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Yahoo CEO apologizes for tumult
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson says he's sorry, but is not admitting any wrongdoing. Thompson, under heavy fire for a discrepancy in his resume, sent an apology via email to company employees for the tumult that has embroiled Yahoo for nearly a week now.
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Security error in OS X 10.7.3 exposes passwords for legacy FileVault users
A security error in OS X 10.7.3 exposes passwords on systems with support for the pre-Lion FileVault home-directory encryption feature. This security flaw, apparently created when Apple left debugging code in the 10.7.3 update, is only triggered with Lion systems in which legacy support for the original FileVault is retained and when logging in with such an account.
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No big shift to the cloud for unified communications and collaboration
The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) survey highlights the uptick in UC&C adoption and investments in the coming 3 years -- specifically in enterprise organizations -- demonstrating the value organizations place on technologies that enable consistent and connected communications between employees, customers and partners.
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Red Hat, Dell announce OEM partnership
The announcement Tuesday of a new partnership between Dell and Red Hat could mark a further expansion of open-source software use in the enterprise. OEM customers looking to Dell for custom products will now have additional open-source options. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss join SUSE as standard choices for Dell OEM.
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4G LTE networks hit battery life on some smartphones
While battery capacities in smartphones has increased, 4G LTE networks are taking their toll on battery life for Web browsing and video streaming, according to a new analysis by Metrico Wireless. Four new smartphones tested 20,000 times on live AT&T and Verizon Wireless LTE networks all delivered less than five hours of battery life for either streaming video or Web browsing, testing service Metrico said in a 10-page report released today.
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T-Mobile commits to Passpoint automatic Wi-Fi access; other U.S. carriers mum
Of the nation's four biggest wireless carriers, only T-Mobile USA has revealed plans to deploy Passpoint, a technology that would allow wireless users to automatically access Wi-Fi hotspots from carriers' 3G and 4G cellular networks. Certification of Passpoint on network gear and end-user devices, such as smartphones and tablets, begins in June, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, which coordinated development of Passpoint, based on the Hotstop 2.0 specification, over the past two years.
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Dell announces first server with Intel's Ivy Bridge Xeon chips
Dell on Tuesday announced a new microserver with Intel's first Xeon server processors based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, which has not been officially announced by the chip maker yet. Dell's PowerEdge C5220 is one of the first servers with Xeon chips based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture. The server is targeted at Web 2.0, cloud and high-performance applications, Dell said in a statement.
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HP, F5 partner to speed delivery of cloud apps
HP this week unveiled several initiatives at Interop 2012 in Las Vegas to enhance the provisioning and performance of virtual applications over a network, including an alliance with application delivery controller leader F5.
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BYOD will revive network-access control idea, Gartner predicts
Is the BYOD craze going to bring a revival of NAC, the policy-based network-access control that was hyped a decade ago but didn't end up widely adopted for endpoint security?
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MasterCard's PayPass Wallet will span online, mobile, in-store shopping
MasterCard WorldWide announced a digital wallet on Monday that consumers will be able to use for purchases in stores, on the Web and on their mobile phones. The global credit-card company's entry into digital wallets will tie into its PayPass point-of-sale system, with nearly 500,000 locations around the world where consumers can tap a card or phone with NFC (near-field communications) to make a purchase. But with the new offering, called PayPass Wallet Services, MasterCard will also allow third...
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Avaya revs Identity Engines for more secure BYOD
Network and security vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, and Enterasys are lining up at Interop this week with products aimed at easing security admins'
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Oracle-Google verdict signals need for copyright reform
Today, the jury in the case by ruling in favor Oracle against Google over Android's use of Java demonstrated how badly the copyright laws of the 19th and 20th century fit the technology market of the 21st century.
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Report: Explosive growth ahead for Hadoop, MapReduce-related revenues
The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis will jump from $77 million in 2011 to $812.8 million in 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 60.2 percent, according to a new report released Monday by analyst firm IDC.
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Half of all Macs will lack access to security updates by summer
Unless Apple changes its security update practice, nearly half of all Mac users will be adrift without patches sometime this summer. Apple will launch OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in the next few months, and then will -- barring a change in a decade-old habit -- stop serving patches to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
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Yahoo investors up pressure to oust CEO
The row over Yahoo's leadership intensified over weekend as another major investor called for CEO Scott Thompson to be fired. Calls for Thompson's firing started last week after Yahoo disclosed that its board is investigating a discrepancy in the CEO's resume. The investigation prompted a very public debate over Thompson's ability to continue to lead the struggling company.
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Apple releases iOS 5.1.1
Apple on Monday released iOS 5.1.1, a small update for the mobile operating system that powers the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The update includes a small handful of fixes: Taking HDR photos from the Lock Screen shortcut should now work more reliably. Safari bookmark and Reading list syncing is also improved.
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Update: Oracle gets partial win in Android lawsuit against Google
A jury today found Google liable for copyright infringement in its use of Java in Android, but it has not managed to decide whether that infringement was protected by rules governing "fair use." The verdict, delivered after a week of deliberations by the jury, is a partial victory for Oracle in its lawsuit against Google, but Oracle will have to wait longer -- possibly for a retrial -- to see whether Google will escape liability by claiming fair use. Google has already asked the judge to dc...
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Successor to DDR3 memory will reach devices next year
Micron on Monday said that DDR4 memory -- the successor to DDR3 DRAM -- will reach computers next year, and that the company has started shipping samples of the upcoming DDR memory type. The new DDR4 memory is more power-efficient and faster than the current DDR3 memory, which is found in most new computers that ship today. DDR4 memory will shuffle data at faster rates inside computers.
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Windows 8 won't be able to play DVDs
Buried deep in an explanation of how Windows Media Center turned into an extra-cost add-on in Windows 8 came a startling admission
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Apple disputes ownership of iphone5.com domain
Apple is disputing ownership of the iphone5.com domain, sparking speculation that the company will use the long-rumored name for its next smartphone. The Cupertino, Calif. electronics maker has filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency that arbitrates Web domain disputes in cases of "cybersquatting," naming iphone5.com as the target.
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How to fight back against privacy pirates
Have you Googled yourself lately? Is the information about you accurate or full of inconsistencies, both of which can be devastating? Accurate information that you'd rather be kept private can be used by stalkers to find where you are and by cyber criminals to steal your identity and empty out your bank account. While incorrect data that casts you in a bad light can cost you a promotion, a job, or even your business.
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Hitachi starts all-in-one data center service
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi on Monday launched a new data center business that includes everything from planning to construction to IT support. Hitachi said its new "GNEXT Facility & IT Management Service" will cover consulting on environmental and security issues, procurement and installation of power, cooling and security systems, and ongoing hardware maintenance. It will expand to include outsourcing services for software engineers and support for clearing regulatory hurdles and certif...
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PHP working on new patch for critical vulnerability after initial one failed
The PHP Group plans to release new versions of the PHP processor on Tuesday in order to patch two publicly known critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which was improperly addressed in a May 3 update. One of the vulnerabilities is known as CVE-2012-1823 and is located in php-cgi, a component that allows PHP to run in a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) configuration. It was discovered and reported privately to the PHP Group in mid-January by a team of computer security enthusiasts ...
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Adobe preps silent Flash updates for Macs
Adobe last week released a new beta of Flash Player that includes silent updates for Macs. Adobe first included silent updates for OS X in the Flash Player beta a month ago; the version shipped Friday was tagged as "Beta 3."
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Windows 8 contacts cache exposes personal data
As you probably know, Windows 8 connects with all sorts of networks, social and otherwise.
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Tibco adds Hadoop support to Spotfire in-memory analytics
Tibco has brought its Spotfire in-memory analytics software into the burgeoning ecosystem around Hadoop, an open-source framework for processing large sets of information, the company announced on Monday.
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Apple engineering mistake exposes clear-text passwords for Lion
Apple's latest update to OS X contains a dangerous programming error that reveals the passwords for material stored in the first version of FileVault, the company's encryption technology, a software consultant said. David I. Emery wrote on Cryptome that a debugging switch inadvertently left on in the current release of Lion, version 10.7.3, records in clear text the password needed to open the folder encrypted by the older version of FileVault.
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IBM: Security execs move more toward active risk management
Security issues are exerting a ton of pressure and monetary concerns on the executives in charge of keeping corporate networks and assets safe.
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Oracle wants judge to bar ex-Sun CEO Schwartz's testimony in Google suit
Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual predicate."
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Hacker group The Unknowns claims high ground in exposing security holes
A group of hackers called The Unknowns claims to have hacked the systems of 10 prominent organizations worldwide, including NASA and U.S.
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Gartner: Half of enterprises are wasting money on social media
Getting a positive return on investment from a social media campaign is about more than tracking the number of your Facebook fans and Twitter followers. It's about linking the social strategy to measurable business objectives, according to Gartner, which says most businesses aren't doing this.
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Microsoft IDs Chinese partner as source of leaked Windows exploit
Microsoft on Thursday identified a Chinese security partner as the source of a leak last March in its highly restricted vulnerability information-sharing program. The company, Hangzhou DPTech Technologies, was tossed out of the Microsoft Active Protection Program (MAPP) for leaking the proof-of-concept exploit.
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Yahoo informs Facebook of more potential patent infringements
Yahoo is said to have written to Facebook indicating that it believes that 16 patents it claims to hold "may be relevant" to open source technology allegedly being used in the data centers and servers of the social networking company, according to a regulatory filing by Facebook on Thursday.
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Surging demand for big data tools attracts investors
Surging enterprise demand for tools that can manipulate and analyze massive volumes of structured and unstructured data has caught investor attention in a big way. Top venture and growth capital firms in recent months have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into companies selling the so-called "big data" technologies. Venture capital firm Accel Partners has even established a $100 million fund to finance the early stages and growth of big data companies.
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Multi-device wireless plans on the way
The days of having to pay for two separate data plans for your smartphone and tablet may soon be at an end, says Gartner analyst Hughes De La Vergne.
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10 commandments for effective security training
Information security people think that simply making users aware of security issues will make them change their behavior. But security pros are learning the hard way that awareness rarely equals change.
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iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps
Apple's iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today. The iPad's share of the tablet business shot up to 68 percent in the first quarter of 2012, climbing more than 13 percentage points from 2011's fourth-quarter share of 54.7 percent, said IDC's Bob O'Donnell, program vice president for clients and displays.
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Critical PHP vulnerability exposes servers to data theft -- or worse
A newly reported critical vulnerability in PHP enables would-be cyber criminals to steal source code or inject and run malware in PHP applications by adding command-line parameters to URLs.
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Oracle urges removal of older Java versions due to security risks
Oracle, in making Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE) 7 the default runtime environment for Java this week, is emphasizing that older versions of Java be removed for security purposes.
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Oracle, SAP battle over 'hypothetical license' damages
Oracle and SAP are at odds over whether the concept of "hypothetical" software license fees can be factored into damages in the upcoming retrial of Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against SAP, and the outcome could sharply affect the scope of any judgment in the case. Oracle sued SAP in March 2007 over actions taken by a former subsidiary, TomorrowNow, that provided lower-cost support for Oracle applications.
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Microsoft plans big May patch slate
Microsoft today said it would ship seven security updates next week, three critical, to patch 23 bugs in Windows, Office, and its Silverlight and .Net development platforms. The number of patches -- nearly two dozen -- is higher than usual for an odd-numbered month; for some time, Microsoft has used an even-odd schedule, patching more vulnerabilities in the even months, when it also regularly updates Internet Explorer.
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Flashback malware turns Macs into moola, says Symantec
Malware may be a minor issue for Mac users, but Mac users are a major windfall for cyber criminals, if a Symantec analysis of the Flashback Trojan bears
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Survey: IT spends too little time analyzing logs for security clues
Relatively few organizations are making good use of gobs of log data they collect for purposes such as identifying attackers, according to a survey of 600-plus IT professionals by security outfit SANS.
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Sage moving ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud
Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud service, the company announced Thursday. Initially, Azure ERP offerings from Sage will include the Sage 200 application in the United Kingdom and Sage Murano in Spain. "It has the potential to be worldwide, however at this stage it is in mutually agreed target markets with the initial focus of development in Europe," a spokesperson said.
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Juniper joins the BYOD management fray
Juniper this week unveiled new and enhanced products designed to secure mobile device access to enterprise networks.
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Cyber security is hottest IT skill
Embattled by hactivists, cyber criminals and foreign rivals seeking to steal proprietary information, U.S. corporations are ramping up their hiring of cyber security experts, with open jobs reaching an all-time high in April. The need for cyber security experts spans all industries, from financial services, manufacturing and utilities to healthcare and retail. Among the major U.S. companies trying to fill cyber security-related positions are Boeing, Baylor Health Care System, Verisign and Office...
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The 10 worst Web application-logic flaws that hackers love to abuse
Hackers are always hunting to find business-logic flaws, especially on the Web, in order to exploit weaknesses in online ordering and other processes. NT Objectives, which validates Web application security, says these are the top 10 business-logic flaws they see all the time.
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Hacked websites target Android for the first time
Analysts with Lookout Mobile Security have found websites that have been hacked to deliver malicious software to devices running Android, an apparent new attack vector crafted for the mobile operating system. The style of attack is known as a drive-by download and is common on the desktop: When someone visits a hacked website, malware can transparently infect the computer if it doesn't have up-to-date patches.
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Xamarin ports Android from Java to C#
Xamarin has ported Android to C# in an effort to improve its own development tools and show that the OS doesn't have to be dependent on Java. Development tools vendor Xamarin was started in May last year to take care of the Mono project, an open source implementation of the .Net framework, after Attachmate decided to drop it following its deal with Novell, where Mono had its home previously.
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Nook deal lets Microsoft integrate e-bookstore with its software, services
Barnes & Noble will distribute its free Nook Metro app through Microsoft's Windows Store, putting to rest talk of Microsoft embedding the program in Windows 8. But Microsoft and Barnes & Noble will work on ways to integrate digital content purchased through the Nook app with other Microsoft products and services.
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Windows Live's demise creates Windows 8 problems
As I anticipated two months ago, Microsoft officially
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CIOs: Will you still be relevant in five years?
When computing costs dropped like a proverbial stone after 1970, it created a remarkable opportunity for businesses to improve operations and grow. Suddenly, "the guys in the basement" became the IT department, and the data center manager became a very powerful CIO. This new role wielded a large budget and incredible control as companies invested heavily in enterprise applications, immense data repositories and thousands of PCs. That was then. This is now.
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Developers fear they'll be stifled by judgement in Oracle-Google suit
If Oracle prevails in its contention that APIs can be copyrighted, software developers could be stifled in how they work and innovate, say observers of the ongoing Oracle-Google trial, in which Oracle claims Google improperly used Java technology in the Android mobile software platform.
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Tablet shipments up 200 percent as netbook demand tanks
Tablet shipments soared 200 percent over the past years, according to research company Canalys, but Apple didn't ship enough iPads in Q1 to retain the No. 1 position for the most client PCs shipped.
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Yahoo CEO apologizes for tumult
