HP-Autonomy fraud allegations fallout: The winners and losers
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Hewlett-Packard's bombshell revelation that it would take a US$8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud related to its Autonomy business unit has rocked the tech world.
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South Carolina faults weak IRS standard in massive data breach
Posted Nov 21, 2012 - 12:11 am
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South Carolina's governor faulted an outdated Internal Revenue Service standard as a contributing factor to a massive data breach that exposed Social Security numbers of 3.8 million taxpayers plus credit card and bank account data.- Tweet
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Can a lone developer use Agile?
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 11:13 am
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Agile development methodologies such as standups, sprints and even retrospectives can be adopted by developers who work alone- Tweet
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Security firm showcases vulnerabilities in SCADA software, won't report them to vendors
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 9:41 pm
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Malta-based security start-up firm ReVuln claims to be sitting on a stockpile of vulnerabilities in industrial control software, but prefers to sell the information to governments and other paying customers instead of disclosing it to the affected software vendors.- Tweet
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Ride-along in Nokia's mapping car
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 3:47 pm
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Anyone with a smartphone is used to navigating the world with a mapping app, but how is all that data collected? I had a chance to find out with Nokia.- Tweet
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Open source Java for Android? Don't bet on it
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 11:31 am
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Industry observers aren't optimistic, despite chatter about the possibility in OpenJDK circles- Tweet
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Tech engineers weigh in on alleged no-hiring agreement between EBay and Intuit
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 2:48 pm
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Why there will be no patch for the Petraeus vulnerability
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 9:33 am
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Security experts had four words of advice for those wondering over the implications of the sudden resignation last week of the U.S.'s Director of Central Intelligence, General David Petraeus: 'get used to it.'- Tweet
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Sharp ends early retirement plan as volunteers abound
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 4:22 am
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Japan's Sharp, struggling with deep losses and searching for a financial savior, has cut short an early retirement program after being flooded with volunteers.- Tweet
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German city dumps OpenOffice and switches to Microsoft
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 12:42 pm
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A majority of the city council in Freiburg, Germany, has voted in favor of ditching the open source suite OpenOffice to return to Microsoft Office after severe problems and complaints from employees.- Tweet
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Facebook to roll out HTTPS by default to all users
Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 8:58 am
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Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) to its entire global user base.- Tweet
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