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Upping The Ante: Cyber-Criminals Turn On Each Other
As cyber-crime becomes increasingly sophisticated, cyber-gangs could start aiming malware at one another, warns Derek Manky
Intel Demos Integrated Sandy Bridge Chip At CES
Intel CEO Paul Otellini claimed Sandy Bridge processors will account for one-third of the company's 2011 revenue
Nvidia Graphics On ARM Chips For PCs And Servers
Nvidia announced Project Denver at CES, the one-chip combination of ARM-design CPUs with Nvidia GPUs
ASF Object-Oriented Metadata Project Goes Top-Level
The Apache Software Foundation’s object-oriented data project graduates from incubator status
Ballmer’s CES Keynote Touts Everything But Tablets
Microsoft CEO's keynote boosted Kinect, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 but tablets were a no-show
Opera 11 Heats Up Web Browser Race: Review
Opera 11 with new extensions, tab stacking and visual navigation aids put the web browser on a competitive footing with Microsoft's IE
Analyst Predicts 600,000 BT Infinity Users By 2012
So far 45,000 customers have reached out for Infinity and beyond that stands a hill BT has to climb
AMD Plans APU Fusion Chip Roll Out For CES
Like Intel, AMD is unveiling its first Fusion APUs, which offer computing and graphics on a single chip, at CES
Millions Stolen In PayPal And eBay Web Theft Scam
Students arrested on suspicion of using stolen credit cards and bogus PayPal accounts to sell on eBay
10 Google Products To Look Out For In 2011
As we embark on a new year, eWEEK looks ahead to what 2011 could hold for the search giant Google
Windows Phone Marketplace Prone To Security Breach
A proof of concept video has revealed some security problems with Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace
Government Moves Towards Bills By Crowdsourcing
The government is pushing its scheme to allow successful online petitions to be debated as parliamentary bills
Kindle Tops Off Amazon Xmas As Best-Selling Product
Potter magic was no match for the spell cast by Kindle this Christmas, according to Amazon's unaudited figures
IBM’s Racetrack Storage Under Starter’s Orders
Racetrack memory will be 1,000 times faster, low power and could store over 5,000 movies on a mobile device
Microsoft BPOS Error Exposes Cloud Customers’ Data
Microsoft has reported a Business Productivity Online Suite configuration error that exposed customer data
IBM Predicts Holographic Phones, Air-driven Batteries
IBM predicts holographic phones by 2015, batteries charged by air, cities heated by servers, and more
DDoS Fears Shatter WikiLeaks Mirror Site Hosting
Web host SiteGround has suspended at least two WikiLeaks mirror sites, citing fears of disruptive attacks
Mozilla Touts Improved Sync Setup With Firefox 4 Beta
Mozilla has released a Firefox 4 beta which promises better support for 3D graphics among other features
CIA Responds To WikiLeaks With WTF
The US intelligence agency's WikiLeaks Task Force will assess the damage caused by the WikiLeaked cables
IBM Helps NATO To Reach For The Cloud
The goal is to use cost-efficient cloud systems to promote data sharing among NATO's 28 member nations
Enterprises Will Be Slow To Adopt 4G In 2011
Enterprise mobility decision makers won't be swayed by 4G in 2011, but that stance won't last long, predicts Andrew Garcia
Rising Costs In India Fail To Dim Offshore Attraction
Gartner says India remains the top outsourcing zone in Asia but other countries, like Vietnam, are catching on
Human Rights Sites Plagued By DDoS Attacks
New research shows opponents of human rights organisations are using DDoS attacks to bring down their websites
Android Tackles Phone Makers Over Lockdowns
Google's Android engineers claim handset makers that lock down their smartphones beg for rooting exploits
Prototyping Lab For HTML5 Launched By Microsoft
Microsoft's HTML5 Labs allows developers to test new and evolving specs for inclusion in IE9 online
Last Of UK ‘WiSpy’ Data Deleted
Google has deleted the last of the payload data inadvertently collected by its Street View cars in the UK
BA Confirms Website Problems Due To Snow Demand
British Airways has confirmed that its website is “operating intermittently” due to the sheer volume of requests
Rackspace Buys Cloudkick For Cloud Management
Rackspace will use Cloudkick's dashboard to manage multivendor clouds
Film Industry Orders BT To Block File-Sharing Site
The Hollywood film studios'association has demanded that BT blocks access to Usenet indexing site Newzbin2