Monthly Archives: January 2011
SecureWorks Will Help Dell Succeed as IT Services Company: 10 Reasons Why
Dell is well on its way to rounding out its IT management services. The company announced on Jan. 4 that it agreed to acquire...
Microsoft Could Unveil ‘Windows TV’ at CES: Report
Microsoft could use this week's Consumer Electronics Show to introduce a connected-television offering that would compete with Google TV and Apple TV."Microsoft's going to...
Motorola Completes Its Split into Two Companies
The former Motorola is now officially two companies. On Jan. 4, the Illinois-based business completed its planned separation into two publicly traded companies. Motorola...
Via Announces Nano X2 Dual-Core Processor
Vai Technologies, a manufacturer of power efficient x86 processor platforms, on Jan. 4 announced its latest Via Nano X2 processor for mainstream PC markets....
Microsoft Blames Hotmail Outage on Server Issues
Microsoft is blaming its recent Hotmail outage on server issues."Beginning on December 30th we had an issue with Windows Live Hotmail that impacted 17,355...
BitTorrent Can Be Exploited as a DDOS Tool
Launching a distributed denial of service attacks used to be hard. Attackers had to first compromise computers and create zombies before hitting the GO...
Android Accounted for 40% of Smartphones Sold: Nielsen
Google's Android operating system powered 40.8 percent of smartphones purchased in the last six months, though Apple iOS led the United States in consumer...
Apple Verizon iPhone Launch at 95% Probability: Analyst
A year ago at this time, the world was wondering whether Verizon Wireless would launch Apple's iPhone on its leading network.Now, it's not a...
Spam Campaign May Mark Comeback for Storm, Waledac Operators
The minds behind the Storm and Waledac botnets are at it again, according to some security researchers.A botnet that may be linked to Storm...
PayPal, eBay Targeted in Web Theft Scam That Stole Millions
Two foreign exchange students from Vietnam are accused of being mules for an international identity theft ring believed to have stolen millions of dollars...