272 blog results for "international attack"

Retailers try different strategies for competing with behemoths like Amazon and Wal-Mart in the cutthroat competition to lure those giving electronics as gifts.

Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg

Phishing attacks have spiked this year, recent reports show. Here's a primer on what phishing is and how to avoid it.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

U.S., Israel, Russia, China, and France are gearing up for cyberoffensives, according to a new McAfee report.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

The Commodore 64 emulator application for iPhone was pulled from the App Store by Apple in September for leaving its BASIC interpreter intact and accessible via a backdoor. This week the app has returned after some major work by Manomio.

Posted in iPhone Atlas by David Martin

Bill, which would require industry to trim greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, joins several other initiatives in the Senate.

Posted in Green Tech by Reuters

Intel used payments to keep computer makers from selling systems with AMD chips, according to New York's attorney general. It's a new front in an old Intel war.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

Though spending less on IT, they're getting hit by more security breaches, with more than half of those surveyed by McAfee reporting an increase in attacks.

Posted in News - Security by Lance Whitney

In a spirited retort to the Droid TV spot attacking Apple, an iPhone aficionado makes his own version of the spot. Unfortunately, it has a little internal illogic.

Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk

Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

Nook, the new Barnes & Noble e-book reader, is a direct attack on Amazon's Kindle. What are its advantages and disadvantages, and how well will it do in the market?

Posted in Speeds and Feeds by Peter Glaskowsky