Monthly Archives: October 2011
SEC Warns Employees of Potential Misuse of Brokerage Data
The Securities and Exchange Commission warned staffers their personal brokerage account information may have been compromised, according to Reuters.The contractor hired to operate the...
RIM’s BlackBerry, Apple’s iOS 5 Have Less-Than-Stellar Service Weeks
Research In Motion ended up having a very bad week, thanks to a hardware issue that knocked out BlackBerry service for millions of customers...
SEC Says Companies Should Disclose Cyber-Incidents, Risks to Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued some guidelines suggesting that companies should report cyber-incidents that may affect the bottom line.The SEC's Corporate Finance Division...
Organized Cyber-Crime Network May Be Stealing Your Child’s Identity
Organized cyber-criminals have taken what used to be a minor domestic crime and turned it into a global ID trafficking ring. In these cases,...
Google Translate for Android Gets Multilingual Treatment
Google Translate for Android, the mobile application of the popular machine translation software, now enables users to translate speech back and forth between 14...
Google Closing Buzz, Jaiku in Latest House Cleaning
With Google+ hitting more than 40 million users since its June 28 launch, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Oct. 14 said it was shuttering social network services...
Hackers Target Bankers’ Personal Data as Part of “Occupy Wall Street”
The same group that went targeted information belonging to Goldman Sachs CEO and a New York police officer has struck again.Members of "CabinCr3w" posted...
Know What Your IT-Related Risks Are
Know What Your IT-Related Risks Are
Every company should conduct an IT risk assessment at least once a year. A thorough IT risk assessment will...
Google MapsGL Ushers in 3D Mapping
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has applied technology from WebGL (Web Graphics Library) to its Google Maps application to render maps in 3D.Overseen by Mozilla Foundation, WebGL...
Microsoft Completes Skype Acquisition
Microsoft has formally completed its $8.5 billion Skype acquisition, making the communications company a division within its already-sprawling corporate structure. "This represents a huge...