Year: 2011
-
Samsung Selling Galaxy Nexus for $299.99 at Verizon
Verizon Wireless began selling Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone for $299.99 on contract online and in its retail stores Dec. 15, allowing Android fans awaiting the coveted gadget to exhale. Android phone fans have craved the Galaxy Nexus since Samsung introduced the 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) smartphone powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor at a launch… Read more
-
Intel Creates New Mobile Computing Business Unit
Intel is creating a new business unit focusing on mobile computing as part of a larger push into a booming segment of the tech market that currently is dominated by chips based on architectures from ARM Holdings. Intel on Dec. 14 sent around an internal memo outlining how the company is combining four divisions to… Read more
-
Spam Slows in 2011 as Criminals Choose Targeted Attacks
Criminals shifted away from building up botnet armies in favor of launching targeted attacks on specific corporate networks in 2011, according to security researchers. The overall number of networks and computers hijacked by criminals globally and commandeered into a botnet army has declined each year since 2009, Cisco said in its 2011 state of security… Read more
-
OnForce IT Field Services Mobile App for iPhone Launches
OnForce, a source for on-site tech talent, announced the availability of its Apple iPhone application for IT service corporations and field technicians. The app, available in the Apple App Store, offers efficiency and collaboration benefits throughout the lifecycle of every service event. There are plans to introduce an Android version of the OnForce app in… Read more
-
FFIEC
Categories: SecurityFFIEC Online banking institutions will be held accountable to more rigorous security demands from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) in January. That’s when examiners begin assessing financial institutions according to risk assessment best practices including better fraud protection and use of layered security technology to augment the multi-factor authentication laid out by the… Read more
-
The Tests
Categories: Cloud ComputingThe Tests For over two years, Nasuni has been testing the largest cloud service providers with a series of five cascading tests. CSPs had to pass the first test in order to move on to the next. CSPs that failed a test dropped out of the field of contenders. Who Passed Amazon S3AT&T Synaptic Storage… Read more