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App stores must focus on security, not quality
News Control should be balanced with innovation to secure apps marketplace, says security exec, who notes global mobile security remains inherently weak.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile, Windows Mobile, Google Android, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Security, App, network
Acer F900
Reviews The F900 is a solid performer with a nice 3.8in. screen, good battery life and a reasonable price. Acer's front end for Windows Mobile could do with a rethink though.
Tags: Battery, Acer Inc., HTC Touch, MicroSD, microSD Card, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Display, HTC Touch HD, Accelerometer, Microsoft Windows
3FA not priority for Asian banks, regulators
News Banks in region still ironing out two-factor authentication rollouts and unlikely to implement additional authentication layer just yet, says analyst.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Authentication, Banking, Security, Biometrics, 3FA, bank
Olympics: Going the green distance
News The Chinese government, Olympic officials and technology team all have a hand in making Beijing 2008 one of the "greenest" in the history of the Games.
Tags: Green IT, Servers, Infrastructure/architecture management, remote access, energy efficiency, KPMG Consulting Inc., China, Beijing, information technology, Olympic Games
UK govt proposes disconnecting file-sharers
News Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's department for business, innovation and skills.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Spokesperson, Accommodation, P2P, Internet Connection, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider, Internet
India blocks service to millions of handsets
News Mobile phones without a valid identification number are being blocked in India as part of a government security drive.
Tags: Mobile, Local Government, Security, National Security, Phone, India, network, mobile, handset, security agency
Microsoft gives shareholders 'say on pay'
News Company's board agrees to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation every three years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., Compensation, Brad Smith, general counsel, shareholder, analyst, board of directors, board
Europe urged to hasten book digitization
News Europe could pull ahead of Google in the digitization of books as long as it acts swiftly, information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding has said.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Digital rights management (DRM), Commission, Google Inc., Books Digitization, European Commission, Web 2.0, Copyright Protection, Europe
Toshiba brings out business-card-size solid-state drives
News New solid-state drives, which feature capacities of up to 62GB, are designed for notebooks and Netbooks.
Tags: Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Notebook, consortium, Hardware, hardware maker, Dell Computer Corp., manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
GAO to FCC: Wireless users need more protection
News U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Federal Communications Commission needs to do more to protect subscribers who are dissatisfied with its service.
Tags: Regulations, Mobile platforms/communications, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Telecommunications, Carrier, Wireless, General Accounting Office, Government Accountability Office
Saudi faces tough time with cybercrimes
News Government official in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says "close to impossible" to completely eradicate "fast-developing" cybercrime techniques.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Commission, Malware, Cybercriminal, Saudi Arabia, e-mail hacking, Cybercrime, network
Microsoft fixing Bing bug that aided spammers
News Company works to fix a bug, discovered earlier this week by Webroot researchers, that let spammers piggyback onto Bing redirects and get through spam filters.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Search, MySpace, RSS, Security, Web Page, Microsoft Corp., Spam, Spammer
Could this be the most critical budget for India?
Blogs For business journalists in India, budget time is excitement time. It's like sports journos covering the Olympics. As a ...
Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices
News Attackers could steal keys used for encryption and authentication on mobile devices by analyzing electromagnetic signals and radio frequency emissions, researcher says.
Tags: Mobile, Authentication and encryption, cable box, Key, Phone, bank, mobile, Authentication and encryption, Attack, Mobile Device
India's next global export: Innovation
Insight Called jugaad, India's improvisational style of invention focuses on being fast and cheap--attributes just right for these times.
Tags: Innovation, R&D, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Jugaad, California, India, software, U.S., Cisco Systems Inc., Innovation
