Facebook is popping up in divorce cases as all those pokes, instant messages and high school flames catch up with folks with cheatin’ eyes, according to one rather unscientific story.
The Telegraph in the UK reports that Facebook is fueling divorce claims:
One...
White House names Howard Schmidt as cyber tsar
The White House has appointed Howard Schmidt as its new cybersecurity chief.
Schmidt, a former Microsoft and eBay executive who is president of the Information Security Forum (ISF), was introduced as the new cybersecurity chief in a White House blog...
Indian services to hit US$12.8B by 2013
India's IT services market is set to double over a five-year period, between 2008 to 2013, to hit US$12.8 billion, according to a new research note released Wednesday.
According to Springboard Research, the country's domestic IT services industry is...
Death by ITIL: How IT departments streamline themselves into oblivion
When it comes to your IT shop, don't put frameworks and methodologies ahead of objectives, an expert advises.
You may or may not know magpies. They are rather large birds from the crow family, with pretty black and white suits, who exhibit an irresistible...
Decaf loses sting in Cofee attack
A controversial tool that claims to render useless a cyber-forensics program used by law enforcement agencies, remains a hot topic on the Internet even after it has been removed by its owners.
A pair of hackers reportedly developed Detect and Eliminate...
Psystar closes up shop...or does it?
Last one out at Psystar, turn off the lights.
After being ordered by a federal judge on Tuesday to stop selling its Mac clones, Psystar was reported to be going out of business, according to a Dow Jones Newswires story last Thursday. Psystar's Web...
Nothing 'to worry about' customized search
Google's recent move to extend personalized search to all users is not cause for concern on user privacy, the search giant has maintained. Now, an analyst has backed up the claim, noting that the move is really a "money-making" endeavor.
Personalized...
Abu Dhabi firm finalizes Chartered deal
Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, has finalized its acquisition of Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing.
In a statement, ATIC said the acquisition was effective Friday following the obtainment...
Firefox, Adobe top buggiest software list
Firefox was the application that had the most reported vulnerabilities this year, while holes in Adobe software more than tripled from a year ago, according to statistics compiled by Qualys, a vulnerability management provider.
Qualys tallied 102...
Integrated inboxes wave of the future?
Some users see the new slew of integrated inboxes being limited to the workplace, but Web companies such as Google and Mozilla Foundation see these platforms as an evolution of the humble e-mail inbox, as we know it today.
In May this year, Google...
Symantec confirms zero-day Acrobat, Reader attack
Symantec on Tuesday confirmed a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader and said it was being exploited by a Trojan hidden in e-mail attachments.
The malicious Adobe Acrobat PDF file is distributed via an e-mail attachment that "drops and executes...
Adobe to patch zero-day Reader, Acrobat hole
Adobe on January 12 will patch a critical hole in Reader and Acrobat that is being exploited in attacks. That date is the company's next scheduled quarterly security update release.
The zero-day hole, which affects Reader and Acrobat versions 9.2 and...
Microsoft top lawyer: EU deal opens new chapter
Perhaps the next time Brad Smith heads to Brussels, it will be for a vacation.
After years of wrangling with Microsoft, the European Commission announced an accord with the software giant Wednesday on several fronts that seems poised to put an end...
Businesses get a Second Life
The spotlight on Second Life as a marketing tool has dimmed with the emergence of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, although the virtual world is increasingly used by enterprises internally for virtual meetings and events, says its developer,...
Analyst: 'Classic' feature phone will survive
The "classic" feature phone form factor will persist, in spite of dominant feature phone maker Nokia's decision to focus on the smartphone segment, according to an analyst.
Facing pressure in the smartphone arena from the likes of Apple and Research...
Project management: Escaping the vortex
Have you been on a project where everywhere you look a process or procedure or design is broken? Here's how to deal.
I attended a conference several months ago where the CTO of a small development company was adamant about one thing: Making excellence...
Indian SMBs up hosted apps spend
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in India will chalk up US$45 million on hosted applications by end 2009, according to a study by AMI-Partners.
In particular, midsize businesses (MBs)--defined as companies with 100-999 employees--will account for...
Install MAP to see if servers are ready for Windows Server 2008 R2
With Windows Server 2008 R2's release, you may want to upgrade existing servers to the new version of Windows Server.
If your organization is considering an upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 on existing hardware, now is a good time to see if your...
Is it game over for Microsoft on consumer front?
With Microsoft's Windows Mobile unit having run in slow motion for the past several years, it doesn't surprise me that there are calls for the company to get out of the phone business.
The more interesting question raised in a New York Times blog post,...
Microsoft investigating charges it stole rival's code
Microsoft said on Monday afternoon that it is investigating allegations that a recently launched microblogging site in China lifts the code and interface of a start-up's rival service.
"Microsoft takes intellectual property seriously, and we are currently...
Web accessibility no longer an afterthought
Yahoo's Victor Tsaran knows how much time Web designers spend agonizing over color and font-width choices when laying out an application. So when he started Yahoo's accessibility push two years ago, he had a tough time arousing sympathy for engineers...
APAC C-level execs warm up to green
The importance of green IT has increased in the Asia-Pacific region, with senior executives leading sustainability efforts, a new study has revealed.
In a telephone briefing Monday, Philip Carter, associate research director at IDC Asia-Pacific, noted...
Larrabee pullout: GPU battle 'far from over'
Intel's decision to shutter what would have been its first discrete GPU (graphics processor unit) offers more breathing space for graphics market leaders Nvidia and AMD, but the battle is far from over, an analyst has pointed out.
On Monday, the chip...
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