Monthly Archives: June 2011
Amazon Web Services Customers Blindly Deploying VMs with Security Holes
German researchers uncovered multiple security problems within Amazon's cloud-computing services caused by customers ignoring or forgetting security tips.Researchers looked at some 1,100 Amazon Machine...
VMware Prevalidating VDI Deployments
VMware is finding new ways to keep its desktop virtualization business moving.The Palo Alto, Calif.-based virtualization provider on June 22 announced the expansion of...
Toshiba DX1215 Desktop Offers Intel Core Processors, Premium Audio
Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, introduced the DX1215, the company's first all-in-one PC for the U.S. market. The...
Malware, Spam Pose Greater Security Threat in 2011
"Trusted malware" is continuing to grow at an alarming rate, according to a new report that provides insight, background and analysis on the trends...
Intel Rolls Out New Core Chips for ‘Ultrabooks’
Intel reportedly is offering three new low-voltage Core processors designed to power the new category of laptops that the chip giant has dubbed "ultrabooks."The...
New Malware Bypasses Android Market, Downloads Directly to Mobile Phones
Lookout Mobile Security is warning of a new kind of Android malware that bypasses Google's protections and targets the user's phone directly.Dubbed GGTracker by...
Plan Cloud Migrations Carefully to Avoid Finger Pointing Later: Expert
Although the cloud-computing market is growing rapidly, organizations should take a measured and deliberate approach to how they adopt the cloud.That was the key...
Sony Ericsson Launches Xperia Active Smartphone for Fitness, Health Care
Sony Ericsson has introduced the Xperia Active Android smartphone, a compact and water-resistant phone designed for personal fitness and for monitoring health conditions.The Xperia...
IBM Launches Netezza Analytics Appliance to Wrangle Big Data
IBM has announced a new analytics appliance that enables users to analyze up to 10 petabytes of data in a matter of minutes, the...
Dropbox Snafu, Microsoft BPOS Outages Raise Cloud Questions
How reliable is the cloud?That's a pressing question for consumers and businesses mulling whether to take their data off-premises. Meanwhile, tech companies fill their...