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Nvidia confirms hackers swiped up to 400,000 user accounts

Jul 14, 9:54AM

Nvidia today warned users that its developer forums had been hacked and up to 400,000 user accounts had been compromised. As a precautionary measure, the company has taken down five of its websites.


Android malware's dirty secret: Repackaging of legit apps

Jul 14, 3:05AM

Security researchers at North Carolina State University believe Google should invest in repackaging detection to get a handle on malware targeting the Android platform.


Experiment 19: The back story of Microsoft's work to bring NT core to ARM

Jul 14, 2:47AM

A new Microsoft Research page acknowledges efforts dating back to 2008 to move the Windows NT core to ARM, which ended up impacting both Windows RT and Windows Phone 8.


SQL Injection Attack: What is it, and how to prevent it.

Jul 14, 2:13AM

The way that Yahoo! was hacked, SQL Injection attack, is the same method as many other hacks in the news recently: SQL Injection. SQL Injection attacks are common for the following reasons: • The prevalence of SQL Injection vulnerabilities • Databases are attractive targets because they typically contain critical application information • The approach (i.e., the hack) is not new and is well documented on dozens of forums


Apple iOS in-app purchases hacked; everything is free (video)

Jul 13, 9:35PM

A Russian developer has hacked Apple's In-App Purchase program for iOS, allowing users to circumvent the payment process. This means you can purchase in-app content without actually paying. Most importantly, jailbreaking your device is not required.


Samsung tipped to lead China's mobile phone market

Jul 13, 8:57PM

Samsung, which is now the world's largest mobile phone supplier, will become China's largest mobile phone supplier in 2012, overtaking Nokia, according to Digitimes Research. It also predicts that smartphones will take almost a third of the handset market, and 70 percent of those will run Android.


Infor update with Charles Phillips, CEO. All's well but no exit in sight

Jul 13, 8:34PM

Charles Phillips, CEO Infor discusses company progress. He is comfortable with progress but there are no plans for an exit just yet.


Microsoft's Big Data Plans: Acknowledge, Embrace, Integrate

Jul 13, 8:00PM

Microsoft had its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto this week, and over 16,000 people were there. So was Big Data.


When and how will users get the next version of Microsoft's Office?

Jul 13, 7:46PM

Office 365 prepaid cards for sale at Walmart? That could be just one of the new distribution strategies Microsoft has up its sleeve for its next wave of Office 15 products.


Scotiabank - an AppNeta customer profile

Jul 13, 6:13PM

Scotiabank uses AppNeta's network monitoring, alerting, data captures and reports to reduce the impact of network problems.


Roger McNamee and Silicon Valley's war with Wall Street

Jul 13, 4:46PM

It's all about smart money versus dumb money, but it's not the way things normally pan out.


O2 outage hit one-third of UK customers

Jul 13, 3:18PM

Around a third of O2's customers in the U.K. were affected by the outage, but the phone giant could escape legal trouble altogether.


ZTE in FBI probe for allegedly selling spy kit to Iran

Jul 13, 2:45PM

Telecoms giant and phone-maker ZTE is under the watchful eye of the FBI, after allegedly selling surveillance equipment to embargoed Iran.


Qantas gets iPads. So did United. So what?

Jul 13, 12:28PM

iPad mania is all the rage in the airline industry. But does it make a jot of difference to the customer experience? Not as far as I can tell.


Separation of 'church' and tech

Jul 13, 11:57AM

Should tech companies assume role of social lobbyists? What happens when their users take a different stance?


GFI pushes security, other SMB apps into integrated cloud platform

Jul 13, 10:54AM

Initial services will include anti-malware and network optimization offerings, each priced at $1 per user per month.


Spies, licences, lost DVDs and tablets

Jul 13, 9:23AM

On this week's Technolatte podcast, we look at telco interception, selling second-hand software, government privacy bungles and what CIOs think of Microsoft's Surface.


IBM's social enterprise plan: Meld collaboration, processes with dash of Watson

Jul 13, 9:00AM

Big Blue is quietly the leader in the social enterprise race, according to IDC. Here's a look the strategy for IBM Connections and what happens when social networking meets processes and artificial intelligence.


Daily Cuppa: few Yahoo passwords valid, SSDs get cheaper

Jul 13, 6:27AM

You've made it to Friday, but some other businesses weren't so lucky. Maybe it's time to check your passwords, lest you become Monday morning's news.


Y2K again? Beware the boy who cried wolf

Jul 13, 6:08AM

Is our penchant for drama leading to a day when we no longer care about impending technological disasters?



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