Messages beta ready for download
Messages is now ready for Mac users to test drive. Shortly after announcing its planned Mountain Lion update for OS X on Thursday, Apple released a beta of the revamped version of iChat that will ship with the new operating system this summer.
8 Tips to Defend Against Online Financial Fraud Threats
Criminals in 2012 are increasingly targeting the accounts of business owners and executives as a way to facilitate financial fraud and CIOs can help protect their organizations against these attacks.
8 Tips to Defend Against Online Financial Fraud Threats
Criminals in 2012 are increasingly targeting the accounts of business owners and executives as a way to facilitate financial fraud and CIOs can help protect their organizations against these attacks.
Sony completes buy of Sony Ericsson, will rename as Sony Mobile Communications
Sony said Thursday it had completed its purchase of the Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture and turned the company into a subsidiary, which it will soon rename Sony Mobile Communications.
Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug
Adobe on Wednesday patched seven critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including one reported by Google researchers that hackers are using in 'active targeted attacks.'
Copyright holders dealt blow in EU social networking case
Copyright holders cannot force social networking sites to install filters to prevent illegal file-sharing the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday.
Cook: Apple will lead the way in improving working conditions
Apple CEO Tim Cook defended his company's record on working conditions for the employees that make the parts and assemble the products that Apple sells. And he noted that Apple is continually assessing how it does business, with an eye toward improving the lives of its workforce.
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First Look: Clear embraces a simple approach for managing to-dos
When it comes to the App Store, to-do list apps are littered underfoot like so many dead leaves. Each, it seems, is trying to outdo the others in how many bells and whistles they can offer, vying for their chance at a spot on your Home screen.
Cisco loses its smart grid head
Cisco has lost another high-ranking executive, as Microsoft last week named Laura Ipsen as corporate vice president of its Worldwide Public Sector organization.
Event shows the many faces, challenges of big data
The burgeoning tech industry movement around big data is churning up a variety of new applications, but remains an evolving field that faces lingering challenges, judging from an event held Wednesday at a Microsoft research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Microsoft sees Skype linking all its products, CFO says
Microsoft will aggressively and broadly integrate Skype across its product portfolio, the company's CFO said on Wednesday, the same day that rival Cisco Systems raised concerns about Microsoft's Skype integration plans.
Rackspace enlists Redapt for private cloud installs
Rackspace hopes to make it easier to use its OpenStack private cloud offering by partnering with Redapt, a company that procures, configures and ships servers to customers.
Boost for wireless in Europe as more spectrum is made available
Wireless broadband gets a boost in Europe after the European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of reallocating radio spectrum frequencies.
First look: Norton's 2012 desktop, smartphone security push
Norton today released an updated version of its Norton 360 desktop and mobile security software, while also rolling out a new licensing arrangement for combined PC, Mac and Android use.