Computers and Peripherals

Hackers said to infiltrate European foreign affairs ministries ahead of G20

Syria-themed rogue emails were used to infect computers of foreign affairs ministers in five European countries, FireEye researchers said

Adobe Connect users can now log in with Facebook and Google

Connect's new version, due in 2014's first quarter, also lets people register for webinars using their Google and Facebook credentials

Deaths at Apple supplier in China concern labor group

The Shanghai factory builds the iPhone 5C handset, according to China Labor Watch

Rambus, Micron settle patent, antitrust disputes

Rambus will get $280 million from a broad cross-licensing agreement

HP hits restart on ‘converged systems,’ takes aim at vBlock

The new systems share common infrastructure components so they can be managed together more easily

Goldman Sachs, with 10,000 tech workers, embraces open systems

Risk-averse Goldman Sachs is an advocate of Facebook's Open Compute Project, embracing open systems, commodity computing

Citrix adds new pricing, capacity options for GoToMeeting web conferencing product

The goal is to attract customers that find the standard product either too pricey or too limited

Tomorrow’s Data Center Will Be Mobile, Flexible, Highly Efficient and Secure

Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

Bitcoin and tech IPOs were also hot stories this year

Samsung introduces first 1TB miniSATA SSD

The new 840 EVO mSATA SSD is 60% thinner than a standard 2.5-in notebook drive