WASHINGTON — The computer virus that hit the Pentagon’s drone program last month was not directed at the military systems but was common malware used to steal log-ins and passwords used in online gaming, military officials said Wednesday.
A computer virus that hit the US drone fleet last month created a “nuisance” but no serious threat to flight operations for the unmanned aircraft, the US Air Force said.
COMMENTARY | Apple is set to release the latest version of its operating system for its iPad, iPod Touch and iPhones — iOS 5. With more than 200 new features, Apple’s iOS 5 …
iOS 5 Error 3200 Message Image: Apple iTunes Apple iOS 5 Error 3200 was experienced by Apple users when the new mobile operating system was made available as a free update using iTunes on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, according to reports by several international news sites on Thursday, October 13. iOS 5
Benchmark’s Bill Gurley believes there are two disruptions in technology which have helped to create a new window of opportunities for start-ups: 1) Apple’s invention of the iPhone and its re-design of the tablet computer and; 2) The cloud. In the first video below he talks about
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) shareholder Ralph Nader reiterated a call for the company’s Chief Executive Officer John Chambers to issue a special dividend and increase the existing one.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) was sued for patent infringement over its Kindle Fire tablet computer. The suit was filed in federal court in Tyler, Texas , on Oct. 7 by a company that has sued Research In Motion Inc. and HTC Corp. (2498) for allegedly infringing some of the same
PASIG CITY, METRO MANILA – External hard drives are pushing the boundaries of capacity. Today, you can even buy a 2 terabyte (or 1,000 gigabytes) hard drive, already more than enough space for your music or videos.
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Bus riders in the greater Seattle area have a friend in Switzerland. That would be Brian Ferris, the University of Washington computer-science student who graduated in the summer and now works for Google, in Zurich. …
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announcedthat Rakon (NZX: RAK) has selected the IBM Storwize V7000 SAN as part of a strategic storage upgrade to meet the needs of its rapidly expanding international quartz crystal manufacturing business. The storage upgrade …
Los Angeles: A stubborn computer virus has reportedly hit the U.S. Nevada control station that remotely pilot U.S. military drone aircraft on missions in Afghanistan and other war zones, Xinhua reported.
WASHINGTON | U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order today that strengthens the government’s information and computer security policies and practices to prevent breaches such as the…
Brian Garrett was named chief technical officer responsible for analytics and new technologies at Mustard Tree Instruments in Research Triangle Park. Jared Peterson has been promoted to software architect and manager.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government obtained secret court orders to force Google Inc and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a
ABC Science Online editor Darren Osborne and business editor Peter Ryan discuss Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’s legacy in the wake of the tech pioneer’s death.
IBM’s idea is that business operations can become as data driven as the IT department hopes to become.
ARMONK – IBM Corp. said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of i2 Group, a British company that sells software for intelligence analysis and fraud prevention. Financial terms were not disclosed. IBM bought i2 from Silver Lake Sumeru, which had acquired …
Things are about to get a little hotter for Cisco in the enterprise market.
India plans to provide the tablet computers, which cost $50, to students at a subsidized rate of $35. Critics say the greater need in rural areas is for teachers. Apple’s iPad at $499, Amazon’s Kindle Fire at $199 and the HP TouchPad…
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln invites high school students to explore its engineering programs, including renewable energy projects, computer programming and bio-engineering from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Oct. 22 in Othmer Hall.
So, hey PC gamers: a bit of good news/bad news on that much-wanted PC port of open-world western Red Dead Redemption…
SED International Holdings, Inc. , a multinational supply chain management provider and distributor of leading computer technology, consumer electronics and small appliances, today announced the launch of its SED Lehrhoff business segment, which includes small appliances,
From instantaneous Facebook updates to cataloging your photos to allowing users to easily work from home, the personal computer has enriched modern-day life with an emphasis on convenience.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India unwraps what has been dubbed the world’s cheapest tablet computer on Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35 to expand digital access in the Asian giant that lags peers such as China and Brazil in connectivity.
Based on 2.26 GHz Intel® Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of DDR3 memory at 1,066 MHz, Model PCS-101 is designed to continue full operation even with lid closed. Unit operates on DC power source and is contained in watertight, hardened Pelican 1510 case, which is airline carry-on size…
Michael Dell stressed the benefits of making and selling PCs in his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, in…
Dell announced today that Andrew W. Litt, M.D., former health system executive and head of Litt Healthcare Ventures, has been named chief medical officer, reporting to
Apple’s newly-announced iPhone 4S goes on sale October 14 in Australia (with pre-orders from October 8), along with new iPod Nano and Touch models. Here’s what you’ll pay (and how much more you’ll pay than American buyers). (more…)
An Oklahoma lawmaker says he wants to write a state law that would give prosecutors more options for charging juveniles who send lewd photographs via
International Business Machines Corp. plans more acquisitions to fuel growth in its $22.5 billion software business, senior vice president Steve Mills said in an interview.
There was a time when building your own desktop computer, piece by piece, could get you the best and most affordable system possible. I had a brief, exciting moment in that time, around the …
An authority on Web security believes your data might be safer in the cloud. For many companies, cloud computing sounds like risky business. They worry that storing customer details or…
Smartphones detecting bad breath and radiation, twistable remote controls and a super-thin tablet computer were just some of the gadgets on show at Asia’s biggest tech fair in Japan Tuesday
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Join the Education Nation community and make your voice heard! More> > SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – If you own a consumer electronics gadget, there’s a good chance something from Samsung makes it tick.
Technology bellwether IBM is accelerating its push for smarter industries in the country by organizing a recent industry symposium for local clients and business partners at the Shangri-La Makati Hotel. The one-day event showcased IBM’s ability to integrate industry solutions that assemble hardware, software …
It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more …
Seventh-grade history teacher Mark Stevens bellowed a set of 21st-century instructions as students streamed into class one recent Friday at Fairfax County’s Glasgow Middle School. “Get a computer, please! Log on,” he said, “and go to …
Hundreds of computer users find their internet browser of choice removed from their PCs.
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* Materials retreat after recent gains * Amazon unveils tablet computer, shares rally * Jabil, Family Dollar advance after results * Indexes: Dow up 0.5 pct, S&P, Nasdaq up 0.1 pct * For up-to-the-minute …
IBM has partnered with privately-held Streetline to develop a system that tracks parking patterns in an effort to help municipalities improve congestion.
Cisco today unveiled a slew of security advisories on several vulnerabilities in its IOS software. In all, there look to be eight or nine advisories on IOS, dealing with issues like IPv6 over MPLS, IP service level
The two giants of digital media go head-to-head in the tablet-computer market. By Dan Lyons.
Amazon’s Silk ‘cloud-accelerated’ web browser is a game changer.
Ferroelectrics are materials with the uncommon characteristic of changing magnetic polarity when exposed to an electric field. They have great potential in computer memory and storage as producing an electric field for writing data requires less power than a magnetic …
Two of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers, Intel and IBM, announced a shared investment Tuesday of $4.4 billion to develop cutting-edge chip technology in the state of New York. The partnership, a
