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Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind Blackberry smartphones and the struggling PlayBook tablet, faces a new security threat after Ben Nell a consultant with the Intrepidus Group, and colleague Zach Lanier, a principal consultant with Intrepidus, announced the flaw during the Infiltrate Security Conference in Miami this week. The security flaw allows hackers to […]

NEW YORK — Microsoft is planning to make the data it collected as part of its botnet takedown operations available as a real-time threat intelligence feed. The company would distribute threat data obtained from captured botnets and other sources to foreign governments, law enforcement, Computer Emergency Response Teams and private corporations, two members of the […]

Voltage Security, a provider of data-centric encryption and key management and Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions announced they have partnered to help simplify end-to-end payment data protection at the point-of-sale. The move aligns Voltage data protection technology with Ingenico Telium series devices to combat card fraud and reduce the PCI card data environment for […]

As cloud computing continues to gain acceptance in emerging markets, service providers–such as telcos, multiple system operators and hosters–are well-positioned to gain mindshare and become an important route to market (RTM) for small to medium-size businesses acquiring cloud solutions, according to a report from IT research firm AMI-Partners. The company’s recently released 2011 Route-to-Market Opportunity […]

Microsoft and LG Electronics have signed a patent-licensing agreement for the latter s Google Android devices. Although neither company disclosed the exact terms, similar agreements have seen manufacturers paying Microsoft royalties for each Android device created. Microsoft has argued for some time that Android violates several of its patents. The agreement with LG Electronics also […]

Dell’s decision last year to stop selling the 5- and 7-inch Streak tablets apparently did not end the systems maker’s plans for the form factor. In an interview with Reuters Jan. 11, Steve Felice, Dell’s chief commercial officer, said the company will re-enter the highly competitive tablet space with a consumer device in late 2012, […]

A convergence of factors that include shortages of spinning hard disk drives due to floods in Thailand, profound media-quality advancements and a sea change in the personal computer business is causing solid-state NAND flash drives to shoot up in demand for device manufacturers. As a result of all this market activity, worldwide solid-state storage industry […]

Hewlett-Packard, while off-kilter and falling 16 percent year-over-year, led the global PC industry in sales through a fourth quarter that met analyst expectations despite a mixed-bag of factors, IDC and Gartner reported Jan. 11. A muscular Lenovo, again inserting itself between long-time rivals HP and Dell, posted record growth of nearly 37 percent over the […]

Organizations have to ensure that employees have the right level of corporate data access to do their jobs, but not so much that they can potentially abuse their privileges. IBM’s newest security software promises to make role management a breeze for IT staff. Called "Security Role and Policy Modeler," the new software provides customers with […]

Even though Oracle launched its 12-petabyte data-storage Exadata server in 2008 and its cloud database/analytics Exalogic server to equally high visibility two years later, it still believes it needs a product that is actually named "big data" so there’s no mistaking its purpose. So on Jan. 10 it launched a new data center machine called […]

Computer marker Dell unveiled its ultraportable XPS 13 notebook, a compact 13.3-inch Ultrabook featuring an edge-to-edge hardened Gorilla Glass, near frameless display and powerful battery life. Starting at just under 3 pounds and less than a quarter-inch at its thinnest point, the XPS 13 offers Intel technology such as Rapid Start and Smart Connect. The […]

LAS VEGAS–Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) Jan. 10 inked a multiyear, strategic agreement in which Motorola will sell smartphones based on Intel’s Atom processor Z2460 platform, starting in the second half of 2012. Intel CEO Paul Otellini and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha announced their new pact on stage here at the 2012 […]