Monthly Archives: August 2012
Google, Carriers, Credit Cards Unite on Mobile Payments Committee
The Electronic Transactions Association has formed a Mobile Payments Committee that may provide the mobile payments market with the boost it has been waiting...
iPhone 4S
iPhone 4S
When an enterprise decides to make the iPhone the corporate smartphone standard, it will then need to decide whether to select the iPhone...
T-Mobile Is the Object of Telecom Veteran’s Buyout Efforts: Report
Telecom veteran Sol Trujillo is looking for financing with which to purchase T-Mobile USA from parent company Deutsche Telecom, Bloomberg has reported.Trujillo has so...
NASA Curiosity Rover Preparing for Additional Martian Science Experiments
Since its successful landing on the surface of Mars Aug. 6, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been busy taking spectacular photographs, checking its internal...
iPhone 5 Launch Preceded by Price Cuts on Older Models
As the expected launch date of Apple's latest version of the iPhone-unofficially referred to as the iPhone 5-approaches, Apple has taken the step of...
Blizzard Entertainment Hack Hits Battle.net Users
Video game maker Blizzard Entertainment revealed Aug. 9 its security team had discovered an "unauthorized and illegal access" to its internal network Aug. 4.So...
Microsoft to Open ‘Pop-up’ Stores to Boost Surface Retail Sales
Microsoft is stepping up its retail strategy to sell the Surface tablet and other Microsoft products this holiday season by posting job openings for...
Gauss Malware Detected Through Unique Palida Narrow Font
The complex piece of malware known as Gauss has a number of mysteries that have grabbed the attention of security researchers: Where did the...
Gauss Online Detection Tools Offered by Kaspersky, CrySys
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered another state-sponsored cyber-spying tool, called Gauss, which appears to be related to the Flame malware that targeted...
Facebook, FTC Settlement on User-Privacy Issues Approved
Social networking giant Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission have reached a resolution following charges that the company deceived its consumers by telling them...