The Federal Trade Commission has warned approximately 100 organizations that their private customer and employee data is being shared on peer-to-peer networks. Businesses need to review and change their security policies to protect information, the FTC says. – The Federal Trade Commission has notified nearly 100 organizations that personal information, including sensitive data about customers and employees, has been shared from their computers via peer-to-peer (P2P) networks
Join eWEEK reporter Ashley Daley for a rundown of this weeks headlines. Google, Microsoft and other IT companies are donating their money and skill sets to help Haiti in the wake of a massive earthquake that devastated the countrys capital, Port-au-Prince, on Jan. 12.
Updated: State Department spokesperson Philip Crowley says the United States will lodge a formal complaint against China regarding cyber-attacks that struck Google, Adobe Systems and dozens of other companies. – The United States plans to ask China for an explanation regarding the cyber-attacks that recently hit Google, Adobe Systems and dozens of other companies
The cyber attacks that contributed to Google’s reevaluation of its operations in China also hit 33 other companies.
A survey from virtualization company VMware finds cost-conscious businesses benefit from virtualization in a variety of ways. – A survey of 309 senior business and IT managers at small to medium size businesses (SMBs) in North America found midmarket companies are achieving a wide range of benefits with virtualization. The survey, conducted by virtualization solutions specialist VMware, found the areas in …
Among 400 business and IT leaders surveyed, most use dashboards and visualization tools.
Microsoft and Yahoo Dec. 4 said they have finalized a deal that would enable Microsoft Bing to power Yahoo search, ostensibly to gang up on market leader Google. Microsoft and Yahoo were supposed to consummate this so-called Microhoo deal by Oct.
Microsoft will debut an online video series, Health Tech Today, starting on Nov.
NEWS ANALYSIS — Apple’s tablet PC may take an award for most-commented-upon vaporware of 2009. Rumors of the device, which a handful of analysts feel will make its debut sometime in 2010, have been fueled over the past week by comments from New York Times’ executive editor Bill Keller. Although Apple remains tight-lipped on the tablets existence, the company could be finding it more difficult to keep secrets than even a few years ago.
Hi there and welcome to my little space on the web. I am Ben and actually I live in Rome, as many says The Eternal City. I like to write on a variety of topics, especially local events where I am able to jump in and participate. I prefer to write as a participant, not as a bystander so I will frequently attend local events and will write about. If not me directly, then someone from our team or whoever else is in attendance.
