Provides the latest RSS feeds for Computers News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page industriesnews.net http://www.industriesnews.net/computers/&cid=403 en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 10:03:30 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:03:30 -0400 30 Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214614897&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:49 -0400 http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214614897 Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen.Jolla, which was founded by a former Nokia employees who wanted to continue the development work the Finnish phone maker had done on the MeeGo OS, is with the introduction one big step closer to entering the ultra-competitive smartphoneThe LTE-smartphone -- which is just called Jolla, ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632934&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:18:36 -0400 PC World http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632934 Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has agreed to buy Tumblr Inc. in a $1.1 billion, all-cash deal. The board of directors for Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy social-networking and blogging site Tumblr Inc. for $1.1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Its the biggest deal yet for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, after a series of smaller deals since she took control last year, according to the Silicon Valley ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632937&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:13:23 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632937 Westwood, Mass. based English Helper Inc. has secured a new round of funding. The developer of software to help non-English speaking people learn the English language raised $750,000, according to documents filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Used by schools, higher education students, skill-building organizations, companies, and other individuals, English Helpers products ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632778&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:12:30 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632778 Target Corp. has opened an office in San Francisco, where it plans to scout for tech talent to build its e-commerce and mobile technology efforts. Reuters reports that Target had hired David Newman to run its Technology Innovation Center, which will seek out other tech companies that can help Targets tech ventures, like speeding up its website or improve the shopping experience for ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632064&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:05:35 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632064 Mon May 20, 2013 7:47am EDT * Dell says board to evaluate if Icahn's offer is "superior" * Says Icahn affiliates have made number of requests for information * Company has asked for details on Icahn's proposed offer May 20 (Reuters) - Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632812&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:47:50 -0400 Reuters http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214632812 Computerworld - Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214631635&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:16 -0400 Computerworld http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214631635 Intel will continue to fulfill Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but keeping up with it is becoming more of a challenge as chips get smaller, according to a company ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630907&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:37 -0400 CIO http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630907 David Karp reportedly owned 25 percent of Tumblr at the time of its last venture capital fundraise. If he can sell three more companies to Yahoo on similar terms, he'll be a billionaire. David Karp, 26, co-founded Tumblr in February 2007. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported Yahoo's board of directors agreed to acquire the short-form blogging service for $1.1 billion. "Latest ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214631633&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:16:05 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214631633 Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine star as Spock and Kirk in Paramount Pictures' Star Trek Into Darkness. Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, knew something about organizational structure in challenging situations. He trained as a police officer and later worked for the Los Angeles Police Department. He flew dozens of bomber missions in the Army Air Corps in World War II. And he was a ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630871&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:51:09 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630871 Chevy Chase-based New Enterprise Associates stands to reap a fortune from Tableau Software Inc.'s newly public stock, the Washington Business Journal reported. NEA is the single biggest venture backer of the Seattle-based data analytics company (NYSE: DATA). NEA sold 1 million shares of Tableau stock in the offering, and is holding on to another 18.5 million shares, or about 37 percent of the ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630920&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:58 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630920 Action plan: Move slowly so as not to disrupt the business with sudden tight controls. Our main goal with NAC is to restrict the access of unauthorized devices to certain segments of our corporate network. Several times, noncorporate devices connected to our corporate network introduced malware or were found to contain some of our intellectual property. We have a corporate policy that prohibits ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630398&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:49 -0400 Computerworld http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630398 Computerworld - About half of the world's companies will adopt bring-your-own-device programs by 2017 and will stop providing computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts. Ultimately, only 15% of companies will never move to a BYOD model, while about 40% will offer a choice between BYOD and employer-provided devices, according to the report, by Gartner analyst David Willis. ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214629251&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:49 -0400 Computerworld http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214629251 Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin has a strategy in place to win new work internationally and in growing sectors such as cybersecurity, the defense contractor's new chief of information systems and global solutions told the Washington Post. In a wide-ranging interview with the Post, Sondra L. Barbour, who took over the challenged unit late last month, told the business editors, "The strategy ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630870&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:32:28 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630870 Business growth uncertainty has greatly accelerated companies' use of the IT contract workforce, and we expect this trend to continue. A recent study by MBO Partners forecasts that independent workers will account for more than 50% of the workforce by 2020. At OnForce, we see about 700 applications from service techs each month -- and this is purely from word of mouth, no advertising. When ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630564&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:13 -0400 Computer World http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630564 Computerworld - Microsoft has gotten next to nothing from its $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it may reap some rewards as it prepares to ship smaller tablets. In April 2012, Microsoft and the bookseller announced a new, co-owned subsidiary that included Barnes & Noble's Nook business. That bought Microsoft a 17.6% stake in the company. Other parts of ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630669&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:13 -0400 Computerworld http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630669 Computerworld - Bucking the BYOD trend, Canadian Tire is issuing BlackBerry Q10 and Z10 smartphones to its corporate employees. An overwhelming majority of the Toronto-based company's 3,000 corporate users requested the Q10, which features a physical qwerty keyboard, as a replacement for older Bold or Curve devices, said CTO Eugene Roman. But some said they preferred the Z10, which has a ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630670&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:12 -0400 Computerworld http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214630670 World's slimmest*, lightest** tablethits shelvesacross the globe Ultimate entertainment tablet comes in 4G or WiFi and a choice of black or white Red Dot Design Award 2013joins growing list of ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214628297&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:39:14 -0400 CNW Group http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214628297 Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214625949&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:29 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214625949 When the moderator of a panel discussion at the recent RSA conference asked the audience how many thought their risk management programs were successful, only a handful raised their hands. So Network World Editor in Chief John Dix asked two of the experts on that panel to hash out in an email exchange why these programs don't tend to ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214625950&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:28 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214625950 Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface.The South Korean company said Monday entrants in its "Smart App Challenge 2013" must make use of the Samsung Chord SDK (software development kit). Chord is a software interface for creating wireless connections directly between Samsung ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214625948&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:46:15 -0400 PC World http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214625948 The Australian Data Centre Services Market 2013 report forecasts that this growth will be due to data centre outsourcing and the need for more facility ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624990&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:05:42 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624990 The certification, entitled ISO9001: 2008, is for the design, development and provision of secured data centre infrastructure and associated services. It covers the company's Brisbane head office and its three data centres in Brisbane (B1), Melbourne (M1) and Canberra ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624989&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:05:41 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624989 Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which certifies commercial technology for defense use, said Friday it had approved the Apple iOS 6 Security Technical Implementation ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624988&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:54:55 -0400 PC World http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624988 Augie Grasis Sprint Nextel Corp.s acquisition march continue, this time moving a Kansas City technology company under its umbrella. Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) announced Monday that it bought app developer Handmark Inc. and spinoff OneLouder Apps. Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The companies have been negotiating the deal since the summer. It closed on April 4, making Handmark and ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624349&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:03 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624349 Sprint Nextel Corp. may have acquired Handmark Inc. this spring, but the companies relationship goes back eight years. Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) plans to bolster its mobile advertising program, Pinsight Media+, with Handmarks mobile app development and advertising platform through spinoff OneLouder Apps Inc. Heres a timeline of key events that led up to the acquisition: 2000 Handmark ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624348&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:02 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214624348 IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau) - Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week. The company emphasized that the IDs are already public information, and no passwords or other private data were affected. Yahoo Japan IDs are used along with password to log in to the site, and are often displayed ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623860&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:58:28 -0400 CIO http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623860 Updated 20 May 2013: The top three Australian carriers are spending billions upgrading their networks to high-speed 4G LTE services. Rollout of new plans is expected to intensify through the ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623759&cid=403 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:22:03 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623759 LogMeIn last week unveiled Xively , a platform-as-a-service offering designed to speed development of Internet-connected devices - the so-called 'Internet of Things'. The public Xively cloud is based on Cosm, the IoT platform produced by Pachube, which LogMeIn purchased in July ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623175&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:29:47 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623175 Optus announced today it has gone live with its Time-Division LTE (TD-LTE) 4G network in Canberra, using the telco's spectrum in the 2.3GHz band. Optus currently uses frequency-division LTE (FD-LTE) technology in the 1800MHz band for 4G in other markets; it has not rolled out FD-LTE in ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623176&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:29:45 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214623176 NextDC (ASX: NXT) has received a quality management system certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) meaning that its data centres meet global security ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214622207&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:43:04 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214622207 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared.The influential digital ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214622206&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:32:29 -0400 PC World http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214622206 (MENAFN) Dell Inc. CFO, Brian Gladden, announced that the company's net income plunged by 79 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year to USD130 million, from USD635 million a year earlier, reported Fox Business.Gladden added that operating expenses climbed by 12 percent, while gross margin fell from 21.3 percent to 19.5 percent. The computer maker's total revenue went ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214621681&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:15 -0400 MENAFN http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214621681 AAP reports that the company’s net profit for the first quarter dropped to $US130 million ($A131.87 million) and earnings per share adjusted for special items amounted to 21 US cents a share. This figure compares unfavourably with the average Wall Street estimate of 35 US cents a share. Founder Michael Dell has intentions to take the company private. He is heading a $US24.4 billion ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214621682&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:56 -0400 Manufacturers Monthly http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214621682 Google held its annual I/O developer conference in San Francisco this week, and as usual it pulled out all the stops. While many of the most-notable announcements were developer specific, Google also released a number of updates and enhancements to its core products that are relevant to casual users. The following slides detail the coolest products and service unveiled at Google I/O 2013 for ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214620494&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:12 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214620494 Rumours that Yahoo might be in discussions to buy Tumblr emerged last week, and on Friday Yahoo called for a mystery press event to be held in New York City on Monday afternoon. Tumblr's headquarters are in ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214620495&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:08 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214620495 "Windows 8 has been, from our standpoint, not necessarily the catalyst to drive accelerated growth that we had hoped it would be," said Brian Gladden, Dell's CFO, in a call last week with Wall Street analysts ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214619447&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:33:34 -0400 ComputerWorld AU http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214619447 With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp.A Bitcoin core developer for three years, he left his job at Red Hat on Friday to start work at Bitpay, the biggest Bitcoin payment processing service. IDG News Service caught up with ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214618467&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:42:54 -0400 PC World http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214618467 Minority shareholders in Clearwire say they will oppose the offer made by Sprint. Minority shareholders of Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) likely will vote against a buyout offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) next week. Fox Business reported that they want to force Sprint, the nation's third largest wireless carrier, to sweeten its offer. Sprint owns slightly more than half of Clearwire and it ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214618317&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:47 -0400 Dallas Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214618317 David Karp, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tumblr Inc., has agreed to sell the blogging site to Yahoo, whose board approved spending $1.1B in cash on the deal. Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214616812&cid=403 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:38:59 -0400 Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214616812