Monthly Archives: August 2011
McAfee Extends WaveSecure’s Remote Wipe, Lock Capabilities for iPhones
McAfee extended its mobile-data-protection software to provide iPhone users with remote tracking, remote wipe and backup capabilities.WaveSecure will be available through the iTunes App...
Anonymous Hack Exposes Personal Data of San Francisco-Area Commuters
Passengers who ride the San Francisco regional subway system are the latest innocent victims, as hacktivist collective Anonymous stole and released sensitive information belonging...
Astute Comes Up With Fix for Virtualization ‘Crawl and Stall’
Astute Networks, which specializes in NAND flash-based appliances for virtualized infrastructures, Aug. 15 introduced a network performance accelerator specifically for VMware environments designed to...
Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Blog
Microsoft's ramp-up to Windows 8 is beginning in earnest.In the quarters leading to the release of Windows 7, Microsoft devoted reams of digital ink...
Google Finally Opens Its War Chest
Google Finally Opens Its War Chest
Google has acquired dozens of companies over the last two years, and perhaps 100 over its lifetime, but never...
Xsigo Virtualizes Connectivity With New Server Fabric
Xsigo Systems, which makes an appliance that virtualizes and accelerates throughput in enterprise networks, Aug. 15 unveiled its own server fabric software that the...
Kevin Dark Dante Poulsen
Kevin Dark Dante Poulsen
Kevin Poulsen was known as "Dark Dante" within the hacker community. He was best known for hacking phone systems, particularly at...
Android Tablets Occupy 20 Percent of Market: Report
Despite some high-profile underperformers, Android-based tablets may occupy some 20 percent of the market, according to new data from ABI Research.That being said, Apple's...
Android Trojan Stealthily Answers Incoming Calls, Executes Remote SMS Commands
Android malware has been popping up like clockwork this year, with increasingly sophisticated features and capabilities.The latest Android Trojan variant masquerades as a Google+...
Adobe Delivers Beta of ‘Muse’ Website Creation Tool for Designers
Adobe Systems has released a public beta of its "Muse" software that enables graphic designers to design and publish professional-quality HTML Websites without writing...