Friday, February 17, 2012

Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware

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Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware
Mac OS X Mountain Lion will offer users a new security model that by default lets users install only programs downloaded from the Mac App Store or those digitally signed by a registered developer. Read More


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Oracle and SAP given June court date for TomorrowNow retrial
Oracle and SAP may be back in court on June 18 to begin a retrial of Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit involving SAP's former TomorrowNow subsidiary, according to a judge's order Thursday. Read More

Apple could face U.S. lawsuit related to iPad trademark dispute in China
A trademark dispute in China over the iPad could spill over into U.S courts, after a little-known Chinese company threatened on Friday to sue Apple in the U.S. for among other things allegedly setting up a "fake company" to purchase the rights to the trademark. Read More

Apple's Mountain Lion share menu lacks Facebook option
Apple's new Mountain Lion OS, which was previewed Thursday, includes a sharing feature readily available in most apps -- but users can't use the menu to share via Facebook. Read More

School system adopts Windows 7 tablets over iPad
A U.S. school district Thursday said it was handing students 2,000 Fujitsu tablets with the Windows 7 OS, and selected it over the iPad because of durability and security concerns. Read More

Twitter, American Express launch self-service ad platform
Twitter has tied with American Express to offer its merchants and card members early access to an online advertising platform for small businesses. Read More

From CIO.com: Windows 8: Assessing IT Risks of a Consumer-Driven Wave
Microsoft is betting big on Windows 8. But will the immense promotional efforts the software giant is putting behind the latest Windows OS pay off? CIO.com's Rob Enderle handicaps the high-stakes game Redmond is playing. Read More

3G, 4G, Wi-Fi coming together in small cells
The age of monolithic cell-tower networks with a few Wi-Fi hotspots and home femtocells sprinkled in may come to an end at this year's Mobile World Congress, where a diverse range of small cells and integrated Wi-Fi systems will be on display. Read More


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Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics
Leaders in the U.S. Senate are trying to fast-track new cybersecurity legislation that will create costly new regulations for some businesses, some critics said Thursday. Read More

IBM says future computers will be constant learners
Tomorrow's computers will constantly improve their understanding of the data they work with, which in turn will help them provide users with more appropriate information, predicted the software mastermind behind IBM's Watson system. Read More

Roche to move 90,000 employees to Google Apps
Health care and pharmaceutical company Roche Group will standardize its email and calendaring system on Google Apps for about 90,000 employees worldwide, the companies announced on Thursday. Read More

Baidu's Q4 profit rockets 77 percent
Baidu's fourth-quarter profit increased 77 percent from a year earlier as its online marketing customers nearly doubled, the Chinese search giant said. Read More

TechAmerica Foundation: Governments need to get into the cloud
The cloud is being pitched as the best way to do more with less, but government agencies are slow to modernize, California official stresses Read More

DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks
Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks. Read More

IT Blogwatch: Mountain Lion: Download Apple OS X 10.8 dev build
Mountain Lion, or Mac OS X 10.8, is coming, and you can download the developer build (if you're a dev, or if you have teh BitTorrentz). Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) execs are unexpectedly opening the kimono on the new OS, several months before release. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if Windows 8 has got them worried. Not to mention: Everything is a Remix Part 4... Read More

 
 
 

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