The Identity Theft Resource Center said 662 data breaches reported in 2010 is not the actual number and that mandatory reporting is required for consumers to protect themselves. – There
were 662 reported data breaches in 2010, of which most involved thefts of
Social Security data, according to a report from the Identity
Theft Resource Center.
The
actual number is considerably higher because current regulations in the United
States don’t require all data breaches to be…
Microsoft is reportedly readying a Web-connected television at the Consumer Electronics Show, aiming to compete against Apple TV and Google TV. – Microsoft could use this week’s Consumer Electronics Show to introduce a
connected-television offering that would compete with Google TV and Apple TV.
quot;Microsoft’s going to make a splash in this market with a stripped-down
version of Windows tailored for set-top boxes and connected TVs, quo…
A Kosovo Albanian official who holds the office of acting Kosovo president says the Marty report may postpone the Belgrade-PriÅ¡tina dialogue. Jakup Krasniqi has stated that the “Kosovo institutions must clarify the situation after accusations and slander” he says was done by Special Rapporteur of the Council of Europe (CoE) Dick Marty.
The so-called Quint countries “must have known about the allegations made in the recent report by Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty”. The five countries – U.S., Britain, Germany, France and Italy – had access to information, resources and a long history of work with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), former U.S. diplomat and UN Regional Representative in northern Kosovo Gerard Gallucci told Belgrade’s Politika newspaper in an interview.
While small business owners may be working harder than ever, a survey suggests mobile technology is helping them balance their lives. – Mobile technology is advancing the cause of mixing business and
pleasure, or at least providing small business owners with the
opportunity, according to the fifth Annual National Staples Small
Business Survey. The online survey found 60 percent of small business
owners admit to spending more tim…
Toshiba is expected to introduce a Folio followup at CES, the tentatively named Toshiba Tablet, according to AP. Itll run Android 2.4 and a dual-core Nvidia chip. – Toshiba is preparing to release its first tablet for the U.S.
market at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
this week, the Associated Press has reported.
Tentatively called the Toshiba Tablet, the device features a 10.1-inch
display and runs Android 2.4 known as “Honeycomb” an opera…
Online mobile phone retailer Wirefly found Google Android powered-smartphones drove sales this holiday season. – Wirefly, an Internet authorized retailer of cell phones and cell phone
plans, released its annual list of its top 10 best-selling cell phones during
the 2010 holiday shopping season and offered up its predictions for cell phone
trends that will shape the mobile and wireless industry in 2011.
Sm…
Cloud computing not only reduces business costs, but also makes applications accessible from any location, and reacts swiftly to changes in business needs.
Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci told B92 that Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report linking him to human organ trade was not true.
He stressed that the report represented an attack on the upcoming dialogue between Belgrade and Priština.
The long delayed final launch of the space shuttle Discovery will move ahead as planned, despite evidence of new cracks. – The launch of the space shuttle Discovery remains on track for early
February, despite the need for additional repairs to the shuttle’s fuel tank,
according to NASA officials. The 26-year-old Discovery, which has been in orbit
38 times and is the senior citizen of the U.S.
space program, is to b…
Automating BI schedules and report delivery recoups lost IT productivity, but what about your users? These four features will help business users be more productive, too.
A Crystal Reports Scheduler automates report distribution that makes life easy for you. All you need is just set it and forget it. While, using manual methods, you need to interact with the reporting system for actually distributing the reports.
Apple will launch a Verizon-capable iPhone soon after this January’s Consumer Electronics Show, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. – Apple will host an event for the Verizon iPhone quot;very soon, quot;
according to a new report by Bloomberg
Businessweek, adding to the steady drum-roll that the smartphone’s break
from exclusive U.S.
carrier AT amp;T is imminent.
quot;Apple’s introduction of an iPhone for use on Verizon’s n…
A new report by Pyramid Research reveals that 70 percent of respondents want access to m-health applications, even if they have to pay for it. – The mobile health market is growing substantially and will increase
threefold by 2012, presenting both challenges and opportunities for MNOs
(mobile network operators) and companies across the mobile technology spectrum,
according to a new report
by Pyramid Research.
M-health uses CDMA (Code D…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace’s security is apparently vulnerable to being cracked, according to a proof-of-concept video drifting around the Web. – News that Windows Phone Marketplace can be cracked is
spreading across the blogosphere, after Windows
Phone Central posted a Dec. 29 proof-of-concept video illustrating what
some third-party developers have previously suggested.
“A ‘white hat developer has provided WPCentral with a
proof-of-con…
Web surfers spent more time in 2010 looking up Facebook than any other search term, according to an Experian report. – It was truly the year of the social network, as Facebook topped the
list of most-searched terms on the Internet for the second year in a
row, according to Experian Hitwise, a part of Experian Marketing
Services.
The company, which analyzed the Top 1000 search terms for 2010, said
the word “fac…
A survey of small business owners suggests concerns persist about the strength of the economic recovery. – While economic confidence among the nation’s small business owners continued to improve in November, according to the Discover Small Business Watch, 25 percent of small business owners said the economy is getting better in December, down from 33 percent in November. In addition, the survey found 51 …
Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci has compared Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report on human organ trade to “Nazi propagandaâ€.
He has denied any involvement in criminal activities and assessed that this is a “political revengeâ€.
