Productivity Software

DDoS attack from Facebook possible, but unlikely

First-of-a-kind Kickstarter lawsuit highlights risks of crowd funding

An attorney general alleges that a company raised $25,000 for a playing card set, but has not delivered the rewards

Microsoft fixes IE zero-day flaw

Windows XP users will receive the patch, even though Microsoft ended support for the OS about 3 weeks ago

Foursquare splinters itself in two, will launch new app called ‘Swarm’

Swarm will provide mobile messaging based on the locations of friends

Cisco retires WebEx Social, partners with Jive instead

The companies will market a suite that includes WebEx Meetings, Jabber and Jive enterprise social networking software

Oracle will allow customers to swap on-premises software for cloud services

The move follows a similar one by rival SAP

Unplugging the data center

AMAG shut down its data center, moved everything to the cloud, went wireless everywhere, made BYOD standard practice, and did away with desktop phones. The head of IT shares the lessons learned.

Catching up with the guy who ‘live-blogged’ bin Laden raid

Facebook grows up as a software firm, though some developers are wary

Facebook's new tools raise questions for some developers at F8

Bogus Facebook hacking tool dupes users

Users think they will get access to their friends' accounts, but their account is hacked instead