Servers of security specialist Symantec were breached six years ago but the company did not notice source code had been stolen
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Online NoSQL Database Launched By Amazon Web Services As DynamoDB
DynamoDB, a cloud-based database, delivers fast and predictable performance with all the scalability you can ask for, claims AWS
Apple Event Rumoured To Showcase Ebook Creation Tools
Apple's New York press event on Thursday will reportedly concentrate on creation tools for ebooks
Silver Ink Solution For Cheaper, Faster Flexible Circuits
University of Illinois researchers have come up with an easily-made, more conductive silver ink that can be used in fine-nozzled inkjets
Symantec Adds Cloud-Based Archiving By Acquiring LiveOffice
Symantec's LiveOffice uses the SaaS-based CloudMerge platform to integrate email services with archiving in the cloud or on-site
Amazon Touts Free Windows Server Processing For EC2 Cloud
Amazon is offering 750 hours of free Windows Server processing per month in its cloud service
Facebook Scraps With Google Over Social Search
Facebook and Google have traded blows over Facebook's exclusion from Google's new 'Search, plus your world' feature
IBM Researchers Store Bit Of Information On Just 12 Atoms
Researchers claim 'remarkable advance' in data storage
TimesTen In-Memory Database Updated By Oracle
In the first update for TimesTen since 2009, Oracle has added parallelised replication and new real-time analytics capabilities
The Majority Of Web Developers Are Moving To HTML5
A survey has found that 75 percent of developers are using, or plan to use HTML5 for app developement
Stratfor CEO Apologises For Data Breach As Site Is Relaunched
Compromised Stratfor has criticised its attackers but at least the firm is back online - although its limited-time free access offer seems to have overburdened its servers
IBM Grabs Top Patent Crown Again And Establishes A New Record
IBM has had a record year for patent grants and once again tops the league with 6,180 US patents in 2011, the first company to achieve over 6,000 in a year
Raspberry Pi Goes Into Production
Britain's Raspberry Pi ARM-based microcomputer, designed for education, is rolling off the production lines -- in China
Nokia Acquires Feature Phone OS Developer Smarterphone
Nokia buys Norweigan developer for undisclosed amount to strengthen its feature phone offering
Cambridge Scientists Reveal Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Researchers have generated a quantum fluid thousands of times larger than usual that acts as a superconductor
Google Gives Chrome Instant Pages, Malware Alerts
With Chrome version 17 Google has added page preloading and security software to alert users of malicious websites
Nanoscale Wiring Technology May Open Doors To Quantum Computing
New microscopic wires could help microchips to keep shrinking and have applications in quantum computing
Wind River Releases Android Software Development Modules
Wind River has delivered a set of modules to give Android developers a head start when building their devices
BT Will Pilot Microsoft Lync Voice Services Into The Cloud
British Telecom has joined forces with Microsoft to offer Lync voice services and functions as a hosted cloud service
Kickbacks And Corruption Undermine African Innovation
As global leaders look to international aid to support the developing world, SOFTtribe’s Herman Chinery-Hesse, argues that aid actually damages technology and innovation by local businesses
Android And iOS App Development With No Coding, Via The Cloud
Chatty Apps, a 4GL online development platform enables users to build iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps with no programming
Android Market Passes 400k App Mark
The Android Market now has more than 400,000 apps according to the latest figures from Distimo
Windows 8 To Offer PC Refresh With No Data Loss
Windows users will no longer suffer the pain of having to reinstall their computer's operating system following a crash
CES 2012: Is Intel Planning To Launch Into The Smartphone Market?
Intel and LG are showcasing an Android smartphone running on an Atom chip at CES but neither will commit to marketing plans
Google Loses Email Exclusion Battle In Oracle Java Patent Infringement Trial
The Oracle v Google patent infringement trial is set for March and the judge has ruled out several contentions but not the Lindholm email
Cloud Testing Boost For Rational As IBM Buys Green Hat
IBM Rational has announced a move to acquire Green Hat, a maker of cloud-based software testing products
Enterprises Need To Secure Private Data With Encryption
Security experts are urging users and businesses to adopt full disk encryption to secure sensitive data
Data Management Software Revenue To Grow 21 Percent This Year
The market for customer data management is expected to grow to $644 million in 2012 and exceed $1 billion in 2015, says Gartner
Asus Unlocks Prime Bootloader, Announces ICS Release
Asus promises an unlock tool for its encrypted bootloader and announces Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for Transformer Prime
Two iOS5 Security Flaws Exploited By Apple Jailbreak Tool
The latest jailbreak tool for Apple's mobile devices takes advantage of flaws in the current iOS5 binary and kernel