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Facebook Scammers Create Fake Profiles to Spam Users, Clickjacking

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:33:00 -0500

Scammers are using automated techniques to generate tons of fake profiles to trick users into joining scams and clicking on malicious links, Barracuda Networks found. - CANCUN, MEXICO � Cyber-crooks on Facebook are creating fake profiles on the social networking site to launch their scams, according to data released by Barracuda Networks. The fake profiles are overwhelmingly women. About 97 percent of the fake profiles collected by Barracuda Networks turned out...

Microsoft Gives C++ Developers Compute Power of the GPU

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:04 -0500

At its GoingNative 2012 event, Microsoft announced a new, open specification to help C++ developers tap into the compute power of graphics processing units (GPUs). - Microsoft is making it easier for C++ programmers to take advantage of the computing power in GPUs with a new, open specification called C++ AMP. The software giant announced the new specification at its GoingNative 2012 event on Feb. 3, which focused on C++ development. Microsoft officials said ...

Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Plane Crash

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:11 -0500

Micron CEO Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash in Boise. The Idaho-based semiconductor company is a significant player in the hardware space. - Micron Technology chairman and CEO Steve Appleton apparently died in a plane crash at the Boise airport Feb. 3. He was 51 years old, and had served as CEO of the company for more than 20 years. According to the Associated Press, he was the only one in the fixed-wing plane, which an airport sp...

DLP Technologies Not Sufficient for Enterprise Without User Buy-In

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:48:55 -0500

Companies need to think about educating users about security, the threats and the risks alongside traditional data-leak protection. - CANCUN, MEXICO Companies invest in security to protect their networks and data. But sometimes, they are not thinking about the human side of the security equation, Kaspersky Lab researchers told attendees at the company's security conference. The �Humans are the weakest link� presentation on ...

Consult A Doctor to License Its Telehealth Platform to Hospitals, Clinics

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:17:28 -0500

At the HIMSS12 conference in Las Vegas, telehealth vendor Consult A Doctor will introduce new cloud-based virtual exam models that hospitals and clinics can implement and customize to suit their requirements. - Telehealth provider Consult A Doctor plans to debut two new additions to its remote-care platform at the HIMSS12 health care IT conference from Feb. 20-24 in Las Vegas to allow hospitals and clinics to customize subscriptions for cloud-based virtual visits. Consult A Doctor is a cloud-based pl...

Riverbed Granite Speeds Up WAN Storage

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:06:09 -0500

Granite, the latest acceleration technology from Riverbed Technology, is designed to speed up storage across the WAN and drive the consolidation of data centers. - Well-known for its application acceleration products, Riverbed Technology delves into the next logical phase of speeding up traffic across WANs with its new accelerator technology, called Granite. Simply put, Riverbed's Granite does for WAN storage, what Riverbed's Steelhead does for application...

Verizon, Comcast Spectrum Deal Receives FCC Scrutiny

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:41 -0500

Verizon's deal with three cable companies will turn competitors into partners, which could hurt consumers, according to U.S. Sen. Al Franken. The FCC has agreed to hold a hearing. - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again been asked to protect the rights of smartphone-toting consumers from big-business spectrum deals. Following AT amp;T's nine-month process of trying to convince the FCC that allowing it to purchase T-Mobile would benefit Americans, it's n...

Google Bouncer Finds, Blocks Malicious Apps From Android Market

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:32:54 -0500

Google takes the covers off Bouncer, an automated scanning service that checks new and existing apps on Android Market for malware. - Malicious hackers trying to circulate malware-tainted applications on Android Market are going to find Google's Bouncer at the door, preventing undesirable apps from getting in and kicking out troublemakers. Bouncer has been monitoring the Android Market for several months already, and Google ...

Android Smartphone Share Tops 47% in U.S.: comScore

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:42:36 -0500

Google's Android OS finished 2011 with 47.3 percent U.S. smartphone market share, according to comScore. No. 2 Apple iOS garnered 29.6 percent share, thanks to the iPhone 4S. - Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android smartphone market share topped 47.3 percent, closing 2011 nearly 18 percentage points higher than No. 2 Apple's iOS in the United States, according to comScore. While Android's share rose from 46.9 percent in November, it is iOS that finished the year on a stro...

ATandT Customer Service a Different Story, Depending on the Teller

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:34:23 -0500

Vocalabs reports AT&T beat Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile in customer satisfaction, while a J.D. Powers study found Verizon to be tops, with the others following at a distance. - AT amp;T, which rated lowest of the four major carriers in a recent J.D. Powers and Associates customer care survey, would like to direct your attention to an also-recent Vocalabs National Customer Service Survey (NCSS), in which it came out on top. In the face of satisfaction declines among its co...

Tablet King for 2012: 10 Factors That Will Determine the Leader

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:44:52 -0500

If Apples incredibly strong iPad sales during the fourth quarter told industry observers anything, its that the companys tablet was far and away the most-desired slate of 2011. Part of that might be due to the fact that the tablet didnt face much serious competition. But its also due to the quality consumers and even some enterprise users found in the device. But 2012 is a new year with a host of opportunities for every tablet maker. Every major firm, from Apple and Samsung to RIM and Amazon, has a chance at becoming the top tablet maker of the year. However, theyll need to achieve that by delivering all the features that consumers and enterprise customers are looking for in their tablets. Theyll also need to promote the products effectively to make sure the world knows about the features and components that can make their models real contenders. This eWEEK slide show examines some of the key factors that will determine 2012s tablet king. And unfortunately for Apples competitors, it appears the iPad has a long head start. - ...

Infragistics Acquires SharePoint Mobile App Developer SouthLabs

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:16:57 -0500

The SharePlus suite, which includes a free version of the app, is available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices. - Infragistics, a user experience software company and a specialist in user interface development tools, announced the acquisition of SouthLabs, developers of SharePlus, the mobile SharePoint app. Through the acquisition, Infragistics said it intends to expand its business solutions further into the e...

Level Platforms Offers Mobile Device Management for MSPs

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:16:39 -0500

Managed Workplace allows MSPs to collect asset information, remotely configure devices, track location and restrict user access. - Remote monitoring and management (RMM) solutions provider Level Platforms, which markets its products toward managed service providers, introduced Mobile Device Management (MDM) as a new feature in the imminent release of Managed Workplace 2012. With MDM, service providers can manage and monitor...

VeriSign Management Was 'Out of the Loop' About 2010 Data Breaches

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:49 -0500

VeriSign didn't disclose that it had been successfully attacked several times in 2010 because the security team didn't tell management about the incidents until recently. - VeriSign, the company responsible for the .com, .net and .gov domain spaces, acknowledged in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was hacked several times in 2010. The company had not disclosed the incidents at the time they occurred. While VeriSign admitted to t...

Windows Phone 8 Will Integrate with Windows 8: Reports

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:23:36 -0500

Windows Phone 8 will integrate in many ways with Windows 8, among other features such as BitLocker encryption, according to two new reports. - Windows Phone 8 will support multicore processors and native BitLocker encryption, and integrate in many ways with the upcoming Windows 8. Those are just a few of the features mentioned in a Pocketnow.com report Feb. 2, many of which were subsequently confirmed by Paul Thurrott in a posting on ...