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Cybercrime cost firms US$1 trillion globally

News In a McAfee survey, CIOs report spending billions of dollars after data thefts, and say fired workers pose a big threat to sensitive data on the network.

Friday, January 30 2009 06:40 AM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Security, Chief Information Officer, Davos, Cybercrime, World Economic Forum, intellectual property, Dubai

Cloud fever: What will it take for a breakout?

News Some of the tech industry's best and brightest gather at a roundtable discussion offering a snapshot of cloud computing's progress--and lack thereof.

Monday, March 02 2009 10:46 AM

Tags: Web services, Marc Benioff, Davos, Cloud Computing, dot-com, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, CTO, TechCrunch, Mountain View

E-reader trend needs common standards

News More players eye piece of e-reader market, but consumers benefit only if readers are built to support one common standard, say industry players.

Friday, September 18 2009 04:19 PM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Standards, E-book, Spokesperson, Standards, Korea, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., digital-rights management, public domain, Notebooks and tablets

IBM, ETH Zurich to build joint nanotech research lab

News The Swiss university and chipmaker's joint US$90 million investment marks a major move forward for industry and academic collaboration.

Wednesday, June 25 2008 09:53 PM

Tags: Nanotechnology, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Small And Medium Enterprise, Geothermal Energy, Environment, intellectual property, Switzerland, ETH Zurich, researcher

IBM makes the world its lab

News Convincing countries and companies around the world of need to innovate during the economic downturn, has resulted in new cutting-edge partnerships for Big Blue.

Monday, August 31 2009 10:46 AM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., University, Chip, Samuel J. Palmisano, intellectual property, Switzerland, China Telecom, China, strategy

CERN's collider to get 'safe' start in November

News Nuclear research agency says it's satisfied that the Large Hadron Collider needs no more repairs and can get back to where it left off last fall.

Monday, August 10 2009 04:11 AM

Tags: Components, Supercomputing, CERN, Switzerland, New York Times Co., director, Components, France, Supercomputing

Google unleashes unlocked G1 on developers

News Google has announced a SIM- and hardware-unlocked version of the first Android smartphone, available for purchase in 18 international markets including India and Singapore.

Sunday, December 07 2008 11:20 PM

Tags: Mobile processors, Handhelds, Google Inc., Hungary, Developer, SIM Card, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden

Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce

News Manufacturer of PC peripherals, based in Switzerland, says the retail environment has "deteriorated significantly" and will "worsen in the upcoming months".

Wednesday, January 07 2009 05:52 AM

Tags: Keyboards and mice, Human resources, Logitech, Asia, Workforce, Sales, Environment, Switzerland, Consumer Electronics Show, North America

Experts: Policy could make, break cloud computing

News U.S Congress has to carefully regulate cloud computing in a way that won't stifle market, forum attendees say. Meanwhile, federal CIO leads a group creating its own cloud advice.

Monday, March 23 2009 10:29 AM

Tags: Cloud computing, CBS Corp., Google Inc., Video, USA PATRIOT Act, Cloud computing, CIO, Switzerland, U.S., industry

Date set for restart of Large Hadron Collider

News CERN's ground-breaking particle accelerator, which was shut down after a malfunction caused a leak of liquid helium, is scheduled to begin operating again in April.

Monday, October 06 2008 01:42 AM

Tags: CERN, Accelerator, grid computing, Switzerland, Tom Espiner, theory, scientist, Large Hadron Collider, director, France

The 15-petabyte network and the atom smasher

News Work being done to prep CERN's Large Hadron Collider for operation is paving the way for future lightning-speed networks.

Wednesday, July 16 2008 07:59 AM

Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Data, CERN, image search, software, Switzerland, Silicon.com, network, researcher

Asian postal agencies dip feet in RFID

News Four postal administrations in Asia are among 21 agencies participating in a worldwide trial to improve service delivery using radio frequency identification.

Friday, August 21 2009 07:17 PM

Tags: RFID, Business applications, Asia, Monitoring System, Singapore, QoS, Finland, e-mail, agency, point-of-sale