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- Computers crack catalogue conundrum
- Cops seize 292 domain names
- IBM goes Dutch on big cloud contract
- FBI warns of more North Korean cyber attacks
- Zombie class action haunts Apple
- Cypress in Spansion expansion
- Apple shares tank
- Google Glass saved by Intel
- Intel buys password company
- Families frightened of social media
Computers crack catalogue conundrum Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:16 AM PST Boffins at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) believe they've developed a computer system for extracting data from scientific publications that equals or even betters human ability. The problem is that after machine reading, computers have difficulties figuring out even simple statements, so the scientists who devised the software program has used probability to decipher the text. more» |
Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:53 AM PST Europol, in conjunction with US authorities and 25 police forces worldwide said 292 domain names used to sell counterfeit products have been seized. Trademark holders had tipped the authorities off that counterfeit goods were being sold online and the domain names concerned are now in the hands of governments which formed part of the operation. more» |
IBM goes Dutch on big cloud contract Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:25 AM PST Beleaguered Big Blue has signed a 10-year, multi-billion dollar deal to provide computer infrastructure services to Dutch bank Amro. Amro thinks that the men in suits are exactly the sorts of types it wants running its cloud operations. However it is a case of "better the devil you know". more» |
FBI warns of more North Korean cyber attacks Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:10 AM PST The Untouchables have warned businesses that North Korean hackers are using malicious software to launch a destructive cyberattack in the United States. The alert appeared to describe the one that affected Sony, which would mark first major destructive cyber-attack waged against a company on US soil. more» |
Zombie class action haunts Apple Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:08 AM PST A ten-year old class action is back from the dead after haunting the fruity cargo cult Apple for more than a decade. Apple faces an antitrust lawsuit which claims the outfit tried to monopolise online music distribution is headed to trial. more» |
Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:06 AM PST Cypress Semiconductor has written a $1.59 billion cheque to buy Spansion creating a chipmaker with more than $2 billion in annual revenue. The big idea is to help make its weakness in the mobile market go away. Cypress, which makes programmable and memory chips, has fallen for the past two years, while Samsung Electronics contribution to its revenue has increased. more» |
Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:05 AM PST Wall Street watched in horror yesterday as the value of shares in the industry darling, Apple shares plummeted faster than a free fall parachuting team of elephants which had forgotten to pack the key ingredient of their act. Apple shares tumbled shortly after the start of trading on Monday, briefly suffering their largest price drop in at least three months on an unusual spike in volume. more» |
Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:29 AM PST It looks as though Google Glass will have a fresh leash of life after it has emerged Intel is to get involved in the project. Reports recently suggested that Glass was on its last gasp, with several employees leaving Google to spend more time with their families. more» |
Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:18 AM PST Chip giant Intel has bought a Canadian company that attempts to take the pain out of passwords. Intel Security – which includes the McAfee unit – didn't say how much it paid for PasswordBox, which only started business in June 2013. more» |
Families frightened of social media Posted: 01 Dec 2014 06:46 AM PST Two thirds of people in the UK won't share their photographs online because they're worried about privacy. That follows widely publicised hacks of different social networking products including Twitter and Facebook. A survey conducted by Berland on behalf of KatchUp showed that while 82 percent of families believe keeping in touch with each other is most important, the most common way people share photos using email, at 59 percent. more» |
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