Monthly Archives: October 2009
Hot Spam: Targeted Phishing, Brand-Jacking
Targeted phishing attacks and non-phishing campaigns involving company brands are among the leading trends in messaging attack patterns according to the latest observations reported...
Google Invites You to Invite Friends, Family to Google Voice
Undeterred by rejection from Apple, cries of foul play from Apple bedfellow AT&T, and the ensuing inquiry by the Federal Communications Commission, Google Voice...
Cisco to Acquire Starent for $2.9B as Buying Spree Continues
Cisco Systems is continuing its aggressive acquisition strategy, this time grabbing mobile infrastructure vendor Starent Networks for $2.9 billion.The cash deal continues a busy...
10 Issues That Could Spoil the Release of Windows 7
Ioio Technologies has been using Windows 7. And although the company has been relatively happy with the way the operating system performs, it found...
Google Gmail’s ‘Got the Wrong Bob’ Seeks to Curb E-Mail Embarrassment
Google's Gmail Labs team Oct. 13 released another feature designed to save people from the red-faced tinge of e-mail embarrassment."Got the wrong Bob?" helps...
Google Loses Arthur Levinson amid Growing Competition with Apple
Arthur Levinson, the former Genentech CEO who held positions on both Google and Apple's board of directors quit his post at Google Oct. 13,...
T-Mobile, Microsoft Say Sidekick Data May Be Recoverable, But Sales Suspended
T-Mobile and Microsoft continued operating in full damage-control mode after a weekend server disruption wiped personal data from nearly 800,000 users' Sidekick smartphones. The...
Dell, Salesforce.com Partner on Cloud Computing Offerings
Computer maker Dell and cloud computing company Salesforce.com announced today announced the availability of new certified Dell-salesforce.com solutions, joint offerings for small and midsize...
Sun, Fujitsu Unveil New SPARC64 Chips as Oracle Challenges IBM
Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu are rolling out new SPARC64 VII processors and an enhanced memory controller that officials with both companies say will offer...
USAF Report: Cyber War Not Under Radar
IT security experts have been calling for greater attention to be paid to the growing risk for cyber-attacks to be carried out against on...