Monthly Archives: July 2011
WellPoint Settles Health Care Data Breach for $100,000
Health care insurer WellPoint has agreed to pay the Indiana attorney general's office $100,000 for failing to notify officials within a reasonable amount of...
Rustock Botnet Size Nearly Halved Since Server Takedown: Microsoft
The Rustock botnet has been nearly halved in size and effectively crippled, demonstrating how tech companies can coordinate with law enforcement to take down...
Cisco Intros New WiFi Networking Technology for Stadiums
Cisco Systems is continuing to roll out networking technology aimed at sports stadiums and arenas, with the latest being a new WiFi access point...
Facebook Partners With Skype, Launches Free Video Chat
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Facebook made three significant announcements July 6, all important to the company and to the online social networking market in...
Compuware’s $256M dynaTrace Buy Boosts APM
Compuware announced its $256 million acquisition of dynaTrace in a move to solidify its position in the application performance management software market.Compuware officials said...
DOE Lab Shuts Down Email, Web Access After Sophisticated Cyber-Attack
Essential computer services remain offline nearly a week after a cyber-attackers hit another Department of Energy laboratory, this time in the state of Washington.The...
HP TouchPad Costs $318 in Materials: Report
Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad apparently carries a bill of materials totaling $318, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service. That doesn't include...
Identify the Foundational Controls
Identify the Foundational Controls
Foundational controls are core to an organization's security philosophy. They represent maybe 60 security controls (or less), which protect the assets...
IBM Weighs Watson for Internal Use
As part of its move to smarter computing, IBM is looking at using its breakthrough Watson technology internally to help better equip its salespeople...
HTC Buys S3 Graphics, Grows Patent Portfolio
HTC is making an aggressive move in the highly competitive smartphone world, buying S3 Graphics from chip maker Via Technologies and investment firm WTI...