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Researchers from IOActive found critical vulnerabilities in products from one of the main EAS device vendors
News/social media reader from Reactor Labs goes beyond Siri, has promise
Samsung finishes 2012 on top with Apple second
Overall merger and acquisition activity fell 35% in 2012 compared to the year before in the tech industry, but companies are still investing in SaaS technologies
Initial Microsoft /Apple workaround: deny access to iPhones, iPads and iPods
Also: too few apps? There's an app for that
Tokyo Metro, which runs the underground trains in the city, will test how riders react to a new mobile portal
Scaled back order a good start, but comprehensive bipartisan legislation is essential to prevent cyberattacks
Adds Windows 8 app to 'Nightly' dev channel, says it's stable enough for more testing
Symantec claims its 256-bit crypto certificates as strong as 3072-bit RSA-based certificate
With DANZ, Arista adds network monitoring to switch operating systems
The executive order asks agencies to explore whether they can require companies to adopt security standards
Fixing it is part of a larger company goal to improve its mobile offerings
One security expert called Yahoo's distributing of vulnerability-ridden versions of Java to small businesses 'shockingly irresponsible'
The new updates address 19 critical vulnerabilities
For February's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft addresses 57 vulnerabilities in 12 security updates
Nearly half of the attacks investigated by the company were aimed at retailers
The attacks targeted activists from the Middle East, according to Kaspersky Lab researchers
The app is designed to give recommendations based on user favorites
Chipmaker tackles higher speeds, capacity, diverse LTE bands
Changes to the regulations should make it easier for cloud clients and vendors to understand their responsibilities
How can Oracle spark greater adoption of Fusion Applications without riling customers on older releases?
A long-held notion that the U.S. has fallen behind many other nations is largely incorrect, the think tank says
The smartphone will start shipping within the next five to seven weeks
Tim Cook says there are other ways to approach the issue, like lowering older model prices and creating new products
Need a network? Spin one up in Pertino's cloud in minutes
Hardware gets 4+ years of support, but the Windows 8 Pro OS gets 10
The 5-inch phone with 5G Wi-Fi, and how Apple can increase sales
VMware: Virtualized compute? Check. Virtualized Network? Check. Virtualized storage? Now, check
Allowing users to switch between SIMs to get better tariffs has become a must in some parts of the world, according to analyst
Client/server software is supporting new protocol called OSTP
Client/server Online Security Transaction Protocol intended for flexible multi-factor authentication
Shift gives attackers better chance at getting into enterprise networks, according to Websense
Software migrates data between DRAM and SSD based on I/O intensity
With 70% of employees across corporate networks using a personal smartphone or tablet, growing attack surface too big to ignore
Tela Innovations has targeted smartphones, tablets, and other devices from these companies
The programmer, who died in 2004, was granted two U.S. patents for an early social networking system
Users can now sync their American Express cards to buy products directly on Twitter
Experts agree that the security industry as a whole could benefit from sharing more information about malware and attacks
The UEFI boot loader can allow independent Linux distributions to run on Windows 8 machines
There will be an estimated 50 billion embedded mobile devices within 20 years
Only a small percentage of images were affected, Flickr says
Reddit's Ask Me Anything finds Bill Gates, who says Microsoft had a cloud product he wishes had launched earlier and he likes to play tennis and bridge
Privacy advocates say CISPA would allow private companies to share personal information with few restrictions
Lack of planning could cause projects to miss auditability deadlines
Lance Spitzner of SANS Securing the Human program outlines five common misconceptions about security awareness programs
The latest Apple rumor says the company is building a smart wristwatch with a flexible display
