| Facebook slammed for exposing alleged 'Koobface' computer worm hackers An Internet security firm has criticized Facebook for releasing details of the alleged members of a gang behind the Koobface worm, a piece of malicious software that attacked hundreds of thousands of... | |
| Schools phase out textbooks for iPads, laptops Times are changing in many classrooms across the country. There's now a push to replace textbooks with technology. This morning, we're highlighting two schools in our area participating in... |
| Pre-rendered pages highlight latest Google Chrome release The latest version of Google's Chrome browser, known as Chrome 17, can now determine which sites you're likely to visit when you start typing them into your search bar and will actually... |
| LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012 Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to research firm IHS, formerly... |
| Hitachi releases first 25nm SLC SSDs for storage arrays Other vendors have produced 25nm SSDs using multi-level cell (MLC) technology and serial ATA interfaces. SAS drives are more resilient because they are dual ported allowing for failover if one port... |
| Buyers lining up for Raspberry Pi's $25 PC Raspberry Pi Foundation's US$25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive... |
| Citadel banking malware is evolving and spreading rapidly, researchers warn A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat... |
| Microsoft mobile CRM clients may mean more productivity CRM applications on mobile devices already improve productivity 14.6% for sales staff that use them, says Rebecca Wettemann, vice president of research for Nucleus Research, and these native apps... |
| Hands on: HP's Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance If you're like most enterprises, you have data everywhere. It's in line-of-business applications. It's in directories. It's in various departmental servers. It's in your... |
| Oracle buying Taleo for US$1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move... |
| Four crazy tech ideas from Google's Solve for X project In a series of lectures about radical new technology posted on the Google Solve for X page, several entrepreneurs and academics have outlined ideas for technology that seemingly come straight out of... |
| Growth in Indian IT services exports to slow down, says Nasscom Growth in India's exports of IT services, business process outsourcing and related services is forecast to drop to 11 to 14 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2013 from an estimated... |
| Samsung wins against Apple, Galaxy Tab 10.1N still on sale The changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough to no longer infringe on Apple's intellectual property rights, a judge at the district court in Dsseldorf, Germany,... |
| Vodafone's revenue drops as European struggles continue Vodafone reported a 2.3 percent drop in revenue for the last three months of 2011, as economic conditions, particularly across southern Europe, continue to be... |
| Demand growing for application performance management tools, experts say applications in the enterprise has opened a lucrative market opportunity for application performance management vendors, some of which have taken full advantage... |
| Web-based counseling -- Telepsychiatry -- is taking off Fishkind is part of a fast growing movement in the mental healthcare field where therapists counsel patients via inexpensive, Web-based video conferencing... |
| Verizon pours $290M into N.C. network improvements invested more than $290 million in 2011 to improve and expand access to its wireless broadband and voice service in North Carolina. The company expanded its 4G LTE network last year to cities... |
| Valence revenue drops in Q3 Valence Technology Inc. reported a third quarter revenue drop to $8.5 million compared to $13.8 million in revenue during the same three-month period last... |
| A Child's Place gets Verizon grant Follow this company to provide training, professional development and other opportunities for child advocates with videoconferencing equipment. Child's Place is part of... |
| Dell preps Santa Clara campus expansion Follow this company is gearing up to move into a second building at its Santa Clara site. Tenant improvements are being performed on the bottom two floors at 5450 Great America Parkway,... |
| Creation Technologies takes space for 120 in Milpitas Follow this company . Petersen represented Creation Technologies in the transaction along with Mike Webber, senior vice president for Kidder Mathews. The privately held company currently... |
| Slideshow: Inside the walls of Facebook's new HQ Photographs by Vicki Thompson A large piece from Los Angeles graffiti artist David Choe hangs in the lobby of the new Facebook office. Choe was given stock options in 2005 in exchange for decorating... |
| SLIDESHOW: Top stock ownership by Congressional members Stock ownership and possible insider trading by members of Congress has come under scrutiny lately and prompted bipartisan calls -- including from the White House -- for new restrictions and rules... |
| Organic golf course testing Arctic's new weed technology Arctic Inc.'s new frost-based weed control technology will be tested by the Vineyard Golf Club in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., one of the only organic courses in the U.S., according to an... |
| Downie rises to director at Amherst Systems Joseph Downie as site director of the company's Amherst Systems business unit. The appointment is effective immediately. The security and defense company said Downie will have executive... |
| Apple's iPad 3 said coming in March Blogosphere is abuzz with this big news: iPad 3 will be rolled out the first week of March. The rollout reportedly will happen at an Apple event in San Francisco. It's not really clear yet... |
| LiquiTec to Conduct Liquidation Sale of Epic Production Technologies' Surplus Feb. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - LiquiTec Industries, Inc., a global asset management and disposition firm, has been chosen to perform an equipment sale of Epic Production Technologies' surplus assets. Epic... |
| Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in... |
| Apple to bring mobile app regime to desktops Follow this company is planning to bring its tough controls over mobile apps to software developed for its desktop computers, in a move that may frustrate application developers, the Wall... |
| Judge: No jail for Moroun after Gateway Project progress Detroit- The threat of jail for Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun and one of his top executives was erased for now after a Wayne County Circuit Court judge was informed Thursday... |
| Kinect technology is heading to laptops With the Microsoft Kinect motion controller has become extremely popular among Xbox 360 owners, the software giant is also looking for a way to bring the technology into... |
| 5 insanely thin and light laptops Dell's XPS 13 As Dell's budget-minded follow-up to its head-turning notebook the Adamo, the XPS 13 is no slouch. The XPS doesn't reinvent the wheel, but starting at $999, it really... |
| Foxconn said to have been hacked by group critical of working conditions Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics... |
| Macquarie Telecom adds fourth data centre to AGIMO panel Macquarie Telecom's (ASX: MAQ) new Intellicentre 4 (IC4) data centre has been added to the data centre facilities panel established by the Australian Government Information Management Office... |
| Lenovo's fiscal Q3 profit up 54 per cent, increases China share Lenovo's business continues to grow despite a sluggish PC market brought on by uncertain economic conditions, and consumer interest in tablets. The company was rated by research firms Gartner... |
| Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator... |
| Customer service still dogs Telstra Speaking at an analyst briefing on the telco's financial results for the six months to 31 December 2011, Thodey said internal surveys had indicated a 7 per cent increase in customer satisfaction... |
| Microsoft exec: Lync-Skype integration a 'compelling opportunity' Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company... |
| Internode, iiNet improve results in customer satisfaction survey Internet service providers (ISPs), Internode and iiNet, have scored 94 and 91 per cent respectively for customer service in the annual Roy Morgan Research ISP... |
| Xbox issues open letter in response to compromised accounts In the wake of attacks on some Xbox Live accounts and long wait times for account recoveries, the company has issued an open letter to assure users it is working to resolve these problems... |
| Telstra says 1H12 NPAT up 22.9pct Telstra has reported a lower-than-expected first half profit and reaffirmed earnings guidance for the full year amid what it describes as a difficult macroeconomic... |
| iPhone, iPod touch meet NERF Lazer Tag Coming this August, Hasbro is promising an upgraded Lazer Tag game that combines "the power, precision and excitement of live-action blaster battles with the high-action, strategic, augmented... |
| Yahoo in another shakeup as chairman and directors depart "The board has concluded that in order to accelerate the company's transformation, the combination of a new chief executive officer with an enhanced team of independent directors would... |
| Turnbull slams NBN Co satellite deal "At the expected cost of $1 billion to build, launch and operate two satellites built from scratch, NBN Co is spending over $10,000 for each of the 106,000 households its Corporate Plan says... |
| Recipe for IPO at Palo Alto Networks? Follow this company for five months. (I asked Arista what happened; they replied: "Steffan was here for a brief period of time, as you know, he is now at Palo Alto Networks and we wish... |
| Pioneer Square companies get a faster lane on the information superhighway Business Journal photo | Marcus R. Donner Bill Stemper, president of Comcast Business Services, based in Philadelphia, visited Pioneer Square on Tuesday to discuss broadband improvements in the... |
| ChemoCentryx IPO raises $45M, market debut Thursday Biopharmaceutical company ChemoCentryx raised $45 million in an IPO on Wednesday and plans to make its Nasdaq market trading debut on... |
| BioGenerator, Center for Emerging Technologies open third funding round Follow this company said today they opened a third application round for for the i6 Project, which provides early-stage funding to seed new businesses in the biosciences. The first two... |
| Washington House votes to legalize same-sex marriage Business Journal photo | Marcus R. Donner Darcie Boltz (left) and Julie Forbes (center), who were recently engaged, talk about arrangements for their upcoming wedding with wedding planner Jenny... |
