 10 a.m. local time, which translates to 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday in the U.S.
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