Just as automated toolkits made it possible for technically non-savvy criminals to launch mass malware attacks, new technology now allows almost anyone to launch denial of service attacks. – Attackers are increasingly using various tools to launch
distributed denial of service attacks, according to Arbor Networks.
While some attack tools capable of launching DDoS attacks
have been publicized recently, most organizations are not even aware of the
broad range of tools that have been …

Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ FBI file, compiled in 1991 as part of a background check, contains no surprises for anyone who knew his history. – The contents of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs FBI file
is out in public view, and reveals absolutely nothing startling to those
who read Walter Isaacsons recent biography.
In 1991, the FBI conducted a background check on Jobs at the
request of the White House, which was considering him for a poli…

Apple’s iPad 3 will include a higher-resolution display, faster processor and bigger battery, according to the latest rumors. – Apples iPad
franchise might dominate the tablet market, but it nonetheless faces some
significant threats in 2012.
Chief among
them: Windows 8 on tablets, which could arrive sometime late in the year.
Microsoft and its hardware partners will surely devote considerable marketing
muscle to the …

Google’s home entertainment device will be a WiFi system for streaming music and likely controlling Google TV and other home products. Apple will also play here. –
The Wall Street Journal report that Google is building a home entertainment system
to let users stream music throughout the home without wires has roiled the tech
sector the last couple of days.
The news comes several months after Google unveiled a
streaming music server that let users tap a…

Oracle’s $1.9 billion bid for Taleo follows SAP’s $3.4 billion play for SuccessFactors and Salesforce.com’s acquisition of Rypple in the burgeoning sector for cloud-based human capital management software. – Oracle’s
(NASDAQ:ORCL) $1.9
billion acquisition bid for Taleo (NASDAQ:TLEO) Feb. 9 was a matter of if
and not when and comes in the wake of SAP’s (NYSE:SAP) $3.4 billion for
SuccessFactors and Salesforce.com’s (NYSE:CRM) acquisition of Rypple.
Taleo offers a quot;talent management
cloud, quot…

There is one element of business that unites every company in almost every industry all across the world: customer service and satisfaction. It does not matter if it is a small local company or even a large global corporation, a business is absolutely nothing if it does not have a consumer interested in buying it\’s products and/or services.

Engine Yard says it rules the open Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) space, marking $28 million in revenue for 2011, increasing its customer base by 50 percent and challenging others to show their numbers. – Engine Yard claims that with its $28 million in revenue for 2011 it is the open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and the company challenges any other player to step forward and prove them wrong.
Engine Yard officials said the company doubled its year over year revenue in 2011 and increased its customer…

While tax breaks for investing in cyber-security is a popular proposal, will these financial incentives actually improve security within enterprises or just reward a few? – A Congressman is
considering a bill that would offer financial incentives to companies that invest
in cyber-security. The proposal is starting a debate about whether tax breaks
would actually improve security within enterprises.
Tax breaks and liability protection may spur companies to
improve …

There’s no debating Apple knows how to build great products. The company’s iPhone and iPad are standouts in their respective markets, and competitors might try as hard as they can to match the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm, but never come close. For the foreseeable future, Apple will stand atop the mobile market and prove as it has over the last several years why it’s the very best at what it does. But that doesn’t mean that the company doesn’t need to do some things to make its next iPad better. In March, Apple is expected to show off the iPad 3 that, some analysts say, will be a major update over the tablet the company launched last year. There’s no telling if that will happen, of course, due to Apple’s unwillingness to divulge product details before launch, but given the company’s history, there’s a good chance it’ll offer up something new that consumers will want to buy. The only question now is, what should the iPad 3 come with? Believe it or not, Apple won’t need to make that decision on its own. The company can look around the mobile market right now and find a host of features that it should borrow from some of its own products, as well as those from other companies. – …

Birst, a software as a service business intelligence and analytics provider, has announced support for Hadoop to help enterprises, particularly midsize organizations, wrangle big data. – With more and
more organizations looking at Apache Hadoop to wrangle big data, the need for
tools to make Hadoop more palatable for business users has arisen and Birst has
burst on the scene to help.
Birst, a business analytics software provider,
has announced support
for Apache Hadoop, combin…

Researchers identified two ways the PIN code used to secure Google Wallet on Android smartphones can be cracked. – Two different
researchers have figured out ways to crack the PIN code used to secure Google
Wallet, raising new questions about the safety of the payment system.
Tech blog TheSmartphoneChamp described Feb. 10 how someone can bypass the PIN
code on Google Wallet by just clearing data associated w…

Sprint, T-Mobile and others are asking the FCC to force Verizon to share the marketing-related details of its spectrum-purchasing deals with cable companies. – Verizon Wireless was surely
hoping its deal with Comcast and three other cable companies would proceed
quietly the mirror opposite of what happened when AT amp;T tried to buy
T-Mobile in 2011. But, no such luck. Sprint, T-Mobile, DirectTV, the Rural
Telecommunications Group and the Rural Cellula…

Microsoft’s Windows 8 on ARM features productivity tools and a focus on apps capable of challenging Apple’s popular iPad franchise. – Amid the
flurry of details from Microsoft about its upcoming Windows on ARM (for which
it uses the acronym ?WOA?), at least two of them should give rival tablet makers
a little pause.
First, Windows
on ARM is being designed to offer users a lightweight and quick experience,
more reminiscent o…

The settlement agreement stated that Intel does not admit either any violation of law or that the allegations in the complaint are true. – Chip maker Intel and New
York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have both agreed to end a lawsuit that
alleged Intel violated U.S. and state antitrust laws. The lawsuit was filed by
the attorney general’s office in November 2009. The agreement includes a
payment of $6.5 million from Intel that …

Apple has started to run a pair of new commercials for iPhone 4S. Both of the commercials focus on Siri and show off some the things the voice assistant can do. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration otherwise has NOAA has moved to the iPhone and iPad. The migration to the iPhone was away [...]

The platform will include Web-based portals to streamline and automate service plan, customer lifecycle and reseller management. – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure specialist VMware (NYSE: VMW), introduced the vCloud Integration Manager, a platform designed to help service providers automate the delivery and operations of VMware vCloud Director -based clouds. vCloud Integration Manager is expected to be available in the …

BMC will now offer Numara’s Track-It! help desk and asset management solution for smaller organizations. – BMC Software, a specialist
in business service management (BSM), announced that it has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire Numara Software, a global provider of
integrated IT management solutions for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The
acquisition is designed to further accelerat…

Now that the Consumer Electronics Show is behind us and all the prominent companies in the industry have shown off their upcoming products for the year, Its time to prognosticate on what devices, software and other solutions will be launching with much fanfare in 2012. As with previous years, Apples line of products, including the iPhone and iPad, are definitely going to catch the attention of people around the globe. But it looks like they will be joined by a host of other products from Microsoft, Google and even Amazon. In other words, 2012 is shaping up to be a huge year for major new introductions and some of the most anticipated products yet to hit store shelves. But which of those product launches will make their mark in 2012? More importantly, can certain products that gained a lot of advance interest and market buzz deliver on the hopes consumers and enterprise users have for them? Well see. But this eWEEK slide show will examine which new products are likely to stir interest in the tech market in 2012: – …

Google expanded its Chrome Security Rewards program, which has earned security researchers more than $300,000 in the past two years. The Web app security program is also alive and well, with Google paying out more than $400,000 for that program. – Google
(NASDAQ:GOOG) has paid more than 700,000 to researchers who have detected
hundreds of bugs in its Chrome browser and is expanding its security rewards
program, the company announced Feb. 9.
Since
launching its Chromium Security Rewards Program in January 2010, Google has
paid out more t…

No fewer than three new or updated Morgan models are set to be unveiled at the Geneva motor show.

I’ve just been adding to our Geneva show preview list and it’s quite something to see this tiny firm having such an ambitious new vehicle push. The family-run company is planning a facelift for the Roadster, as well as two additional models – the aluminium chassis Aero Coupe and the Plus 8, the latter two powered by BMW’s thundering 4.8-litre V8.

A long time ago in a far away land, I first found out what a Morgan was via this TV commercial. The ad hasn’t stood the test of time too well but the car’s still timeless, IMHO.